Bits and Balance v1.6.0

Minor Additions

• Suppress Experimental Settings Warning

  • Suppresses experimental settings warnings when creating/loading worlds
  • Config: suppressExperimentalSettingsWarning (default: true)

• Leaf Litter Biome Tint

  • Tints minecraft:leaf_litter and leaf pile blocks using biome foliage/grass colors
  • Optional clamp ranges can be configured globally, per-biome, and via biome tags (prefix #)
  • Config section: client.leafLitterTint (default: enabled)

• Balanced Elytra

  • Elytras lose extra durability when flying at high speeds (on top of vanilla durability loss)
  • Config: balance.balancedElytra.enabled (default: true)

• Return To Killer

  • When killing flying mobs, their XP and drops home toward the killer for easy pickup
  • Item homing speed is capped (5 m/s)
  • Config: tweaks.returnToKiller.enabled (default: true)

• Tipped Arrows Lingering Clouds

  • Tipped arrows spawn a lingering-potion-style area effect cloud immediately on impact
  • Cloud spawns on both block hit and entity hit
  • Cloud behavior matches lingering potions (radius decay, duration, and component handling)
  • Afterwards, the arrow becomes a normal arrow
  • Config: tweaks.tippedArrowLingeringClouds.enabled (default: true)

• Speedy Happy Ghasts

  • Happy Ghasts are affected by Swiftness and Slowness (applied to flying speed)
  • Swiftness is doubled for Happy Ghasts (Speed I = +40%)
  • Config: tweaks.speedyHappyGhasts.enabled (default: true)

Major Fixes

• Nether Vein System (Restored)

  • Reimplemented large winding ore veins that were lost in previous versions
  • Added large winding ore veins using 3D noise generation
  • Nether Gold Veins: 1 in 30 chunks, Y 35-118, 20% ore chance
  • Nether Quartz Veins: 1 in 30 chunks, Y 35-118, 20% ore chance
  • Coal/Andesite Veins: 1 in 50 chunks, Y 16-320, 20% ore chance
  • 240 segments long, 1.5-3.0 block radius
  • Host blocks: 80% netherrack/andesite, 20% blackstone/stone (90% fill)
  • Each vein type can be toggled independently in config
  • Veins only replace blocks in the configured replaceable tags (and never replace air/fluids)
  • Replaceable tags are generated via datagen

• Nether Lava Spring Suppression (Restored)

  • Restored missing config option to disable air-exposed Nether lava springs
  • Preserves hidden underground lava pockets
  • Reduces surface lava lakes while maintaining cave exploration

• Aerodynamic (Treasure Enchantment) (Restored)

  • Restored missing classes for this feature
  • Adds the data-driven enchantment bitsandbalance:aerodynamic for Elytra
  • Reduces horizontal drag during elytra flight, scaling with altitude
  • Caps Aerodynamic-assisted flight speed (default: 50 m/s)
  • Rarely found as an enchanted book in End City Treasure loot (~1/100)
  • Config: enchanting.aerodynamic.* (default: enabled)

• Respawn Anchor Anywhere (Restored)

  • Restored missing classes for this feature
  • Allows respawn anchors to function in any dimension (not just the Nether)
  • Config: tweaks.respawn_anchor_anywhere.enabled (default: true)

Compatibility: New features only affect newly generated chunks. Existing worlds remain unchanged. All features can be toggled via config.