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: - Moas 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 Zephyrs, 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. Fire cannot be used in the Aether although water works fine. 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

New Mobs
Allied


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

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

Neutral
 * 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.

Suggested pages

 * /Swet/
 * /Accessories/
 * /Gold Dungeon/
 * /Cockatrice/