The Wastelands

Quickstart

1. Find one of the three wasteland biomes, or use a command:
   • /locate biome the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:the_wastelands
   • /locate biome the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:blue_wisp_wastes
   • /locate biome the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:lime_verdant_wastes
2. Harvest the local logs, Pale Stone, Pale Dirt, Dead Sprouts, and other wasteland blocks.
3. Turn a local log into four planks, then craft a matching wooden tool set.
4. Make a Pale Gem from Pale Stone and a diamond. Pale Gems are also the foundation for the three relic paths.
5. Right-click while holding a relic to activate its ability. Relics are consumed on use and recharge for 30 seconds.
6. In Creative mode, search for the mod’s blocks, items, or spawn eggs. Use a spawn egg on the ground to summon a mob.

Wasteland creatures are biome-bound. Outside the three wasteland biomes, they stop pursuing targets and gradually take damage.

Overview

The Wastelands adds three distinct biomes:

Wasteland monsters can spawn in daylight when the sky is visible. They require dry ground with air above it and can spawn on Grass Block, Pale Dirt, or Pale Soil.

What It Adds

Blocks and natural materials

• Pale Dirt
• Pale Stone
• Pale Coal Ore
• Ash Sand
• Hardened Pale Clay
• Pale Bricks
• Pale Soil
• Ash Glass
• Pale Rope Block
• Dead Sprouts
• Pale Waste Leaves
• Dead Wasteland Log and Dead Wasteland Planks
• Verdant Log, Verdant Leaves, and Verdant Planks
• Blue Wisp Log, Blue Wisp Leaves, and Blue Wisp Planks

Logs can be harvested and converted into four matching planks. Leaves from the wasteland trees do not provide item drops.

Items and equipment

The mod provides three matching wooden tool sets:

• Pale Wooden Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, and Hoe
• Verdant Wooden Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, and Hoe
• Blue Wisp Wooden Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, and Hoe

It also provides Pale, Verdant, and Blue Wisp Stone tools. These include special abilities, while their matching Gem tools function as diamond-grade equipment.

Other items include:

• Pale Gem
• Pale Coal, Pale Dust, Ash Core, Verdant Essence, and Storm Spark
• Pale Resin and Pale Glue
• Pale Fish and Wasteland Stew
• Pale Bandages
• Pale Hammer
• Ash Filter
• Pale Compass
• Pale Rope
• Pale Lantern
• Pale Bed
• Ash Bucket
• Pale Bricks and relic materials
• Ash Bow and Ash Arrow
• Verdant Sickle
• Storm Hammer

How To Use

Wasteland biomes

Enter a biome to receive its passive effects automatically.

• In The Wastelands, Fire Resistance protects you from fire, but Mining Fatigue can occur periodically. Hold an Ash Filter in your main hand or offhand to avoid this penalty.
• In the Blue Wisp Wastes, Speed and Slow Falling help with movement across the terrain and drops.
• In the Lime Verdant Wastes, Haste is applied automatically. Crops planted on Pale Soil grow gradually when you are nearby.

The Pale Compass should be held in your main hand. It periodically displays a hint toward the nearest wasteland destination, such as ash ruins, Pale Coal nodes, Wisp Spires, Storm Spark caches, Verdant Groves, or living soil.

Pale Rope

Use Pale Rope on a block to place a vertical rope column downward through open air, up to 20 blocks. Being next to Pale Rope Block grants Slow Falling and Jump Boost, making it useful for shafts, cliffs, and cavern entrances.

Pale Bed

Use a Pale Bed to attune your respawn point to the current wasteland biome. It also grants a biome-themed temporary effect:

• The Wastelands: Fire Resistance
• Blue Wisp Wastes: Slow Falling
• Lime Verdant Wastes: Regeneration

Pale Hammer

Hold the Pale Hammer and use it while you have a damageable item in your offhand. The hammer restores part of the offhand item’s durability and loses durability itself.

Ash Filter

Use the Ash Filter to remove Poison, Weakness, Wither, Nausea, Mining Fatigue, and Slowness. The filter is consumed after use unless you are in Creative mode.

Ash Bucket

Use an Ash Bucket on:

• Ash Sand to turn it into Pale Stone
• Pale Stone to turn it into Ash Glass

Pale Bandages

Use Pale Bandages to heal four health points. They also grant short Regeneration and remove Poison and Wither.

Wasteland Stew

Eat Wasteland Stew for food and temporary Resistance. Its additional effect depends on your biome:

• The Wastelands: Night Vision and Fire Resistance
• Blue Wisp Wastes: Speed
• Lime Verdant Wastes: Regeneration

Verdant Sickle

Use the Verdant Sickle on farmland or crops to grow nearby crops. It affects a small area around the targeted block.

Storm Hammer

Use the Storm Hammer on a block to call lightning onto the block above the targeted position. Take care around flammable builds and nearby entities.

Crafting And Obtaining

Use the recipe book or hover over an output below to inspect its complete ingredients and crafting layout.

Basic materials and wood

Pale Gem requires Pale Stone and a diamond. Pale Soil combined with wheat seeds produces Verdant Seeds, while the stronger Verdant Seed recipe uses Verdant Essence, Pale Resin, and wheat seeds.

Wooden tools

Each wood type has a complete wooden sword, pickaxe, axe, shovel, and hoe set.

Smelting and special crafting

Ash Golems can also drop Pale Coal and Pale Stone, with a chance to drop Ash Core. Verdant Wraiths drop Verdant Essence, and Storm Wisps drop Storm Spark.

Abilities And Mechanics

Pale Stone tools

Pale, Verdant, and Blue Wisp Stone tools share the same ability pattern.

Active Stone tool abilities have a 25-second cooldown and consume durability when activated.

Pale Gem and relic progression

All relic abilities activate with right-click. A relic goes on cooldown for 30 seconds after use and consumes one item.

Relic recipes

The first relic in each path uses a Pale Gem and a different set of materials. The second relic combines its first relic with another vanilla ingredient and a Pale Gem. The final relic requires the second relic, its matching wasteland essence, and an additional centerpiece ingredient.

Creatures

To spawn them directly, use the matching spawn egg on a block. Command IDs are:

• the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:acid_spider
• the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:pale_husk
• the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:wasteland_creeper
• the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:ash_golem
• the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:verdant_wraith
• the-wastelands-uzxsdeti:storm_wisp

Progression And Strategy

1. Start with the local wood. Harvest Dead Wasteland, Verdant, or Blue Wisp Logs and make the matching wooden tools.
2. Secure Pale Stone. Use it for Pale Dust, Pale Gems, and the first relic recipes.
3. Prepare for each biome.
   • Bring an Ash Filter into The Wastelands.
   • Use the Blue Wisp Wastes’ Slow Falling to explore safely.
   • Carry seeds and plant them on Pale Soil in the Lime Verdant Wastes.
4. Hunt the biome-specific creatures. Ash Core, Verdant Essence, and Storm Spark unlock the higher relic tiers.
5. Use relics tactically. Save fire abilities for groups, Verdant relics for farming, and Storm relics for movement or combat.
6. Build with the three wood styles. Each biome offers its own logs, leaves, planks, sticks, and wooden tools, making the wastelands useful for both exploration and themed construction.