The Block of Angel

📝 Improvements

• Allays spawned by Evoker's Amulet now despawn (if they’re not holding an item and haven’t been renamed):

  • after 5 minutes of being farther than 16 blocks from the player;
  • immediately if they fly farther than 60 blocks;
  • immediately when the player changes dimension, teleports, or exits the world.

• Allays spawned by Evoker's Amulet that are holding an item:

  • cannot be despawned, but are tracked to be removed later (once they are no longer holding an item);
  • remain tracked even after the player who summoned them leaves and rejoins the game (tracked allays are saved to disk in the tracked_allays.dat file);
  • can be excluded from the tracking system and remain in the world forever under certain conditions:
    • if the allay was unreachable (in an unloaded chunk of the same dimension) when the player’s world was loaded.
    • if the allay wasn't loaded within 1 second after the player joined the world.
    • or potentially, in other rare cases.

• Tooltip updated: Evoker Amulet has been renamed to Evoker's Amulet.

• Improved Belarusian localization: Allays are now called Спакаёўка, as originally intended.

🐞 Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Saltpeter Block didn't drop anything when broken.
• Fixed a bug where right-clicking the Smithing Table with armor in hand could accidentally equip the armor while also opening the custom menu.

⚒️ Structural Changes

• The former Block of Angel has been split into two separate blocks:
  • The Dormant Block of Angel – crafted item, inert by default.
  • The Block of Angel – activated version, only obtainable by using an Echo Shard.
• Functionality remains unchanged: once activated, the block despawns any monsters within a 70-block radius. Echo Shard is still not consumed on activation.

⚙️ Rod of Angel Crafting Adjusted

• The Smithing Table recipe for The Rod of Angel now explicitly requires the activated version of the block.
• This change closes a progression loophole:
  • Previously, it was possible to craft the Rod using an unactivated block and bypass the need to explore an Ancient City.
  • Now, players must obtain an Echo Shard before crafting the Rod, ensuring intended progression through all major danger zones.

🎯 Intent

This refactor reinforces the original vision:

• The Echo Shard is a required milestone;
• The Rod of Angel is a reward for completing key encounters, not a shortcut through them;
• Crafting is no longer a bypass — it's a culmination.

📝 Improvements

• When a player with full health puts on leggings that increase maximum health, their health bar will now remain full (with the bonus). Previously, it stayed at the original value.
• If the player had missing health, the health value remains unchanged as before.

🛠️ Changed

• Soaring Spore Essence no longer removes effects — it only applies Glowing and Slow Falling.
• Marine Crystal now cleanses all effects from mobs when used in mainhand.
• Both Soaring Spore Essence and Marine Crystal do not affect players.
• Soaring Spore Essence and Marine Crystal tooltips have been updated to reflect the changes.

🐞 Fixes

• Fixed tooltip formatting: some phrases that should be italicized were rendered in plain text.

🛠️ Changed

• Soaring Spore Essence no longer removes effects — it only applies Glowing and Slow Falling.
• Marine Crystal now cleanses all effects from mobs when used in mainhand.
• Both Soaring Spore Essence and Marine Crystal do not affect players.
• Soaring Spore Essence and Marine Crystal tooltips have been updated to reflect the changes.

🛠️ Changed

• Adapted to NeoForge 21.6.10-beta.

• Initial publishing