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The Hardcore Alchemy modpack is a hardcore/magic/survival modpack.

🦋 What is Hardcore Alchemy?

Hardcore as in Hardcore Mode (but you keep your world).

In Hardcore Alchemy, you live as a shapeshifting mage in an unforgiving world. You can use your morphing ability to avoid combat, but only for a limited time. When you die, you respawn elsewhere and are unlikely to find your old base again. But over time, you may accumulate resources or magic research which stay with you.

Become a powerful mage or get stuck as a chicken for the rest of your life. When you die, the negative effects of the magic you have acquired are erased, allowing you to forge a new path. A curated selection of magic mods are enhanced with custom-coded mechanics, adding additional tradeoffs.

Thoughtful survival.

You are weak, and have additional survival needs like nutrition and thirst. Stone is harder, food will decay, and you will have reduced starting health that can be upgraded through various challenges.

A curated selection of survival and mob mods have been thoughtfully configured and modified to strike a balance of fairness and difficulty. Some survival mechanics have been custom-coded with this modpack in mind.

Play at your own pace.

Choose when you are ready to venture from the safety of your base. Mobs will not relentlessly dig through your base to get to you. You are not on a timer. And you will rarely be trapped in your base with nothing to do.

A craftable in-game guidebook, "The Traveling Alchemist," gives you guidance on how to survive and progress. Once you have the tools necessary for your survival, what you do next is up to you.

The main guide to the pack is called, "The Traveling Alchemist;" it is available here in the wiki, and is also craftable in-game using early game materials. Crafting a shovel is strongly recommended.

Not sure where to start? Check out the Getting Started Guide.

Familiar with MultiMC? Get the latest the modpack instance here.

Announcements

  • (2023-05-28) Released Hardcore Alchemy modpack version 0.8.1, with the Seal of Form, new morphing mechanic, timefrozen recipe fix, and combat damage rebalance.
  • (2023-02-11) I am pleased to announce that the Hardcore Alchemy modpack is now also available on Modrinth! 0.8 update is in progress and will feature morphing improvements. More information in this blog post. 0.8 likely to be uploaded both here as a MultiMC instance, and on Modrinth. The MultiMC version is still first priority.
  • (2022-05-22) Released Hardcore Alchemy modpack version 0.7.3, a hotfix fixing a bug which could cause players to get stuck as a morph.
  • (2022-04-10) Released Hardcore Alchemy modpack version 0.7.2, with a brand new health upgrade system, 0.7.2 Upgrade Guide, and various small improvements and fixes.

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Version 0.7.3 6ececd4ff405d779a0cba4a6522aebf0ddd411861a481843e37bb16c8edd07fa

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