Anomaly Zone

The mod opens zones with contamination, where each of the four biome families carries its own hazards and rewards. Staying longer raises the risk to the character, so time spent in a zone becomes part of the challenge. Recurring emissions arrive as deadly events the player has to prepare for and survive.

Artifacts sit hidden across the zones and are found with a set of specialized detectors. Players wear them in trinket slots through Curios, where each one brings a mix of buffs and drawbacks. A sharpening bench improves artifacts using anomalous batteries and essences, and repeated attempts carry a pity bonus. Scientific armor gives a full protective set for the zones.

Two dependencies are needed: TerraBlender handles the zone terrain, and Curios API handles equipping artifacts, so both must be installed before Anomaly Zone in a Forge instance. The mod is released under the MIT License, is not open source, and is published for 1.20.1 only, with the latest Forge file dated 2026-08-28. Only the client and the server need it, so every player on a server that runs it needs it too.