Description
In this addon there is a dimension called the abyss. If you die you automatically respawn there. The only way to escape is with a lifekey. In the overworld a lifekey can be crafted with gold, emerald, diamond, and copper. In the abyss every chunk has a one in twenty chance of generating with a keystone block on the surface. When broken with any tool (fist included) it drops a lifekey. When you use a lifekey it opens a custom menu with all players in the abyss. When you choose a player they are sent back to the overworld effectively coming back to life. The surface of the abyss is course dirt with deapslate patches and the occasional pale oak tree. The abyss also has an ore superior to netherite called abyssium. The abyss contains a few weak monsters. The abyss is a creepy looking place that gives real weight to death as when you respawn you are locked there until either someone crafts a life key in the overworld and brings you back or you find a keystone in the abyss.
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Abyssbound Lifekey
Quickstart
Craft a Life Key at a crafting table with gold, an emerald, a diamond, and a copper ingot:
After you die, you respawn in the Abyss. Use a Life Key to open its menu, select someone in the Abyss, and choose Restore to send them back to the Overworld. You can select yourself if you’re in the list. Each successful rescue uses one key.
If you have no key, explore the Abyss for a surface Keystone. Break it with your hand or any tool to get a Life Key.
Overview
The Abyss is a bleak dimension where players are sent after death. Getting out requires a Life Key: someone can craft one in the Overworld, or you can search the Abyss for a Keystone. Its rolling surface is mostly coarse dirt, with deepslate patches and occasional pale oak trees.
How To Use
- Rescue someone: Use a Life Key to open the Life Key menu. Choose an Abyss player and select Restore. The chosen player returns to the Overworld; if you chose someone else, you stay where you are.
- No one to rescue? The menu will say when no souls are waiting in the Abyss. Canceling the menu or having no available target does not spend the key.
- Find a key in the Abyss: Search the surface for Keystones. Each chunk has about a one-in-twenty chance to generate one, so you may need to cover plenty of ground.
Crafting And Obtaining
Life Keys are crafted in the Overworld from gold, an emerald, a diamond, and a copper ingot. In the Abyss, breaking a Keystone drops a key.
Abyssium Ore can be mined with a pickaxe for Raw Abyssium. Smelt the raw material in a furnace or blast furnace to make an Abyssium Ingot:
Use two Abyssium Ingots and a stick at a crafting table to make an Abyssium Sword:
What It Adds
| Content | What to expect |
|---|---|
| The Abyss | A dim, eerie dimension with coarse dirt, deepslate patches, and occasional pale oak trees. |
| Keystones | Uncommon surface blocks that drop a Life Key when broken, even by hand. |
| Abyssium | A rare ore found in the Abyss, used to make Abyssium Ingots and an Abyssium Sword. |
| Hollow Wretch and Rift Crawler | The Abyss’s two monsters. Their spawn eggs can be used in Creative to place them. |
Abilities And Mechanics
Death sends you to the Abyss instead of the Overworld. A Life Key opens a player-selection menu for everyone currently there, and a successful rescue returns the selected player to the Overworld.
The Abyss also contains Abyssium Ore. Its sword deals 10 damage and has 5,000 durability.
Progression And Strategy
If you’re exploring with others, arrange for someone to keep a Life Key ready in the Overworld. If you’re stranded without one, explore new stretches of the Abyss surface and watch for Keystones; they are uncommon, so finding one may take time. The local monsters are a smaller danger than being stuck without a way back.
How to install
Download the mod and follow the step-by-step installation guide.
This mod is licensed under the CreativeMode Mods License.