Lushier

Lushier reworks Lush Caves, which gain new natural features and archaeological structures. Underground exploration gets more to find, and the biome leads into material progression that is meant to make mid-game work in these caves more rewarding. Ancient Corallite, a gem, can be mined from Emerald Ore or looted from structures in Lush Caves.

Crafting follows from those finds. Smelted Emerald combined with Copper Ingots and Lapis Lazuli produces Veronze, an alloy in the spirit of Netherite that is used to upgrade wooden tools and shears. Veronze tools have high attack and mining speed and carry the Germination enchantment, which lets them slowly repair themselves when exposed to enough light. Smelting Glow Berries yields Glowdew, which when used places a temporary light that gives nearby living entities the Glowing effect for a brief time, and pairing Glowdew with a Slimeball produces Flareballs, a throw-able item meant for scouting at long range.

Lushier requires Lithostitched and Quark on every loader. It is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with files for 1.21 and 1.21.1. The server is required and the client optional, so the mod can run on a server without players installing it, and it also runs on a client when they do.