Introduction

Hardcore Alchemy is a survival and magic modpack where your spawn location and stats will be reset each time you die. It initially started off as a kitchen sink pack where I wanted to try out a bunch of mods I've never used before, and I was feeling a bit sadistic. The mod list has expanded since then, and I have been working on contributing code snippets to other mods as well as working on a mod of my own, to hopefully provide interesting cross-mod interactions and an interesting survival experience. Metamorph and various skyblock-style mods feature early on in the pack. In addition, there are difficulty-enhancing mods, and magic/quality-of-life mods you may be more familiar with.

The next section is a somewhat dry but complete list of all the features added by just the Hardcore Alchemy mod. A more "flavorful" description of the mod, combined with guiding hints of how to survive and progress through the modpack, can be found later in this book. If you would prefer to experience the features for the first time in a more immersive (but perhaps unexpected) way, consider skipping the next section. When you give feedback on this modpack, please let me know if you've read that section. I value first impressions, and would ultimately like to remove the dry feature list, so that all can enjoy an immersive experience, but without compromising the ability to enjoy the modpack due to a lack of important information. Please note that this guidebook is meant to be supplemented with JEI and the in-game guidebooks from other mods.

Good luck!

-asanetargoss