Flame, Fuel, Farm, and Forge

**Flame, Fuel, Farm & Forge** (FFFF) is a lightweight realism-focused mod inspired by a coding class project. It began as an experiment to make torches burn out — and quickly grew into a full early-game progression overhaul, adding tin, bronze, lantern fueling, animal fat, accurate ore names, and more. This mod is great for players who enjoy: - Survival challenge - Base-building - Historical immersion - Automation experiments - Early-game resource progression ## Torches Burn Out Regular and copper torches now behave more realistically: Torch Lifespans - Regular Torch: ~1 Minecraft day - Copper Torch: ~3 Minecraft days When a torch burns out, it becomes a Burnt Torch: - Mining a burnt torch drops ashes (nothing) - Mining a torch before it burns out drops Kindling - Kindling works as a low-grade furnace fuel ## Torches Cause Fire Damage Torches are now mildly dangerous: - Walking through a torch’s hitbox can cause small fire damage - Mobs take the same damage - Hitting a creature with a torch ignites it — works for all torch types - Regular torches can ignite flammable blocks they’re placed on - Copper torches do not ignite blocks - Anthracite (coal ore) is flammable — place carefully! ## Smarter World-Gen Lighting Village torches and other world-generated torches are replaced with: - Copper Torches, or - Lanterns (preferred when placement allows) Copper torches from world-gen can still burn out naturally. ## Animals Drop Fat Some animals now drop Animal Fat, used for: - Furnace fuel - Lantern fuel - Oil production ## Lantern Fueling Lanterns now require fuel: - All Lanterns - Have one internal fuel slot - Holds 16 units of fuel (Oil or Animal Fat) - 1 Animal Fat = 1 day of light - 1 Bottle of Oil = 3 days of light Bronze Hoppers are included: - 3 slots (smaller capacity) - Slower than iron hoppers ## Copper Kettle A new container similar to a cauldron, but: - Max capacity 2 - Cannot hold hot liquids - Accepts Animal Fat, Oil, or Water Placed over heat → converts Animal Fat → Oil Bonus: - Composters now drip Oil whenever they produce bone meal. A Copper Kettle or Cauldron placed beneath catches the oil. ## Ore items have been renamed for historical realism: - Raw Copper → Malachite - Coal → Anthracite The functionality is exactly the same, they are just renamed. ## Tin, Bronze & Early Tools Adds Cassiterite Ore → Tin Ingots, craftable into nuggets and blocks. ### Bronze Combining tin + copper allows crafting: - Bronze Tools - Bronze Weapons - Bronze Armor - Bronze Blocks / Ingots / Nuggets Copper equipment is disabled (historically inaccurate). Stone swords, pickaxes, and shovels are disabled (unrealistic tools). ### Brass We have added Sphalerite Ore, which can be smelted in a Blast Furnace into Zinc Ingots. For now you can't do much with it, but we have massive plans for the Brass Age future. Think steampunk!