Modern Companions v4.45

This cumulative update improves magic companions, equipment compatibility, model rendering, and Beastmaster progression.

Magic & Companion Improvements

• Magic companions now correctly receive bonuses from compatible Iron’s Spellbooks, Ars Nouveau, Hazen N Stuff, and other modded equipment.
• Iron’s Spellbooks spellbooks now use the selected spell’s native cast time and cooldown.
• Ars Nouveau bonuses for max mana, mana regeneration, spell damage, and warding now apply correctly.
• Sorcerers now actively target hostile monsters while avoiding owners, allies, and companions.
• Magic companions retain at least 100 Mana and no longer load with broken values such as 1/1 Mana.
• Steve/Alex model selection and slim-arm armor rendering have been corrected.
• The Beastmaster’s Wand recipe is available in JEI using an Echo Shard, Amethyst Shard, and Stick.

Empowered Beastmaster’s Wand

• Upgrade the Beastmaster’s Wand with a Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template and Ancient Debris.
• Capture eligible hostile mobs into Soul Orbs using a difficulty-scaled XP cost.
• Captures require an empty inventory slot and will not remove the mob or XP if they cannot complete.
• Hostile Soul Orbs can be applied only to the owning Beastmaster at level 20 or higher.
• Hostile mob UUIDs, variants, equipment, names, inventories, and other saved data are preserved.
• Boss-tagged entities are excluded, and hostile Soul Orbs cannot release mobs into the world.
• Failed pet transfers safely preserve the Beastmaster’s existing pet.

Localization

• Expanded Simplified Chinese translations across companions, items, jobs, configuration, currencies, armor, and gameplay messages.