NOVA Exploration

🧭 NovaHosting’s Exploration Pack — v1.3 (this is a more redefinded version from 1.1 - 1.3)

Date: (10/28/2025)

Release type: Major content pass + worldgen refresh

Minecraft: 1.20.1 (Forge) Previous: v1.0.2.1

This version v1.3 has the witherstorm auto spawn at 10 mins, If you don't want the wither storm to auto spawn in 10 mins or not at all go in the menu then mods then search "witherstorm" then go to client option and find and click on auto spawn and set how you want and save at the bottom.

🆕 Added

• Exploration & Structures (highlights): Ice Pillager Castle, Cherry Monastery, Bamboo/Badland/Desert temples, Savanna Watchtower, Jungle Treehouse Village, Villager Pagoda/Farmer/Forge houses, Warped/End/Ocean/Nether villager outposts & traders, Villager Warship, Sparse Structures, CliffTree, Giant* tree set (Birch/Oak/Pine/Nether/Swamp/Cherry Bonsai), Cottages Witch Huts, Dungeons & Taverns Stronghold Overhaul, YUNG’s Better Mineshafts, YUNG’s Better End Island, Pinchbus Alive Villages.

• Ambient & Atmosphere: MAtmos – Ambient Sound, ExtraSounds Next, Stellar View (sky), Torch hit!, Ding.

• Create & Tech: Create: New Beginnings, Create: Bells & Whistles.

• QoL & Gameplay: Polymorph, RightClickHarvest, Tree Harvester, Xaero’s Minimap, Bountiful, VillagerXP, Sophisticated Storage, Delightful Creators, Crate Delight, Delightful Burgers.

• Content Packs & Theming: Rechiseled: AE2, Rechiseled: Chipped, Luminous suite (Butterflies/Beasts/Monsters/Depths/Nether/Tag).

• Libs / APIs (new): Pehkui, Kambrik, JamLib, Blueprint, Necronomicon API, iChunUtil, Zigy’s Player Animator API, TCT Core.

🔄 Updated / Changed

• Applied Energistics 2: 15.4.9 → 15.4.10.
• Create: 6.0.6 → 6.0.7.
• Create Ore Excavation: 1.6.4 → 1.6.5.
• Double Doors: 7.1 → 7.2.
• SecurityCraft: v1.10.0.1 → v1.10.1.
• Collective: 8.12 → 8.13.
• General config passes for worldgen, audio, and minimap defaults.

🗑️ What we have removed

• Biome/worldgen packs: Regions Unexplored, Geophilic, Ecologics (shift toward structure-driven exploration + Luminous set).
• YUNG’s Bridges and YUNG’s Better Strongholds (replaced by D&T Stronghold Overhaul + End/Minshaft upgrades).
• MVS – Moog’s Voyager Structures.
• AmbientSounds (replaced by MAtmos/ExtraSounds Next).
• Create add-ons trimmed: Create: Applied Kinetics, Create: Steam ’n’ Rails, Create: Dimensions, Create Big Cannons: Advanced Technologies (base Create Big Cannons retained).
• Visual Vibrance (redundant with new visual stack).
• (Note) Twilight Forest override not included by default in v1.3.

⚠️ World Notes

• Because several biome/structure providers changed, new chunks will reflect the v1.3 worldgen. Existing worlds are safe, but for the full experience consider exploring beyond generated areas or starting a fresh seed.

🧠 Tech

• Performance spine retained: Embeddium, ModernFix, FerriteCore, Noisium, Entity Culling, BadOptimizations, ImmediatelyFast, GPUBooster, etc.
• Audio stack now uses MAtmos + Sound Physics Remastered for richer ambience.