v26.7.5 Hotfix

This update fixes some issues found in the recently released official version.

v26.7.3 Release

26.7.3 Release

Greetings, this is Qa, the developer of Better Melon. I am pleased to announce the release of Version 26.7.3. This update delivers a series of key new content and mechanic changes, as well as targeted remediation for known defects. Please be advised that this is a partially destructive update: modifications to block registration identifiers and underlying core mechanics will result in the loss of certain melon blocks upon upgrade. All users should review this notice thoroughly prior to installation.

New content is rolled out across functional and localization domains. Pumpkin-related functionality is extended to support cutting operations via the Huaqiang Melon Knife, alongside new pumpkin building blocks including slabs, stairs, and corresponding cut variants. A pizza food system is introduced, featuring craftable and placeable servings as well as a reverse-crafted variant with identical gameplay attributes and distinct visual appearance. Localization coverage is expanded to include Russian(Russia), Korean (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan province of China).

Systemic adjustments are implemented to refine core melon mechanics and enhance runtime efficiency. Right-click melon consumption logic is refactored to block-bound event triggering, replacing global event listening to deliver measurable performance gains. Drop rules, tool interaction parameters, and visual effect presentation for melon blocks are revised. Melon lamp variants are consolidated into unified block entries with state-switchable internal models, standardizing drop behavior and light output. Additional updates cover enchanted melon loot rates and effect triggers, balance adjustments for End melon status mechanics, removal of legacy content and expired limited-time achievements, and updates to technical tag sets.

Multiple known gameplay and compatibility defects are remediated in this release, covering abnormal food value calculation, unintended block placement during consumption, placement failures on melon lamps, non-luminous enchanted melon slabs, cross-version compatibility errors, incorrect block breaking speeds, and misconfigured resistance values for End melon blocks.

This release reinforces the overall stability, accessibility, and operational efficiency of the mod. You may submit feedback to litqa@hotmail.com.

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New Content

Pumpkin

Common

• The Huaqiang Melon Knife now gains the ability to cut pumpkins.
• Added Pumpkin Slab, Pumpkin Stairs and corresponding Cut-up Pumpkin Blocks.

Pumpkin Pizza

• Added raw pumpkin pizza, crafted from wheat and pumpkin blocks.
• Added pumpkin pizza base, obtained by smelting raw pumpkin pizza in a furnace.
• Added placeable pizza, which can be eaten four times, each bite consuming one quarter. It can be eaten even when hunger is full, restoring 4 hunger points and 8 saturation points per bite.
• Pizza is crafted using pumpkin pizza base, milk, eggs, any green‑skinned watermelon, and glistering watermelon.
• Added Azzip, whose crafting recipe is exactly the reverse of the pizza recipe.
• Azzip functions identically to pizza, differing only in appearance.

Localization

• Added Russian (Russia, ru-RU) localization support.
• Added Korean (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, ko-KP) localization support.
• Added Traditional Chinese (Taiwan province of China, zh-TW) localization support.

Changes

Normal

• Refactored the underlying logic for right-click eating watermelon. The event no longer listens via the player right-click bus, with significant performance improvements expected.
• Optimized the drop logic for Melon Blocks when destroyed.

Melon Blocks

• Melon items no longer display a remaining portion in the inventory.
• Using shears to carve a melon block now only drops one melon seed or ender melon seed.
• Carving an unripe melon block with shears no longer drops seeds.
• Carving a glistering melon block or enchanted melon block with shears no longer drops gold nuggets.
• Carving a melon block with shears now shows particle effects.
• Slicing a watermelon block piece by piece with the Huaqiang Melon Knife now uses breaking the block instead of left-clicking.
• The Huaqiang Melon Knife's efficiency when breaking watermelon has been increased to 12, matching golden tools.
• Using the Huaqiang Melon Knife to right-click or break a watermelon block now shows particle effects.
• Right-clicking to eat a watermelon block now shows particle effects.

Melon Lanterns

• Carved Melon With Redstone Lamp Can now only be obtained via crafting. When broken after being crafted, it will always drop itself.
• Carved melon lanterns containing torches, soul torches, lanterns, soul lanterns, shroomlights, sea lanterns, and three types of froglights are now combined into a single block, with internal models switched through block states.
• When broken, the combined block always drops a carved melon and the contained light source.
• Carved melon lanterns containing soul torches or soul lanterns now consistently emit a light level of 15.
• Carved melon lanterns with the four copper bulb variants now always drop themselves when broken, and can be crafted directly using a carved melon lantern, redstone dust, and the copper bulb ingredients in versions prior to 1.21.
• Optimized the state switching logic for carved melon lanterns with the four copper bulb variants.
• Redstone torches can no longer be placed into carved wmelon lanterns.

Enchanted Melon

• Doubled the chance for Enchanted Melon Slices to appear in Ruined Portal loot chests.
• Changed the registry name of Enchanted Melon Slice from qa_better_melon:qa_golden_melon to qa_better_melon:enchanted_melon_slice (Note Old Enchanted Melon Slices will disappear after upgrading. It is recommended to craft them into Enchanted Melons before updating the mod).
• Entities falling onto an Enchanted Melon now also trigger the melon shimmer effect.
• Enchanted Melons and Waxed Enchanted Melons now also trigger the shimmer effect when destroyed by explosions.
• The light level of all Enchanted Melon blocks is uniformly set to 6.

Ender Melon

• The Ender Potion effect applied by Ender Melons can now be cleared by drinking milk.
• The icon for the post-teleport cooldown state in Ender Resonance has been changed.
• The trigger condition for automatic random teleport in Ender Resonance has been changed from being in water or rain to taking any damage.
• After teleporting upon taking damage in Ender Resonance, the cooldown before it can trigger again is reduced to 40 game ticks.

Achievements

• Removed all annual limited achievements.
• Removed the achievement for collecting all Carved Melons.
• Kept 3 achievements related to total melons eaten, granted when the player has eaten a total of 100, 1000, and 5686 melons respectively.
• The command to check melon count has been changed from /meloncount to /better_melon show_melon_count.

Removal

• Removed the two melon variants added in version 26.0.0-alpha: Sculk Melon and Jala Melon.
• Removed all functional effects from the wearable melon rind; it now serves only as a decorative item.

Technical

• Removed some tags.
• Added tag qa_better_melon:melon_blocks, qa_better_melon:melon_lights, qa_better_melon:melon_lights_copperbulb, qa_better_melon:melon_parts, qa_better_melon:melon_stairs.

Fixes

• Hunger and saturation values granted when eating unripe melons and regular melons were incorrect.
• Blocks cannot be placed on melon lanterns while sneaking.
• Enchanted Melon Slabs do not emit light.
• Melon blocks fail to place in versions 1.19.4 and below due to the lack of the native #replaceable tag.
• Axes do not increase the mining speed of watermelon blocks.
• Some Ender Melon blocks incorrectly have their blast resistance set to 1 instead of 3.

v26.0.0-alpha: Many Interesting Features

Excited to announce that this update, launching in 2026, will bring you a host of fun new content!

New Content

Sculk Melon

• Obtainment: Sculk Melon Slices or Seeds have a chance to appear in loot chests of the "Ice Cellar" in Ancient Cities; Plant Sculk Melon Seeds in environments with light level < 10. Sculk Melons take longer to mature than regular melons and cannot be accelerated.
• Basic Uses: Can be crafted into corresponding slabs and stairs; Right-click to eat like regular melons, consuming 1/4 of the block each time (slabs and stairs are also edible via right-click); Supports waxing/wax removal and interaction logic with HQ melon knife same as other melons; Use shears to convert Sculk Melon Blocks into Carved Sculk Melons, which can also interact with light source blocks or be crafted into Sculk Melon Lamps.
• Sculk Status:Effects: Temporarily disables nearby Sculk Sensors and Sculk Shriekers; If there are already spawned Wardens nearby, they will be temporarily immobilized (no enemy targeting, no counterattack when attacked); Disabled entities will resume functionality when the effect ends or when the player moves more than 8 blocks away.
• Obtainment: Right-click to eat Sculk Melon Blocks or related items to randomly gain 5~10 seconds of Sculk Status; Brew Sculk Potions using Sculk Melon Blocks and Awkward Potions, then extend the duration with Redstone Dust; Sculk Potions can be crafted into Splash, Lingering versions or Arrow of Sculk.
• Sculk Melon Helmet: Use shears on a half Sculk Melon Block to get a Sculk Melon Rind; Use shears on a Carved Sculk Melon to get a Carved Sculk Melon Helmet; Wearing it temporarily disables nearby Sculk Sensors and Sculk Shriekers (no effect on already spawned Wardens).

Ender Melon

• Obtainment: Beetroot Seeds in End City loot chests are now replaced with Ender Melon Slices and Seeds; Ender Melons have a chance to spawn in End City corridors or rooftops; Ender Melon Vines need to be planted under End Stone and grow upside down similar to Glow Berries—90% chance to grow one block longer, 10% chance to produce an Ender Melon when growing.
• Basic Uses: Can be crafted into corresponding slabs and stairs; Right-click to eat like regular melons, consuming 1/4 of the block each time (slabs and stairs are also edible via right-click, and can be eaten even when hunger is full); Supports waxing/wax removal and interaction logic with HQ melon knife same as other melons; Use shears to convert Ender Melon Blocks into Carved Ender Melons, which can also interact with light source blocks or be crafted into Ender Melon Lamps.
• Ender Symbiosis Status:
  Effects: Press W to teleport towards the line of sight (maximum distance related to effect level, cannot teleport into water) with a 5-second cooldown; Immune to Levitation; Takes continuous damage and random teleports when in water or rain; Immune to projectiles.
• Obtainment: 50% chance to randomly gain 5~10 seconds of Ender Symbiosis when right-clicking to eat Ender Melon Blocks or related items—repeated consumption that grants the effect extends duration and level; If the level exceeds 19 (corresponding to Ender Symbiosis II), the effect becomes permanent (cannot be removed by Milk or Honey Bottles, only removable by respawning); Brew Ender Symbiosis Potions using Ender Melon Blocks and Awkward Potions (extend duration with Redstone Dust, increase level with Glowstone Dust); Repeated consumption of Ender Symbiosis Potions will not further increase the effect level; Potions can be crafted into Splash, Lingering versions or Arrow of Ender Symbiosis.

Jalamelon

• Obtainment: No obtainable methods in this version; Only available via commands or Creative Mode inventory.
• Basic Uses: Can be crafted into corresponding slabs and stairs; Right-click to eat like regular melons, consuming 1/4 of the block each time (slabs and stairs are also edible via right-click, and can be eaten even when hunger is full); Supports waxing/wax removal and interaction logic with HQ melon knife same as other melons.
• Interactions & Effects: Use Flint and Steel to ignite Jalamelons, generating cross or straight flames based on the remaining part of the melon; Right-click to eat or consume Jalamelon Slices to gain the Jala Status.

Other Additions

• Enchanted Melon Plants: Now players can plant Enchanted Melon Slices (requires Croparium mod as a prerequisite).
• Melon Lamp Light Source Updates:
  Added Redstone Torches, Copper Torches, Copper Lamps, Copper Lanterns, and three types of Frog Lights as light sources for Carved Melon Lamps (note: Waxed Copper Lamps or Lanterns cannot be used);
• Redstone Torch Melon Lamps will extinguish when activated by Redstone signals (like other Carved Melon Lamps, they are only decorative blocks and do not output any Redstone signals);
• Copper Melon Lamps crafted by combining various Copper Lamps with Melon Lamps have the same function as the original Leshi Dong Blinking Melon Lamps (changes on/off state when receiving Redstone signals).

Changes

Mechanics Adjustments

• When breaking Melon Blocks without Silk Touch enchantment on the off-hand tool, the number of dropped Melon Slices is no longer affected by Fortune but also no longer affected by explosion attenuation.
• Due to the symmetrical texture of new Melon Lamps on all four sides, all Melon Lamps have been adjusted from Y-axis rotation to no rotation attribute.
• Redstone-related Melon Lamps now use block states to execute various logics instead of the original block entity data (improves performance when using a large number of these lamps).
• Added sneaking right-click interaction with Melon Lamps—for better experience, Melon Lamps now drop their original form without requiring Silk Touch; To separate the Melon Lamp shell from the internal light source block, simply right-click the Melon Lamp while sneaking with an empty hand or holding an item that cannot be placed into the Melon Lamp.
• Redstone Dust is no longer required in the crafting recipe for Leshi Dong Melon Lamps.
• Optimized the logic of Melon Rinds and Carved Melon Helmets repelling Phantoms.

Visual Improvements

• Melon Lamps: The internal torch models in Torch-equipped Melon Lamps all adopt a style similar to the new Redstone Torch model (larger flame volume compared to the original torch model); Full-block light sources in Melon Lamps now appear larger.
• Enchanted Melons: Optimized the flickering light effect of Enchanted Melon Blocks (the enchanted glow effect in the inventory is now consistent with the placed block); Light level adjustment: Full Enchanted Melon Blocks have a light level of 3, while incomplete ones (slabs, stairs, etc.) have a light level of 10.
• New Melon Flesh Texture: Updated to a new melon flesh texture.

Technical

• Added item tags:
  #qa\_better\_melon:cause\_to\_hunger (Marks foods that may cause hunger when eaten)
• #qa\_better\_melon:cause\_to\_sculk (Marks foods that grant "Sculk Status" when eaten)
• #qa\_better\_melon:cause\_to\_ender (Marks foods that grant "Ender Symbiosis Status" when eaten)

Fix

• Fixed the issue where eating sliced raw melons could not trigger the hunger effect.