RuneDelta 0.3.1 (2026-03-13)

Highlights

• Guide book copy fixes and bolded section headers for clarity.
• Creative item menu now shows fully revealed rune names.
• Infused runes start at 50% discovery progress.
• Undiscovered rune names remain obfuscated during infusion/apply.

Gameplay & UI

• Applied rune tooltips now include tier (T#); creative menu reveals fully.
• Utility item advancements now trigger on pickup (extractor/glyph/cypher/etc.).
• Mastery activation advancements increased to 240 / 1200 activations.
• Beastmaster mounts get stronger horse pursuit behavior.

Visuals

• Rune extractor and rune cypher now use distinct item textures.

Notes

• Modrinth App may show local jars as “Unknown” due to cache; the jar contains valid metadata.

RuneDelta 0.3.0

Released: Mar 9, 2026

This update introduces the new Rune Discovery and Mastery systems, major UI fixes, and expanded boss and progression mechanics.

Highlights

• Added Rune Discovery system with progressive rune reveal
• Added Rune Mastery and Rune Family Mastery skill trees
• Major Codex / Metrics / Builds UI fixes
• Overhauled boss loot systems for major vanilla bosses
• Added dimension and source-gated rune progression
• Multiple stability and crash fixes

Core Fixes

• Fixed RuneDelta advancement tab visibility and advancement trigger flow
• Fixed codex, builds, and metrics UI layout issues (wrapping, overlap, centering, scaling)
• Fixed mastery and family UI interaction behavior
• Reduced excessive rune tooltip and debug chat spam
• Fixed discovery and encryption display issues across Codex and metrics pages
• Fixed several crash scenarios tied to UI page rendering and corrupted jar edge cases

Rune Discovery & Codex Systems

Added a progressive rune discovery system.

• Undiscovered runes start obfuscated
• Reduced rune effectiveness while undiscovered
• Rune reveal progresses through activation usage
• Codex mirrors reveal state with progress counters
• Added rarity-based discovery targets (basic → top-tier)
• Added randomized reveal behavior (not strictly left-to-right)
• Added creative-mode override (fully revealed runes in creative)
• Added obfuscation support to metrics and recommended builds pages

Mastery Systems

Added new progression trees.

Rune Mastery Tree

Branches include:

• Discovery
• Power
• Acquisition

Rune Family Mastery Tree

Includes:

• Family progression page
• Set-bonus progression scaling

Additional improvements:

• Clearer branch and category structure
• Added progress indicators (x/x tracking)
• Improved unlock user experience
• Added detailed effect and multiplier descriptions
• Tuned mastery pacing to prevent overly fast progression
• Added ascended ranks for family mastery (rank 2 support)
• Set bonuses now scale with ascended family mastery

Boss / Raid / Crusader Changes

• Reduced big crusader raid size to better match legacy balance
• Reduced Warlord guaranteed fragment drop to 9

Boss Loot Packages

Major vanilla bosses now drop:

• 1 Legendary Rune
• 2 Utility Items
• 27 Rune Fragments (enough for infusing 3 runes)

Additional changes:

• Added weighted legendary rune pools per boss (Dragon / Wither / Warden)
• Added boss rune memory to prevent duplicate legendary drops
• Added boss-specific weighted utility drop tables
• Runebosses now despawn when the player dies

Beastmaster Improvements

• Fixed mount handling and hostility logic
• Updated spear material behavior across tiers

Rune / Item / Gameplay Adjustments

• Tightened mining fragment proc restrictions to intended tool scope
• Adjusted utility item and set bonus behavior for design parity
• Updated Cyberboots behavior
  • Removed wind charge
  • Fixed jump timing
  • Fixed slow-fall behavior

Glint System Updates

• Stabilized glint behavior for intended targets
• Added fallback direction logic when rune interaction fails

World & Drop Progression

• Added dimension-based rune drop restrictions
• Added source-gated rune acquisition paths
  • Boss
  • Dungeon
  • Dimension
  • Endgame
• Added cypher gating for top-tier rune unlock paths

Advancements

• Added advancement coverage for mastery and family progression
• Added boss, mastery, and family advancement chains
• Fixed advancement schema issues preventing tab population

Stability & Packaging

• Hardened build and deploy workflow
• Added jar validation checks
• Improved logging and issue tracking

Version updated to 0.3.0.

RuneDelta 1.16.5 Update

This update brings a major parity backport from the modern RuneDelta versions, adds new world progression systems, new Runeboss structures, and a large number of gameplay fixes and improvements.

Highlights

New Crusader Raid System

A new progression-based raid system tied to rune discovery.

• Unlocks after discovering 5 runes
• New Warlord enemy class
• Role-based raid compositions
• Overworld-only raid behavior
• Progression warning messages before unlock
• Automatic guide book delivery

This makes midgame progression far more dynamic and dangerous.

Runeboss Dens

New underground structures that contain powerful encounters.

• Underground boss dens generate across the world
• Boss encounter triggers when entering
• Loot scales with depth
• Rune rewards scale with encounter difficulty
• Warning messages alert nearby players

Locate them with:

/locate structure runeboss_bed

Boss Progression Rework

• Boss tiers now unlock based on world age
• New 10-day progression gates
• Improved spawn reliability
• Improved commands
• Expanded mob pool capable of becoming bosses

Full Changes

Crusader System

• Full rebuild of crusader progression
• Unlock tied to the 5th discovered rune
• Added staged warnings before unlock
• Added warning book delivery
• Overworld-only spawning behavior
• Added Warlord class
• Updated raid compositions
• Class behavior tuning for:
  • Legionnary
  • Deadbolt
  • Beastmaster
  • Warlord
• Raid messaging improvements
• Despawn behavior when player dies
• Added configuration toggles
• ModMenu integration

Runeboss Systems

• World-day-based tier unlock progression
• 10-day boss progression gates
• Spawn reliability improvements
• Improved command behavior
• Balanced boss drop economy by rarity and tier
• Expanded boss-capable mob pool beyond zombie/skeleton-only logic

Runeboss Dens

• New underground structures
• Depth-scaled encounter difficulty
• Boss spawn trigger on entry
• Depth-scaled chest loot
• Rune reward logic improvements
• Environmental polish and warning messages
• Structure generation reliability improvements
• Water-surround prevention fixes

Rune Gameplay Fixes

Large combat and trigger pass across rune systems.

• Fixed multiple trigger conditions
• Balanced melee / ranged / armor / tool rune behaviors
• Fixed defensive proc loops causing near-invincibility
• Added cooldown guards to repeat-trigger effects
• Fixed tool targeting mismatches
• Fixed invalid rune application cases
• Improved hostile rune drop behavior
• Added dimension-based drop multipliers

Codex and Progression Improvements

• Added rune condition sections in codex entries
• Added discovery counter
• Improved discovery visibility
• Improved search and filters
• Improved command suggestions
• Expanded advancements and toast notifications
• Added crusader progression messaging

Guide, Build Kits, and Commands

• Guide book restored on first spawn
• Improved command access flow
• Better creative vs survival behavior
• Improved checklist / build kit system
• Random netherite build tooling improvements
• Command cleanup

Stability and Release Polish

• Naming cleanup for the 1.16.5 release
• Removed incompatible content paths
• System polish across multiple mechanics
• General stability improvements

So much changed! Fewer runes because I removed quasi-duplicates, but the remaining are much cooler in my opinion! Also fixed issues with math leading to no rune triggers, added a custom stat tracker for each rune, and added recommended builds and a random kit command.

Some runes are placeholders as of right now. All else should work though