Chroma Tools & Utilities

The July update marks a major turning point for the future of Chroma. It completely reworks the Chromatic tool class and introduces the largest content update so far. Featuring a brand new cave biome beneath the Deepslate layer, a unique structure, new hostile mobs, additional pets, a Crystal Relict, and an in-game handbook explaining the mod's mechanics.

Reworks

This update marks the beginning of a major overhaul series that will fundamentally reshape the entire mod. More information can be found in the roadmap.

Roadmap 2026

!Roadmap

Charred Caves

The Charred Caves are a brand new cave biome shaped by lava, ash, and basalt-like rock formations. With this update, the world has been extended by an additional 64 blocks in depth, placing the biome beneath the Deepslate layer. It is home to the rare Chromatic Ore, new hostile mobs, a unique structure, and much more.

The Charred Caves are designed as a late-game area, offering powerful equipment for those willing to face the challenge. Due to the extreme atmospheric pressure at these depths, players must wear a Netherite Helmet or stronger to survive. Without suitable head protection, they will periodically take heavy damage.

Charred Caves

!CC 1 !CC2 !CC3 !CC4 !CC5

Chromatic Equipment

Significant changes have also been made to the Chromatic equipment

Creative Tab Title

The longterm plan is to move all equipment classes into a single inventory tab. Individual classes will be separated by dedicated category headers. With this update, the Chromatic class becomes the first to receive its own heading.

Chromatic Particles

Chromatic Equipment features now a new patricle type that matches the class.

Chromatic heading

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Chromatic Hoe

The attack damage and attack speed values of the Chromatic Hoe were swapped. This bug has been fixed, and the hoe has also received 1 additional attack damage.

Mining Speed

The mining speed of all Chromatic tools has been increased. As a result, the Chromatic Pickaxe can now instantly mine stone when enchanted with Efficiency V, while all other blocks can also be mined more quickly.

Fountain Dungeon

The Fountain Dungeon is a new structure found within the Charred Caves. Its entrance always generates connected to an open cave and serves as the source of the Chromatic Upgrade Template.

At its center lies the XP Fountain, which must be filled with a total of 50 experience levels. Once fully charged, the fountain overloads and rewards the player with the Chromatic Upgrade Template.

Up to four spawner rooms can generate around the dungeon, each containing Charred Stalker spawners and chests filled with valuable loot, including:

• Chromatic Nugget (1-5)
• Experience Bottles (2-7)
• Chromatic Ingot
• Netherite Ingot
• Netherite Pickaxe
• Netherite Shovel
• Netherite Hoe
• Debris Launcher

Fountain Dungeon

!Center !Activated Fountain !Spawner

Entities

This update introduces two new hostile mobs and two new pets.

Charred Ghost

The Charred Ghost is a floating hostile mob found within the Charred Caves. It attacks by hurling large chunks of basalt at the player, dealing heavy damage upon impact.

Charred Ghost

!Charred Ghost

Charred Stalker

The Charred Stalker is a melee focused hostile mob wielding a Netherite Sword. Despite its simple combat style, it should not be underestimated.

Charred Stalker

!Charred Stalker

Charred Cube

The Charred Cube is a friendly mob found within the Charred Caves. Once tamed, it becomes a pet and fights alongside the player against the dangers lurking within the new cave biome.

Charred Cube

!Charred Cube

Drillie

Drillie is a pet that deals damage in a full 360 degree radius around itself. This makes it exceptionally effective against large groups of enemies.

Drillie

!Drillie

Crystal Relicts

Debris Launcher

The Debris Launcher grants the player the signature ability of the Charred Ghost. It launches a massive chunk of basalt at enemies, dealing heavy damage on impact.

Blocks

Several new blocks have been added for the new cave biome, further expanding its atmosphere and variety.

• Charred Basalt
• Smooth Charred Basalt
• Polished Charred Basalt
• Slag
• Charred Basalt Gold Ore
• Charred Basalt Emerald Ore
• Charred Basalt Diamond Ore
• Charred Basalt Chromatic Ore
• Chromatic Block

Chroma Handbook

The Chroma Handbook explains how to obtain the new tools and progress through the Chromatic class. It will be expanded in future updates to cover the remaining classes as well.

Chroma Handbook

!Book 1 !Book 2 !Book 3 !Book 4

Chroma version

The installed Chroma version is now displayed above the Minecraft version in the main menu.

In addition, each world now stores the Chroma version it was last played with. This allows the mod to determine whether a world can be loaded safely or if a warning should be shown beforehand to help prevent potential world generation issues.

Crafting recipes

Crafting recipes

!Handbook Recipe !Polished Basalt Recipe !Chromatic Block !Chromatic Ingot Recipe Rework !Drillie Recipe

Worldgen

• Chromy tree removed
• Palm tree removed
• Chromatic Ore Worldgen reworked
• Chromatic Upgrade Template removed from Ancient City loot pool
• Worldgen message with major updates

Bugfixes

• Chromatic Armor now supports Smithing Templates (1 year old Bug :/)
• Fixed Celestial & Corrupted Spear not dealing more damage