Exclusion Zone - Australia Expedition

Environmental Security Agency (ESA)

Northern Territory, Australia — 1955

!A standard ESA watchtower in the Australian savannas.

The ESA has sent you to a remote observation tower in the savannas of the Northern Territory following a series of unusual reports concerning the region's wildlife.

Your mission is to explore the surrounding area, observe its wildlife, and photograph any unusual creatures you encounter. Clear photographs are essential: the better your evidence, the easier it will be for the ESA to determine what is happening in the region.

!A bear resting on the grass, next to a forest.

Explore the savannas, caves, and other environments surrounding the observation tower. Use cameras to document the creatures you find, and craft firearms to defend yourself against the more dangerous ones.

!An opening on the ground leading to a big cave.

Craft weapons to defend yourself against hostile wildlife, gather resources, mine underground, and improve your equipment as you travel farther from the tower. You can also use aircraft to explore the region from above.

But be careful after sunset. The darkness is pitch black, and visibility can quickly become a serious problem. Use the flashlight provided with you and stay aware of your surroundings.

!A photograph taken in the forest at night. The darkness is pitch black.

The dry grass of the Northern Territory brings another danger: fire can spread quickly across the savanna. Lightning and other sources of fire can turn a safe area into a dangerous one, so be prepared to deal with it.

!A forest fire.

Mark important locations on your map, document the wildlife you encounter, and make use of everything the ESA has provided.

The wilderness is vast, the nights are dark, and not everything you encounter will be familiar.

!Unrecognized critter on the watchtower.

"Preserving environmental balance for a safer tomorrow." - ESA

About the Modpack

Keybinds

• Press U ingame to see all of the keybinds, recommended gear and tips.
• Press Z to activate your flashlight.
• Press M to open your map.

Features

• Tools don't have durability. The ESA has provided you with gold equipment.
• The darkness is pitch black.
• Fire can spread quickly.
• There are no zombies, skeletons, creepers or creatures of this kind.
  • Your task is to observe and defend yourself against the local wildlife.
• There is no Nether or End dimension.

Getting Started

• Investigate the watchtower, observe its contents and make the necessary repairs.
• Take pictures with your camera, and when the film gets full, develop it using a water bottle.
  • Take your developed films to the Lightroom, and use paper and black dye to print.
• Gather resources in the forest and caves to craft better gear.
• Build walls around your tower to make it secure.
• Craft a Scrap Workbench to make your first firearms.

Main mods (Spoilers):

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- ARPHEX - Arthropod Phobia Expansion
- Exposure
- Naturalist
- Just Enough Guns

Full list:

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• AI-Improvements
• Abandoned Watchtowers
• Almanac
• AmbientSounds
• Antique Atlas
• AppleSkin
• Architectury
• Arthropod Phobia Expansions
• Auto HUD
• Barebones McQoy
• Better Combat
• Better Deepslate Ore Drops
• Better Trees
• Biome Spawn Point
• Burnt Basic 1.9.4 Forge 1.20.1
• Camera Overhaul
• CameraHUD
• Cardiac
• Carry On
• Chunk Activity Tracker
• Cloth Config v10 API
• Collective
• Constant Music
• Controlling For Fabric
• CoroUtil
• Cosy Critters & Creepy Crawlies
• Create
• Create: Netherless
• CreativeCore
• CullLeaves
• Curios API
• Delayed Thunder
• Ding
• Distraction Free Recipes (EMI)
• Does It Tick?
• Embeddium
• Enchancement
• Enchantment Disable Tag
• Entity Model Features
• Entity Texture Features
• EntityCulling
• Essential Mod
• Exposure
• Exposure Catalog
• Farsighted Mobs
• Ferrite Core
• FlashLight TLG
• Fog Looks Modern Now
• Forgematica
• Framework
• GeckoLib 4
• Global Packs
• HT's TreeChop
• Heracles
• Hoes Are Scythes
• Horse Break Leaves
• Horse Spawn
• HorseBuff
• Hud Texts
• Humbling Bundle
• ImmediatelyFast
• Immersive Aircraft
• Immersive Armors
• JamLib
• Just Enough Guns
• Just Enough Items
• Konkrete
• Kotlin for Forge
• Less Health On Spawn
• Let Me Despawn
• Lexiconfig
• LightningDeath
• MaFgLib
• Main Menu Credits
• Melody
• Memory Leak Fix
• MidnightLib
• Minerally
• MobDisabler
• ModernFix
• Moonlight Library
• Naturalist
• No Hostiles Around Campfire
• No Nether Portal!
• No Stronghold
• Nocturnal Bats
• NotEnoughAnimations
• Nyf's Spiders
• OctoLib
• Oculus
• Ok Zoomer
• Ore Harvester
• PandaLib
• Player Animator
• Player Locator Plus
• Polymorph
• Presence Footsteps [FORGE]
• Puzzles Lib
• Radium
• Re: Pack
• Realm RPG: Fallen Adventurers
• Resourceful Lib
• Resourcefulconfig
• Respawning Animals
• Searchables
• Selfexpression
• Simple Menu
• Simple Radio
• Simple Voice Chat
• Sinytra Connector
• Sinytra fix for Enchancement
• Sit
• Sodium Dynamic Lights
• Sodium Options API
• Sophisticated Backpacks
• Sophisticated Core
• Sort It Out!
• Sound Physics Remastered
• Spartan Weaponry
• Spelunkery
• Spider Webber
• Starter Kit
• Starter Structure
• StepItUp
• Subtle Skybox
• Surveyor Map Framework
• Terralith
• Terralith ReStoned
• ToolTip Fix
• True Darkness
• TxniLib
• Unlit Campfire
• Useful Spyglass
• Village Nullifier
• Weaker Spiderwebs
• What Are They Up To
• What Durability?
• World Preview
• YUNG's API
• YetAnotherConfigLib
• f5blocker
• iChunUtil

Framework (by MrCrayFish, necessary for Just Enough Guns) is the only mod not available on Modrinth. If you have any problems, download it through here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/framework

Credits:

Watchtower made by megagirl567 on PlanetMinecraft: Firewatch Tower Foxtrot [Short]