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The datapack REQUIRES the provided resourcepack to play. [Latest Resource Pack Download]

[The next update for Blue Depths will be focused on expanding river life. Be sure to keep an eye out within the next few weeks (may be a slight delay because of final exams) for the next update: Roaring Rivers]

Blue Depths transforms Minecraft’s oceans into a living, breathing ecosystem, providing new creatures that Minecraft normally wouldn’t add (ahem… sharks).

Blue Depths is meant for players who want a deeper ocean experience without sacrificing performance or vanilla balancing. Players can conquer these new creatures and even raise them as their own, experiencing their life cycles.

Along with that, the datapack also adds a new difficult boss to the game, The Nameless Depth, a being lost to time and forgotten by the ocean.

An in-game guidebook can be crafted using a book and salmon, and provides a much better explanation of all the features.

Fully compatible with multiplayer.

What Blue Depths adds:

Mobs:

Tuna (inspired by the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna)

• The “cow of the sea” (a new food source)
• Spawns in schools of four in most ocean biomes
• Can be grown and harvested for farms

Great White Shark

• Neutral predator in most cases (unless provoked)
  • High health and damage
• Rare, curious variant will follow and attack players
• If defeated, it can drop a pup that can be raised and grown by the player

Box Jellyfish

• If you get too close, it will inflict a nasty sting that will debuff and harm the player
• Multiple colored variants
  • An extremely rare pink variant can also be found in the wild
• Drops the Nematocyst Gel
  • Can be processed into slime balls
• Can be grown by the player from a polyp to a mature medusa

Orcas

• Spawn in pairs
• Inspired by real social behaviors
• Planned improvements in the future

Catfish

• Spawns in rivers and mangrove swamps
• Bottom-dwelling fish
• Can be picked up using a water bucket
• Another source of food

Sturgeon

• Rare and durable river fish
• Has a chance to drop their scute on death
  • Scute can be processed to make the Armorbite, which can give players resistance for 3 minutes
• Can drop eggs, which can be used to raise and grow more sturgeon

Blocks:

Deep Blue Grill

• A custom block used for cooking and processing certain drops from the new mobs
• Can be used to cook tuna fillet and catfish
• Also used for processing nematocyst gel to slime balls and sturgeon scute

The Nameless Catalyst

• A new ritual block used to summon the boss, an entity forgotten by time and hidden away by the ocean
• Place certain drops from each of the new mobs to activate it
  • Certain restrictions apply

Boss:

The Nameless Depth

• A new underwater boss that rivals most Minecraft bosses in difficulty
• Launches custom attacks, causing chaos on the battlefield
• Forces player submergence
• Scales stats and attack frequency based on player count
• Upon death, it will drop a new powerful weapon for the player(s) to wield

To begin your journey:

Install the datapack along with its REQUIRED resourcepack, make sure the resourcepack is enabled You can watch this video on installing datapacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBUzc1CtK4 Craft the in-game guidebook for a comprehensive guide on Blue Depths.

Also, there is an easter egg for players to discover.

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