Music and Magic — Alpha 1.2.0

Two brand-new gameplay systems land in Core Keeper Fabric: a full magic system with mana, ten new spell weapons and six summoning tomes, plus a music system featuring six instruments and puzzle dungeons sealed behind musical Melody Gates.

Magic System

A new mana resource sits above your hunger bar — 20 mana, 10 purple-moon icons, regenerates after 3 seconds without spending. Mana persists through death, save/load, and dimension changes.

Staves & Scimitar (10 new weapons)

• Simple Staff — reliable blue magic orbs
• Sticky Stick — slows enemies on hit
• Arcane Staff — rapid-fire purple bolts
• Fireball Staff — tap for a fireball, charge for an explosive one
• Scholar's Staff — hard-hitting light orbs; charged shot fires three at once
• Sun Caller — light orbs that explode on impact
• Chaos Staff — random projectile from a pool of 8, never the same fight twice
• Noxious Meteor Staff — summon a meteor from above; chance to poison
• Corrupted Meteor Staff — bigger meteor, no poison, pure destruction
• Zealot's Scimitar — a magic-damage melee blade that drains mana per hit

All staves have a tap and a hold-to-charge attack. Charged attacks come with a movement-slowdown tradeoff.

Tomes & Minions (5 new + 1 returning)

Summon allies to fight alongside you — bats, fire mites, plant guardians, skeletons, jellyfish, and radioactive hands. Each tome costs mana to summon. You can have up to 3 minions at once across all types — summoning a fourth replaces the oldest. Floating minions automatically space themselves around you so they don't overlap.

Music System

Instruments

Six new handheld instruments, each tuned to a different vanilla noteblock sound:

• Cello
• Drumkit
• Flute
• Harp
• Ocarina
• Pocket Piano

Hold right-click to enter playing mode. Your hotbar keys 1–7 become note keys spanning a chromatic scale; Shift or Ctrl shifts the range one octave up or down for 21 notes total. Release right-click to exit.

Melody Gates

A new puzzle entity: the Melody Gate is a 4×2 indestructible barrier sealing the entrance to a dungeon. Play the correct melody with any instrument while standing near it — the gate glows, then shatters and lets you through.

The first variety listens for E F G E D C D (keys 3-4-5-3-2-1-2). Hint: the gate's face shows a five-line musical staff. Play a wrong note and you're shut out until you release and re-enter playing mode — then try again.

New Structures

Scattered across the overworld:

• Ancient Gateway Ruins (rarest) — crumbling ruins around a great gateway
• Dirt Melody Room 1 & 2 (rare) — sealed chambers behind Melody Gates; bring an instrument
• Turf Ruins (common) — small overgrown ruins, good early-game loot

All four feature chests with a new dirt-cave loot table.

Fixes & Quality of Life

• Minions now physically collide instead of stacking on top of each other at your feet
• Turf Chest structures finally populate their loot (they were silently empty in 1.1.0)
• Mana HUD hides automatically in Creative and Spectator modes

Compatibility

• Minecraft: 1.21
• Mod Loader: Fabric (loader 0.16.14+)
• Fabric API required
• Save-compatible with Alpha 1.1.0 worlds — no breaking changes

Thanks for playing! Report bugs at the GitHub issue tracker.