Raft of Release

Quickstart

1. Get a Raft of Release — craft one (see recipe below) or run /raftofrelease starter to receive one for free.
2. Find a large body of water. Hold the raft in your action bar and use it (right-click) near the water's edge. A message confirms the crossing has begun.
3. Swim or sail at least 48 blocks from your starting shore. Your action bar tracks progress.
4. Step onto dry land on the far side, then use the raft again to release it. The crossing completes and you continue unburdened.
5. Find or craft Meditation Beads and use them to receive guidance, follow the lotus path to a shrine temple, and begin parable trials.

Overview

Raft of Release is a serene survival expansion built around a single metaphor: the raft is a tool for crossing, not for clinging to. Guided river crossings, parable-style trials, shrine temples, calming particles, and a cast of monk characters weave together into a quiet progression path. Completing trials and crossings earns progression-based buffs, messages, and calm-themed rewards rather than traditional combat loot.

What It Adds

Items

Blocks & Decorations

All statues can be placed as decorative blocks and dropped when broken.

Entities

Village monks wander the world. Interact with them to receive Meditation Beads and begin the guided path. You can also summon monks with /raftofrelease monk.

How To Use

The Raft Crossing

1. Craft or claim a Raft of Release and place it on your action bar.
2. Stand near a significant body of water and use the raft. You will see "Cross over in dependence on the raft."
3. Enter the water. Your action bar shows crossing percentage. Swim steadily — you need to travel at least 48 blocks from the starting shore.
4. Reach the far shore (dry land). Your action bar shows "Further shore reached. Use the raft to release it."
5. Use the raft once more to let it go. You receive a completion message and continue unburdened.

Crossing ends early if: you leave the dimension, run out of time, or lose the raft from your inventory. Return to the water when ready to begin again.

Check your crossing status at any time with /raftofrelease status. Abandon an active crossing with /raftofrelease abandon.

Meditation Beads

Hold Meditation Beads and use them (right-click) to receive in-world guidance. Beads display calming particles and quiet action-bar messages as you progress. As you complete trials, buffs and short teachings are granted through the beads rather than a UI tree.

Beads also trigger the lotus path — a trail of lotus plants that guides you to the nearest shrine temple. Follow the path; the action bar counts down the remaining distance. The path dissolves at the shrine. If the path fades before you arrive, return to the beads and try again.

Shrine Temples

Explore the world for shrine temples. Their chests contain calm-themed loot including Meditation Beads, Raft Bundles, and Tokens of Release. Lotus plants mark the area around shrines.

Token of Release

Hold a Token of Release and use it to clear negative status conditions and receive a brief resilience buff. The action bar confirms: "Conditions clear; walk on with steadiness."

Crafting And Obtaining

Raft of Release

Meditation Beads

Sacred Statues

All statues require a Token of Release at the centre of the recipe, combined with bamboo, string, emeralds, and a unique distinguishing ingredient.

Amitabha Statue (lapis lazuli)

Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) Statue (water bucket)

Green Tara Statue (lily pad)

Ksitigarbha (Jizo) Statue (glowstone dust)

Maitreya Statue (lapis lazuli, different layout)

Manjushri Statue (flint)

Medicine Buddha Statue (blue dye & lapis lazuli)

Samantabhadra Statue (quartz)

Shakyamuni Statue (amethyst shard)

Vajrasattva Statue (quartz, different layout)

Tokens of Release are found in shrine temple chests or earned through trials; they are not craftable directly.

Abilities And Mechanics

Crossing Buffs

Completing a raft crossing grants a calm-themed reward and advances your progression. The action bar guides every step — entering water, crossing progress percentage, and when to release.

Parable Trials

Use Meditation Beads or speak with a village monk to begin a parable trial. Each parable creates a small scene with named entities, environmental changes, and timed challenges. Available parables include:

• Tiger and Strawberry — found between fear above and fear below; eat the strawberry.
• Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed — visit households seeking one mustard seed from a house untouched by death.
• Poisoned Arrow — resist answering metaphysical questions; act to remove the arrow.
• Burning House — escape while understanding the fire.
• Blind Men and the Elephant — visit each figure and piece together the whole.
• Prodigal Son — return and be recognised.
• Finger Pointing at the Moon — look past the finger to the moon itself.
• Bahiya — practise bare attention: in the seen, only the seen.
• The Unborn — rest in stillness.
• Gift of Insults — refuse offered anger and let it remain with the giver.
• The Ring — practise with sorrow and joy knowing both pass.
• Empty the Cup — release what fills the mind and receive Beginner's Mind.
• Simsapa Leaves — understand the handful sufficient for release.
• Middle-Way Lute — tune the mind neither too tight nor too loose.
• Chariot (No Self) — examine the chariot as parts; rest in the process.

Trials can also be started directly with /raftofrelease <parable-name> (e.g. /raftofrelease strawberry, /raftofrelease moon).

Sacred Statues

Placing a crafted statue in the world counts toward the Liberation Deepens advancement. Statues are purely contemplative — place them in your base, shrine, or garden.

Progression And Strategy

1. Begin by exploring villages for a monk NPC or running /raftofrelease starter for a quick raft.
2. Complete your first crossing to learn the rhythm: start near water, cross 48+ blocks, release on dry land.
3. Find a shrine temple using the Meditation Beads lotus path for loot including Tokens of Release.
4. Begin parable trials with the beads or with /raftofrelease <parable>. Each completed trial grants a buff or message and advances your path.
5. Craft sacred statues once you have Tokens of Release — placing them unlocks the Liberation Deepens advancement branch and its statue sub-challenges.
6. Pursue deeper advancements — True Equanimity, Simsapa Leaves, Middle-Way Lute, and Liberation Deepens — by working through the full range of parables and practices.

The mod rewards patience. Crossings time out if left too long, parables fade if you wander too far, and the lotus path dissolves if not followed with care — each one an invitation to begin again.