Mods/The Aether

The Aether Collaboration is a content mod which includes the Aether realm, several new blocks, mobs and items as well as a whole new accessory system.

Installing
In order to install the Aether Collaboration you will need three pre-existing mods: ModLoader, AudioMod, and ShockAhPI. Installing these in the wrong order may cause your game to crash. Always make sure that you install modloader first, and the Aether collab last.

Installing is easy, just make sure you make a backup copy of your minecraft.jar-file in the bin-folder before you start. Then just copy the contents of the mods into the minecraft.jar-file.

In some cases the order of installation does not matter, I suggest that you only change the order if You are re-installing The Aether mod.

Patch 1.01
This patch was directed towards bug fixes. The contents of the patch is as follows:


 * /Moa/s were untamable/unfeedable. This has been fixed, with Blue Moas requiring 3 Aechor Petals, White Moas requiring 4 Aechor Petals, and Black Moas requiring 8 Aechor Petals. You still need to wait for the Baby Moa to "digest" its food before feeding it again.
 * There was an Overpopulation/Underpopulation of Mobs (e.g. Too many /Zephyr/s, very little Aechor Plants, occasionally no Swets, etc). This has been fixed, by scaling down the Zephyr spawn-rate a lot more.
 * Golden Oaks were minable effectively with a Pickaxe instead of an Axe. You should now be able to gain Golden Amber/Skyroot Logs from Golden Oaks with Axes.
 * You could not craft Zanite armor, as only the gloves were craftable. This has been fixed, with all recipes added.
 * Non-generated Quicksoil was still returning drops with a Skyroot Shovel. This exploit has been patched.
 * Icestone used to freeze not only the source block but the stream also. When the source was frozen the stream would stay behind and doesn't go away. This has been fixed so that the source blocks are frozen instead, and the streams disappear afterwards.
 * Untamed Moas would follow you when right clicked. This has been fixed.
 * Zephyrs used to drop Gunpowder. This has now been changed so that they drop a large stack of Cold Aercloud.

However the spawnrate issues don't seem to be fixed after this update (also see Current Known Bugs).

Aether realm
Aether is a realm in the sky. Its main features are floating islands and solid clouds. Normal torches and Fire cannot be used in the Aether although water works fine. As in the Nether, beds will explode if used. When a player falls from the Aether, they'll be spawned from the sky of the normal world. A player will then usually fall to his death, unless he's on peaceful, riding a moa, or flying pig, or has a Cloud or Golden parachute in his inventory or falls into water.

Dungeons
Dungeons in Aether are much more complex than in normal world. Each of them will have a boss which has to be defeated to get the key to open the grey chest located inside the dungeon. Blocks which make up the main structure of the dungeon cannot be destroyed or obtained until the boss of the dungeon is defeated. Player is sent to the Nether if defeated by a dungeon boss.

Bronze Dungeons
The entrance of bronze dungeons are located on the sides of normal islands. Bronze dungeons can have a varying number rooms. Non-boss rooms contain sentries which try to kill the player, and sometimes have chests on 4x4 tables. Some of these chests are mimics however. The boss of this dungeon can only be attacked with a pickaxe.

Bronze Dungeon Video Guide

Silver Dungeons
These dungeons are located within Parthenons in the sky. These have multiple floors, each with multiple rooms. The rooms have chests inside them. Most of the chests are fake while others contain some items. Silver dungeons are inhabited by Valkyries which only attack when the player attacks them. Killing a Valkyrie yields a victory medal. The boss of this dungeon can only be attacked by showing 10 medals to the boss. The Silver dungeon boss can be attacked with any weapon.

Silver Dungeon Video Guide

Gold Dungeons
Gold dungeons are located within spherical islands with a lots of golden oak trees growing on them. This dungeon only has a boss room in it. The boss cannot be killed by attacking it directly and must be killed another way.

Gold Dungeon Video Guide

Allied

 * /Moa/ (tamed)
 * /Flying Pig/ (tamed)

Passive (can’t harm you)

 * /Aerwhale/
 * /Ikarus/
 * Moa
 * Flying Pig
 * /Sheepuff/

Neutral (can harm you, but won’t until provoked)

 * /Mimic/
 * /Valkyrie/
 * /Slider/ (Bronze boss)
 * /Sun Spirit/ (Gold boss)

Aggressive

 * /Aechor Plant/
 * /Cockatrice/
 * /Sentry/
 * /Swet/
 * /Zephyr/

Current Known Bugs

 * Aerwhales tend to get stuck in the terrain all the time.
 * Swets occasionally spawn on peaceful difficulty.
 * Tamed Moas despawn.
 * Spawn rates still seem to be off after update 1.01 with the spawn rates of Zephyrs, Aerwhales and Cockatrices way too high, and those of all other mobs too low.
 * Black Moas only jump 6 times instead of 8.
 * Black Moa babies only take 7 instead of 8 Aechor Petals to grow into an adult.
 * Golden Oaks drop Skyroot Logs instead of Golden Oak Logs, but they can still randomly drop Golden Amber.

Compatibility with other mods
The Aether Collaboration attempts to achieve maximum compatibility by using as many libraries as possible: Because it uses ModLoader, Audiomod and ShockAhPI, the Aether Collaboration itself doesn't edit any of minecraft's main classes. Most mods wich make use of Modloader and/or ShockAhPI will therefore be compatible with the Aether Collaboration.

Known to be incompatible with:

 * Single Player commands: Player is sent to the nether when he dies, everything else works fine.

Known to be compatible with:

 * Too Many Items