BETTER PROGRESSION
This mod is intended to slightly draw out Minecraft's early game by making some simple processes slightly harder. Feel free to use this in modpacks and YouTube videos!
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HOW THE MOD WORKS:
Goal #1: Obtain a crafting table
Mine many logs, which drop sticks unless broken with an axe.
Craft four sticks into a bundle of sticks.
Craft four bundles of sticks into bundled planks.
Craft four bundled planks into a crafting table.
Goal #2: Obtain wooden and stone tools
Wooden tools are now crafted with bundles of sticks instead of planks.
Stone and cobblestone, when mined with a wooden pickaxe, drop 1-2 rocks.
Craft nine rocks into cobblestone.
Stone tools can be crafted with stone only, meaning cobblestone has to be smelted.
Craft eight cobblestone into a furnace.
Obtain more cobblestone and smelt it.
The resulting stone can be used to make stone tools!
Stone and cobblestone, when mined with a stone pickaxe, drop 3-4 rocks.
Goal #3: Obtain iron tools
Iron ore drops 1-2 lumps of iron.
Four lumps of iron can be crafted into raw iron.
When raw iron is smelted in a furnace, the iron output is normal.
When raw iron is smelted in a blast furnace, the iron output is doubled.
This process also applies to gold.
Stone and cobblestone, when mined with an iron pickaxe or better, drop themselves.