Version 1.0.0 [BETA]

• Updated status to BETA release.
• Added Equine / Mounted Combat Overhaul:
  • Equine classes: Wild, Rouncey, Destrier, Courser, Palfrey.
  • Realistic riding mechanics: Sigmoidal throttle, walk speed caps, reverse gear, high-speed fall damage.
  • Feeding taming system: Wild horses must be leashed and hand-fed daily.
  • Specializations: Training Rounceys via combat and agility XP into Destriers, Coursers, or Palfreys.
  • Chests on mounts: Palfreys, Rounceys, donkeys, and mules can carry chests for storage.
  • Aquatic behavior: Donkeys and mules sink under heavy load; donkeys panic and throw riders in deep water.
• Added Wolf AI & Pack Defense Mechanics:
  • Quiet stealth following goal replacing standard AI.
  • Aggressive wild predator spawns (25% chance) targeting players.
  • Tactical retreat: wolves run away and gain Speed II when health falls below 30%.
  • Combat stuns (alternate strikes) and post-attack slow.
  • Pack Limit: owner tamed wolves capped at 2. Excess wolves turn hostile.
  • Hound threat auto-targeting: standing tamed wolves auto-target monsters within 10 blocks (excluding Creepers).
• Added Regional & Progression Difficulty Engine:
  • World Age Mob Cap: Surface hostile spawns throttled based on days (12 early, scaling up to 60 after Day 31).
  • Equipment Progression: Gearless spawns (Days 0-3), shields/stone tools (Days 6-7), and leather/chainmail scout variants (Day 11+).
  • Banishment & Conversion: Creepers/Witches permanently banned. Day 0 bans Skeletons, Vindicators, Drowned. Pre-Day 5 zombie-drowned conversion blocked.
  • Baby zombie aging: Baby zombies automatically age to adults.
  • Smithing lock: Prevents crafting legendary gear (Ornstein, Dragonslayer) before slaying the Ender Dragon.
• Added Progressive Night Mini-Bosses:
  • Catena-Mail Vigil (60 HP Skeleton archer with Glowing, stationary firing, and guard summoning).
  • Defiled Castellan (80 HP Husk with Weakness, Mining Fatigue, horizontal knockback, and shield-bypassing).
  • Dead Iron Knight (100 HP Husk with 4 Sapper guards, anti-fortification block breaking).
  • Diamond Knight (150 HP Husk with armor shedding, progressive speed boosts, and knockback resistance).
• Added Ecological & Environmental Balance:
  • Biome-specific fishing (restricts native fish drops, yields junk otherwise).
  • Squid beaching prevention and puddle spawning protection.
  • Spider surface spawning restricted to forest and jungle biomes.
  • Pufferfish inflation stamina limits (forced deflation and cooldown).
  • Chicken wing fatigue and fall damage when falling more than 8 blocks.
  • Fox holding restrictions (foxes only hold items in the custom fox_holdable item tag).
• Added Medieval Barter & Progression Economy:
  • Currency reform: Emeralds replaced by copper, raw iron, or raw gold based on villager profession and level.
  • Material tier trade upgrades: Previous material tier is required to buy higher-tier tools/weapons/armor.
  • Wandering Trader Overhaul: Offers exotic items (saddles, blaze rods, totems, gold apples) for emeralds.
• Added Bare-Handed Harvest Restrictions:
  • Mining fatigue III, direct health, and arm limb trauma (LSO integration) when harvesting incorrectly.
  • Knives used as slow axe alternative for log chopping (consumes high durability, grants Haste).
• Added Client-Side HUD & Tooltip Enhancements:
  • Waila/Jade integration showing horse stats (class, breaking progress, daily feeds, XP).
  • Re-formatted Attribute Tooltips: slot-sorted absolute/delta display with clean rounding.
• Added Thermodynamic & Burning Combat Mechanics:
  • Lava Quenching underwater (bucket quenches to empty, creates obsidian).
  • Panic Speed boost when players are on fire.
  • Burning melee attacks with items tagged under burning_items (5s burn).
• Modernization & Quality of Life:
  • Migrated dependencies to Gradle Version Catalog (libs.versions.toml).
  • Added Maven repository content filters to optimize build speeds.
  • Configured GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline for compilation checks and automatic publishing.
  • Migrated static tags to Java-based Data Generation providers.
  • Fixed persistent display message cooldown bug.
  • Compressed logo file to WebP format.