This is probably the biggest update for More Geodes since its release.

A Note about NeoForge

These changes are currently only implemented on Fabric/Quilt. I will get these onto Forge when I have time, though More Geodes Reforged will likely move exclusively to NeoForge for >1.20.1.

Geode Placement Overhaul

Many mod packs make use of cave biome mods that dominate the underground and make the appearance of many geodes very rare. Therefore, this update allows emerald and lapis geodes, which previously generated exclusively in a selection of surface biomes, to now generate in any biome. However they generate with a greater frequency in their 'home' biomes. The specific changes are as follows:

• Emerald Geodes now generate at high elevations in all overworld biomes
• Emerald Geodes now generate much more frequently in Mountains-type biomes
• Lapis Lazuli Geodes now generate in shallow depths in all overworld biomes
• Lapis Lazuli Geodes now generate much more frequently in Desert-type biomes

Crystal Locator and Echo Locator Overhaul

The Echo Locator was a fairly janky and not particularly helpful block. It has now been reworked into an item that provides a more useful function for its late-game status, and its old geode-locating functionality has been given to a new Crystal Locator.

• Added the Crystal Locator
  • The Crystal Locator is crafted from Gypsum Shards, and must be tuned to the frequency of a particular Geode.
  • The Crystal Locator takes damaged when it detects a geode
  • The tunings for Crystal Locators are data-driven, and can be defined for geodes in other mods.
  • More Geodes provides tunings for Spectrum out of the box.
• Reworked the Echo Locator
  • Removed the Echo Locator 'variants' entirely from the game code
  • Removed the Echo Locator block and block entity
  • The Echo Locator is no longer used for finding Geodes.
  • The Echo Locator now detects all ores, buds, and clusters within a 6-block radius of the player when used, and takes damage for each ore found.
  • This is to allow you to get those sneaky little ores just hiding behind a couple of blocks of stone.
• The Echo Display no longer has weird z-fighting with the block it is highlighting
• Replaced the echo sound with something a little more charming
• The Echo Display now delays its time to glow based on the distance it was spawned from the player. This has the effect of the glow outlines 'pulsing' out like a radar wave when using the Crystal or Echo Locator.

Gypsum Block Set

A new desert-themed decorative block set has been added for Gypsum

• Added Polished Gypsum Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall
• Added Smooth Gypsum Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall
• Added Chiseled Gypsum
• Added Gypsum Pillar

Other changes and fixes

• Bismuth Geodes will now generate in the Crystal Gardens if Spectrum is installed.
• Added the cluster and bud blocks added by More Geodes to the respective Fabric conventional tags
• Fixed Gypsum Roses and Large Gypsum Buds not dropping Gypsum Shards when mining the top half of the blocks (#49)
• Fixed Piglins rapidly consuming entire stacks of Pyrite after their first barter (#52) -- Piglins now ignore Pyrite if they have seen it before.
• Fixed the 'Is there an Echo in here?' advancement not working due to a broken tag (by kingkuys2123 #39)
• Added Ukrainian translations (by unroman #36)
• Added Russian translations (by Tefnya #42)
• Added Norwegian translations (by Bloodaxe95 #41)
• Note that while these translations are just being released in this update, they were all made before the implementation of the above features and as such are already a bit out of date! Fun!

• Marked as compatible with 1.20+

Oopsie!

• Trying to run More Geodes without Carpet installed no longer causes a hard crash (#34) (Fixed by NerjalNosk)

Trails and Tails and Geodes

• Updated to 1.20.1
• Use a new echo display entity to highlight crystals with the Echo Locator
• Internally renamed the emerald/quartz/diamond geode blocks to emerald/quartz/diamond crystal blocks
• Removed echo locator variants
• These block removals and id changes should not affect old worlds. Generally speaking, worlds in this update will be backwards compatible with 1.7

Applying New Geodes

• Updated to 1.19.4
• Added Gabbro
• Added Certus Quartz Geodes (Requires AE2 - optional) (by Nerjal Nosk #30)
• Certus Quartz Geodes will only generate if AE2 is installed AND they are enabled in the config.
• Certus Quartz Geodes generate with an outer layer of Gabbro
• Gabbro is a new Igneous Rock material that will be used in all future instances for Geodes that use materials from other mods, like Certus Quartz Geodes, in order to help signify that the Geode is added by this mod and not the original mod
• Gabbro can still be obtained without AE2 by crafting together Diorite with Basalt

Applying New Geodes

• Added Gabbro
• Added Certus Quartz Geodes (Requires AE2 - optional) (by Nerjal Nosk #29)
• Certus Quartz Geodes will only generate if AE2 is installed AND they are enabled in the config.
• Certus Quartz Geodes generate with an outer layer of Gabbro
• Gabbro is a new Igneous Rock material that will be used in all future instances for Geodes that use materials from other mods, like Certus Quartz Geodes, in order to help signify that the Geode is added by this mod and not the original mod
• Gabbro can still be obtained without AE2 by crafting together Diorite with Basalt

• Updated to 1.19.3
• Added compatibility with the movableAmethyst Carpet setting

• Added compatibility with the movableAmethyst Carpet setting

• Added Budding Blocks to common block and item tags #c:budding_blocks
• This should have the effect of making the Quartz Crystal Accelerator from AE2 compatible with More Geodes budding blocks

• Fixed a kick bug when trying to chime lapis and gypsum blocks on servers
• Config file now generates when not found

From the Desert Comes a Geode

• Added Lapis Lazuli geodes
  • They only generate in deserts
  • Lapis geodes have a middle layer of Pyrite
• Added Lapis Crystal Block
• Added Budding Lapis
• Added Lapis Clusters and Buds
  • Small Lapis Buds drop a Pyrite Chunk when mined, which can be used to craft Pyrite blocks.
  • Medium and Large Lapis Buds drop some Lapis Lazuli, but Lapis Clusters drop the most
• Added Pyrite
  • Try bartering it with a Piglin!
• Added Pyrite Stairs, Slab, and Wall
• Added Pyrite Chunk
  • Used to craft the Pyrite block
• Added Calcite Stairs, Slab, and Wall to go with Pyrite
• Added Gypsum Patches
  • Gypsum Patches are found in deserts and badlands
  • These 'patches' are a similar idea to geodes, expect they only generate on the surface
• Added Gypsum Crystal Block and Budding Gypsum
  • Unlike other Budding blocks, Budding Gypsum only grows crystals upwards. However, Gypsum Crystals can still be placed in any direction
• Added Small Medium Gypsum Buds
• Added Large Gypsum Bud and Gypsum Rose
  • These blocks are the double tall crystals, like Tall Grass, but can still be placed in any direction
• Added Gypsum Shard
  • Can be used in composting or to craft Sand
• All items have been moved into a dedicated creative inventory tab called "More Geodes"
• Renamed the blocks Emerald Geode, Quartz Geode, and Diamond Geode to Emerald Crystal Block, Quartz Crystal Block, and Diamond Crystal Block respectively
  • The IDs for these blocks have NOT changed, only their translation
  • However, the IDs will be updated in Minecraft 1.20 to reflect the new names
• Collapsed all Echo Locator variants into a single Echo Locator
  • The previous Echo Locator variants still exist, but are not accessible and will now drop the new Echo Locator when mined
  • The variants will be removed in Minecraft 1.20
  • The Echo Locator can now find any block with the tag geodes:echo_locatable, making it more easily integrated into mod packs. The mod natively supports crystals from Geode+ and Spectrum.
• Diamond Geodes middle layer is now 25% deepslate coal ore instead of 75%
• Diamond Geodes generate more commonly
• Updated Chinese translations by LimonBlaze (#23)

Update: Hotfix 1.6.1

• Fixed an issue where large crystal clusters could grow their head block through any block
• Added loot tables and crafting recipes for Lapis Lazuli Crystal Block and Budding Lapis Lazuli

From the Desert Comes a Geode

• Added Lapis Lazuli geodes
  • They only generate in deserts
  • Lapis geodes have a middle layer of Pyrite
• Added Lapis Crystal Block
• Added Budding Lapis
• Added Lapis Clusters and Buds
  • Small Lapis Buds drop a Pyrite Chunk when mined, which can be used to craft Pyrite blocks.
  • Medium and Large Lapis Buds drop some Lapis Lazuli, but Lapis Clusters drop the most
• Added Pyrite
  • Try bartering it with a Piglin!
• Added Pyrite Stairs, Slab, and Wall
• Added Pyrite Chunk
  • Used to craft the Pyrite block
• Added Calcite Stairs, Slab, and Wall to go with Pyrite
• Added Gypsum Patches
  • Gypsum Patches are found in deserts and badlands
  • These 'patches' are a similar idea to geodes, expect they only generate on the surface
• Added Gypsum Crystal Block and Budding Gypsum
  • Unlike other Budding blocks, Budding Gypsum only grows crystals upwards. However, Gypsum Crystals can still be placed in any direction
• Added Small Medium Gypsum Buds
• Added Large Gypsum Bud and Gypsum Rose
  • These blocks are the double tall crystals, like Tall Grass, but can still be placed in any direction
• Added Gypsum Shard
  • Can be used in composting or to craft Sand
• All items have been moved into a dedicated creative inventory tab called "More Geodes"
• Renamed the blocks Emerald Geode, Quartz Geode, and Diamond Geode to Emerald Crystal Block, Quartz Crystal Block, and Diamond Crystal Block respectively
  • The IDs for these blocks have NOT changed, only their translation
  • However, the IDs will be updated in Minecraft 1.20 to reflect the new names
• Collapsed all Echo Locator variants into a single Echo Locator
  • The previous Echo Locator variants still exist, but are not accessible and will now drop the new Echo Locator when mined
  • The variants will be removed in Minecraft 1.20
  • The Echo Locator can now find any block with the tag geodes:echo_locatable, making it more easily integrated into mod packs. The mod natively supports crystals from Geode+ and Spectrum.
• Diamond Geodes middle layer is now 25% deepslate coal ore instead of 75%
• Diamond Geodes generate more commonly
• Updated Chinese translations by LimonBlaze (#23)

• Stepping on crystal now chimes appropriately
• Changed amount of emeralds dropped by clusters from 4-8 to 6.
• Medium and Large Emerald Buds now drop a few emeralds
• Quartz Clusters now drop 4-6 pieces of quartz instead of 4-8.
• Medium and Large Quartz Buds now drop a few pieces of quartz
• Increased rarity of Emerald Geodes

• Backported to 1.19, now works on versions 1.19-1.19.2
• Emerald and quartz geodes now generate more frequently
• Diamond geodes now generate even less frequently than before
• Added a small config to disable the generation of each geode, in geodes.properties. See the README in the GitHub source for more information.

Is There an Echo in Here?

I now have a Discord server if you'd like to come chat with me!

https://discord.gg/aqASuWebRU

Changelog

• Added Echo Geodes
  • Echo geodes are only found in the Deep Dark, and can grow Echo shards
  • The echo geode blocks all have custom echoing sounds
• Added Echo Locators
  • Echo locators have the same hardness and resistance as stone, and need a pickaxe to be mined
  • Echo locators have a max stack size of 1
  • Echo locators come in different types for each geode
  • Right-click/use an echo locator and it will attempt to find nearby crystals of its matching type
  • If it finds any matching crystals, it will make those crystals 'resonate', and the nearest crystal will emit a sculk particle back to the echo locator
• Added advancement "Is There an Echo in Here?"
• Fixed incorrect subtitles when non-amethyst geode blocks chime
• Fixed some geode blocks not making chime noises when hit with a projectile
• Fixed clusters not dropping their resource when broken by non-pickaxe means, such as pistons
• Added Polish translations by Morsznetik (#18)
• Added Discord server to Modmenu integration

• Update to 1.19.2
• Added French translations by Zifiv (#17)

• Added translations for Simplified Chinese (China) by @VAN-152 (#14)
• Added translations for German (Germany)
• Added translations for English (UK)
• Added translations for Pirate Speak (The Seven Seas)
• Added translations for Upside-down English
• Added translations for Shakesperean English (Kingdom of England)
• Added translations for LOLCAT (The Kingdom of Cats)

• Update to MC 1.19

Minor texture update

• All emerald geode blocks have been retextured
• Diamond geode block retextured to look more natural
• Diamond geodes are now filled with water
• The middle layer of diamond geodes is now 75% deepslate coal ore, and 25% smooth basalt, rather than 100% deepslate coal ore
• Added "Gems Are Truly Outrageous" advancement
• Decreased drops from diamond clusters from 1-2 to just 1.