Eastward Journeys

A Forge mod for Minecraft that adds asian-themed content to the game. This mod was built off of the original Cherry Blossom Grotto, an experimental mod for Miencraft 1.16.5 -> 1.19.4. Though not backwards compatible with the content in Cherry Blossom Grotto, this mod reuses much of the content from the original, but rebranded to Eastward Journeys.

Dependencies

Uses Terrablender as a dependency for generating custom biomes. Also uses GeckoLib for entity animations.

Contents

This mod is a sequel to the Cherry Blossom Grotto mod. Now that cherry blossoms are natively supported by Minecraft (as of 1.20), this mod shifts its focus into the support of new biomes themed around the nature of eastern asia. Minecraft's vanilla cherry blossom trees will now show up in some new biomes in place of the original mod's own take on cherry blossom trees. The mod itself has a range of new content from biomes, custom villages, new structures, items and building blocks.

Biomes

• Eastern Forest - A variation of the vanilla flower forest that has cherry blossom trees sprinkled in
• Black Pine Forest - A sparse forest on hilly overgrown plains with black pine trees. These trees come in a variety of shapes.
• Cherry Blossom Bamboo Jungle - A variation of the bamboo jungle with cherry blossom trees sprinkled in
• Cherry Blossom Slopes - Snowy mountain slopes peppered with cherry blossom trees and hotsprings
• Hinoki Forest - A dense forest of hinoki trees, a vibrant new take on pine trees
• Maple Woods - Sprawling forests of deep red maple trees. The maple trees drop their leaves in piles along the ground
• Oak and Maple Forest - Forests with a mix of oak and red maple trees
• Old Growth Fir Forest - this new type of old growth forest introduces the water fir tree (also known as the dawn sequoia). These trees come in two leaf-colour varities. The forest is pepped with pools of water growing rice and the fallen remains of ancient trees upon which new mushroom types grow
• Shrublands - Desert biome with flowering cactuses and small dried out trees known as saxaul trees
• Stone Forest - A jungle biome with a karst landscope wherein deltas of stone burst from the ground making for a very dense and elevated jungle biome

Structures

• Giant Buddha - Mysterious large statue which may house a secret
• Torii Gate - A torii gate crafted from water fir wood and blackstone
• Gazebo - Small structure that provides some solice from the lonely darkness of the wilderness
• Ancient Fallen Tree - The fallen remains of an ancient and gigantic tree. Mushrooms grow from its wood.
• Great Wall - A large sprawling structure full of traps, monsters and treasure
• Terracotta Tomb - A large tomb around which many terracotta warriors stand guard
• Ruined Torii Portal - A new variant of the ruined portal structure that is designed to look like a torii gate
• Cherry Blossom Village - A new variant of the village with custom buildings fitting the eastern aesthetic
• Mangrove Village - Another new village variant that spawns only in vanilla mangrove swamps. This provides a unique aesthetic with heavy incorporation of local building materials in the houses.

New Wood Types

• Black Pine
• Hinoki
• Water Fir
• Saxaul
• Maple

Weapons

• Katana New weapon type that operates as a slower but stronger sword Crafted with a stick and two iron ingots in a diagonal fashion Katanas can be re-crafted with iron ingots to increase their damage up to 1000 times
• Kunai Throwing weapons that deal decent damage
• Shuriken Throwing weapons that are made cheaply but deal very little damage

Armour

• Kabuto Helmet Samurai-styled helmet that provide a new style to iron armour. When worn with all other Kabuto armour pieces, grants an attack bonus to katanas. Crafted with iron ingots and red wool.
• Kabuto Cuirass Samurai-styled breastplate that provide a new style to iron armour. When worn with all other Kabuto armour pieces, grants an attack bonus to katanas. Crafted with iron ingots and red wool.
• Kabuto Greaves Samurai-styled leggings that provide a new style to iron armour. When worn with all other Kabuto armour pieces, grants an attack bonus to katanas. Crafted with iron ingots and red wool.
• Kabuto Sandals Samurai-styled boots that provide a new style to iron armour. When worn with all other Kabuto armour pieces, grants an attack bonus to katanas. Crafted with iron ingots and red wool.
• Ninja Mask Ninja-styled helmet that provide a new style to leather armour. When worn with all over Ninja armour pieces, grants access to the double jump capability without needing to enchant. Crafted with black wool.
• Ninja Tunic Ninja-styled breastplate that provide a new style to leather armour. When worn with all over Ninja armour pieces, grants access to the double jump capability without needing to enchant. Crafted with black wool.
• Ninja Leggings Ninja-styled leggings that provide a new style to leather armour. When worn with all over Ninja armour pieces, grants access to the double jump capability without needing to enchant. Crafted with black wool.
• Ninja Sandals Ninja-styled boots that provide a new style to leather armour. When worn with all over Ninja armour pieces, grants access to the double jump capability without needing to enchant. Crafted with black wool.

Food

• Rice Harvested from rice plants Can be planted in single-block deep water on dirt blocks Can be eaten for minor nutrition
• Onigiri Crafted from rice and kelp Can be eaten for decent nutrition
• Congee Crafted from rice and a bowl Can be eaten for decent nutrition
• Cooked Koi Koi cooked in a furnace or campfire. Can be eaten for moderate nutrition.
• Bottle of Maple Syrup An empty glass bottle used on a log of stripped maple wood will fill with maple syrup Can be eaten to gain a brief movement speed buff

Natural blocks

• Enoki Mushroom Found growing from wood in moist biomes like the old growth fir forest When grown with bonemeal they may spawn a giant mushroom with a tall stalk
• Shiitake Mushroom Grows from the sides of trees and wooden logs When grown with bonemeal they may spawn a giant mushroom with a curved stalk
• Flowering Cactus Small cactus with a purple flower adorning the top
• Rice Paddy Small plants that have multiple growth stages Can only be planted in single-block deep water

Decorative Blocks

• Zen lantern Stone lanterns that give slightly more light than a torch Can be crafted with cobblestone and a torch Spawns naturally in cherry blossom grotto villages There is a soul flame variant
• Shoji Paper An item that can be placed into empty shoji screens There are multiple patterns that can be crafted
• Shoji Screen 2x1 tall block which has a thin model like a door Does not block light Shoji paper can be placed into the screen
• Dark Shoji Screen Variant of the shoji screen rimmed with darker wood
• Small Shoji Screen Variant of the shoji screen which is a single block tall
• Small Dark Shoji Screen Variant of the dark shoji screen which is a single block tall
• Hidden Trapdoors Trapdoor crafted from common blocks that make for great hidden entrances to bases All wood types (both this mod's and vanilla) have a hidden trapdoor variant based on their planks texture Also supported with stone, cobblestone and smooth stone
• Tatami Mat New carpet block designed to look like a traditional tatami mat. Crafted from bamboo and string.
• Long Tatami Mat A long 2x1 carpet block which provides an alternative shape to the tatami mat that provides additional decorating options. Crafted from bamboo and string.
• Aged Tatami Mat Aged tatami mats lose their green hue as the fibres age. These mats are a variation of the standard tatami mats that provide a light brown/tan colouration to the texture. Created from wheat and string.
• Long Aged Tatami Mat A long 2x1 variant to the aged tatami mat that provides additional decorating options. Crafted from wheat and string.
• Terracotta Warrior Statue Terracotta statue of an armoured warrior wielding a spear
• Paper Lantern Lanterns made of a torch and paper that emit a small amount of light

Creatures

• Koi Raw koi fish. Drops from killed koi entities. Can be eaten for minor nutrition
• Tanooki Mischevious mammals that scurry around stealing items that are dropped into the world and catch their attention If a Tanooki steals from you, it must be killed to return your item. Upon death, they have a chance of dropping some unusual items

Monsters

• Terracotta Warrior Monster that remains still and unmoving until a target comes into range It hops around slowly after its target but on contact will do heavy damage and have a large health pool making them hard to dispatch

Enchantments

Theres one new enchantment in the game, which enables the double jumping capability for the player

Extra Support

Motschen's Better Leaves support

For adding support for cherry blossom leaves with Motschen's Better Leaves - follow the instructions here.

BSL shaders waving leaves support

If you want to see the cherry blossom leave blocks wave like other leave blocks when the BSL shaderpack's waving leaves option is enabled, you'll need to make a small edit to the shaderpack manually. Assuming you already have BSL shaders installed and working, navigate to your shaderpacks folder in your Minecraft installation directory and follow through to:

1. BSL_vX.X.XX > shaders > block.properties
2. Open block.properties in a text editor.
3. Look for the line containing "block.10105= \" and you'll see the following line contains a list of all leave blocks from vanilla minecraft that the shaderpack recognizes.
4. On this line, add a space to the end and enter _"eastwardjourneys:cherry_blossomleaves" to add the cherry blossom leaves block to the list of leave blocks recognized by the shaderpack.
5. You should now be able to launch Minecraft with BSL shaders and see the cherry blossom leave blocks waving alongside vanilla Minecraft leave blocks.