# Rivencraft 26.3 beta 1.0.1.65-beta.1

This beta collects the player-tested port slices since 1.0.1.54-beta.1.
It is not yet feature-complete with the Minecraft 1.21.1 release.

## Age generation

- Added authored structure pages: Villages, Mineshafts, Strongholds, Trial
  Chambers, Buried Treasure, Shipwrecks, Ocean Ruins, Pillager Outposts,
  Ruined Portals, Nether Fossils, Ancient Cities, Trail Ruins, Nether
  Fortresses, Bastions, and 26.3's Abandoned Camps. Dungeons remain their
  separate feature.
- Fixed the early structure-biome check so authored structures can generate
  outside their native biome restrictions, within the supported terrain rules.
  Repeated structure pages increase density up to the current authoring cap.
- Added Caves and Ravines feature pages through 26.3's native carving stage.
  These are distinct from Cave terrain; Flat/Void support remains pending.
- Added Poplar Trees, Fallen Poplar Trees, Red Shrubs, and Shelf Mushrooms.
  Shelf Mushrooms find exposed logs at any height, including log Tendrils in
  Void terrain. No Trees page is required.
- Added Normal, Fast, Slow, Off, Always, and Storm weather pages. Each Age
  has independent saved weather data and timers; its policy does not change
  the Overworld or other Ages. Cave terrain keeps weather disabled.

## Fixes and feedback

- Non-Cave Descriptive Book arrivals trace actual blocks down from maximum
  build height instead of using a Flat-layer shortcut or only a heightmap.
  The search stops at roofs/fluids rather than selecting underground pockets.
  Leaves count as footing; submerged footing is rejected. Fallback platforms
  sit above obstructions, with floor Y=63 in an empty Void.
- Stored surface-Age Star Fissure arrivals are rechecked from above. Cave
  terrain still searches down from Y=64, and Linking Books retain exact
  bound destinations.
- Restored Legacy linking sounds and successful-link cloud bursts. Disarm
  and Intra-Linking use their respective sounds. Star Fissure return audio
  also plays after arrival so a dimension switch does not discard it.
- Fixed weather-only authoring, including Link Panel + Storm books: non-biome
  pages no longer get interpreted as biome IDs.
- Unsupported pages now have a red tint and availability tooltip. Supported
  pages and their descriptions reflect the implemented 26.3 behavior.
- Added operator weather and surface diagnostics for testing.

## Current limits

- Only the supported page/terrain combinations can be bound. Most repeated
  features are capped at 32; vegetation uses a combined 32-page limit. The
  full 1.21.1 grammar recovery and instability systems remain unported.
- Pageless books currently randomize terrain and biome distribution, not the
  complete feature/environment list. Omitted weather currently means Normal.
- Base carvers do not carve authored solid volumes added after 26.3's combined
  terrain operation. Previously generated chunks are not regenerated.
- The full writing/discovery loop, celestial/lighting systems, crystal portals,
  instability, and optional-integration parity remain in progress. Creative
  availability alone does not mean a page is supported; check its tooltip.
- Vanilla `/weather` targets global server weather, not the independent Age
  policy. Biomes retain their normal precipitation rules.

The player reported in-game passes for these slices. Build/static checks passed.
Targeted disposable dedicated-server checks covered all six weather policies,
Overworld isolation, unload/reload and restart persistence, weather-only page
compilation, and dry surface/leaf spawn probes. This is not a claim of full
dedicated-server or optional-mod regression coverage. Test servers were stopped
and their temporary worlds removed.

Requires Minecraft **26.3**, NeoForge **26.3.0.99** or a compatible 26.3 build,
and **Java 25**. This build does not require Dynamic Dimensions or Bad Packets.
Keep it separate from the 1.21.1 build and saves. Back up entire worlds before
updating; beta-save compatibility is not guaranteed.

Report issues and help improve the wiki at
[BlackSheep Git](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft).