Update v1.1.0 (Roaring Rivers Part 1: Below the Surface)

The first update to Blue Depths is now live: Roaring Rivers Part 1! Part 1: Below the Surface focuses on expanding the overall theme of Roaring Rivers, increasing biodiversity of the river biome, which was pretty lackluster before. The update focuses on not only adding new content, but also rebalancing, making technical changes, and fixing some bugs. I will be monitoring the feedback channels for any requested changes like spawn adjustments before working on part 2, so please leave any suggestions either on Planet Minecraft or the Google Forms!

What's new

Added the Largemouth Bass

• Spawns exclusively in rivers
• Can be bucketed for easier transportation and kept as a pet
• New items
  • Bucket of Largemouth Bass
  • Raw Largemouth Bass (Item drop)
  • Cooked Largemouth Bass
    • Can be cooked inside the Deep Blue Grill in the same fashion as other mobs that drop new food in this datapack

Added the Archerfish

• Exclusively spawns in rivers
• Can be bucketed for easier transportation and kept as a pet
• Can spit water at insect mobs and players
  • Prioritizes insects, even if players are nearby
  • If no insect mobs are nearby, and a player out of water is close by, that player will be targeted
  • Deals little damage to players, but can be devastating to insect mobs

Added the Bull Shark

• Spawns in lukewarm oceans and rivers
• Becomes aggressive if player stays too close for too long while in water
  • Will give the player a warning if sticking around too long (bubbles and growl)
  • Once player leaves shark alone, it's temper will slowly fade away
• Item drops
  • Bull Shark Tooth
  • Bull Shark Pup
• Added the Bull Shark Pup
  • Aggressive towards players
  • Won't grow by itself over time, player needs to feed it in order to trigger growth
  • Will eat Largemouth Bass, salmon, and tropical fish if thrown at them

Commands

• New summon command
  • Can be used to spawn in the new creatures added for Blue Depths
  • Simple use /function blue_depths:summon/...
    • A list of different mobs will appear and autofill depending on what you want to spawn
• New display command
  • If you would like to display the models of these mobs, you can use this command to do so
  • Simply use /function blue_depths:display/...
    • A list of different mobs will appear and autofill depending on what you want to display
  • To get rid of these models, simply use /function blue_depths:display/kill_display
    • It will destroy all nearby displays

Added new easter egg

• A new easter egg can be found for players to find, making Blue Depths have a total of 2 easter eggs so far.

Rebalances and Technical Changes

Catfish

• Spawn rate has been decreased by 33.3%
  • Back to the same spawn rate as it did in the initial release of Blue Depths (1.0.0)
• Cooked Catfish Saturation has been buffed
  • Went from a value of 6 to 8

Great White Shark Pup

• Great White Shark Pups are no longer aggressive towards players
• IMPORTANT: Great White Shark Pups that existed in prior worlds after update is installed will have their growth progress reset
  • This has no affect on fully grown Great White Sharks, they will not have their growth reset and will act the same as before

Bug Fixes

• Fixed potential issue of bucket usage on nonbucketable Blue Depths mobs
• Fixed a bug where some fish (mostly the sturgeon) would swim in directions they aren't facing

Update v1.1.0 (Roaring Rivers Part 1: Below the Surface)

The first update to Blue Depths is now live: Roaring Rivers Part 1! Part 1: Below the Surface focuses on expanding the overall theme of Roaring Rivers, increasing biodiversity of the river biome, which was pretty lackluster before. The update focuses on not only adding new content, but also rebalancing, making technical changes, and fixing some bugs. I will be monitoring the feedback channels for any requested changes like spawn adjustments before working on part 2, so please leave any suggestions either on Planet Minecraft or the Google Forms!

What's new

Added the Largemouth Bass

• Spawns exclusively in rivers
• Can be bucketed for easier transportation and kept as a pet
• New items
  • Bucket of Largemouth Bass
  • Raw Largemouth Bass (Item drop)
  • Cooked Largemouth Bass
    • Can be cooked inside the Deep Blue Grill in the same fashion as other mobs that drop new food in this datapack

Added the Archerfish

• Exclusively spawns in rivers
• Can be bucketed for easier transportation and kept as a pet
• Can spit water at insect mobs and players
  • Prioritizes insects, even if players are nearby
  • If no insect mobs are nearby, and a player out of water is close by, that player will be targeted
  • Deals little damage to players, but can be devastating to insect mobs

Added the Bull Shark

• Spawns in lukewarm oceans and rivers
• Becomes aggressive if player stays too close for too long while in water
  • Will give the player a warning if sticking around too long (bubbles and growl)
  • Once player leaves shark alone, it's temper will slowly fade away
• Item drops
  • Bull Shark Tooth
  • Bull Shark Pup
• Added the Bull Shark Pup
  • Aggressive towards players
  • Won't grow by itself over time, player needs to feed it in order to trigger growth
  • Will eat Largemouth Bass, salmon, and tropical fish if thrown at them

Commands

• New summon command
  • Can be used to spawn in the new creatures added for Blue Depths
  • Simple use /function blue_depths:summon/...
    • A list of different mobs will appear and autofill depending on what you want to spawn
• New display command
  • If you would like to display the models of these mobs, you can use this command to do so
  • Simply use /function blue_depths:display/...
    • A list of different mobs will appear and autofill depending on what you want to display
  • To get rid of these models, simply use /function blue_depths:display/kill_display
    • It will destroy all nearby displays

Added new easter egg

• A new easter egg can be found for players to find, making Blue Depths have a total of 2 easter eggs so far.

Rebalances and Technical Changes

Catfish

• Spawn rate has been decreased by 33.3%
  • Back to the same spawn rate as it did in the initial release of Blue Depths (1.0.0)
• Cooked Catfish Saturation has been buffed
  • Went from a value of 6 to 8

Great White Shark Pup

• Great White Shark Pups are no longer aggressive towards players
• IMPORTANT: Great White Shark Pups that existed in prior worlds after update is installed will have their growth progress reset
  • This has no affect on fully grown Great White Sharks, they will not have their growth reset and will act the same as before

Bug Fixes

• Fixed potential issue of bucket usage on nonbucketable Blue Depths mobs
• Fixed a bug where some fish (mostly the sturgeon) would swim in directions they aren't facing

Final Patch (Until 1.1 Release)

IMPORTANT [Exclusively for players playing 26.1-26.1.2]

This current version 100% works for 26.1 to 26.1.2; please ignore all other versions for 26.1 to 26.1.2. Apologies to those who tried to install the datapack in 26.1 and above, previously. When initially testing out the datapack, the test was done on a pre-26.1 world, because of this I was not aware that the pack did not work when installed on a brand-new world. If possible I will delete those other releases to prevent any issues.

News

This is the final patch (unless I receive feedback on any major bugs) for the initial release of Blue Depths. The next update will focus more on adding new, exciting content for Blue Depths. Along with bug fixes, 1.0.3 lays the groundwork for the upcoming new content. The next two major content updates will revolve around the same theme, expanding rivers to make them feel more alive. Keep an eye out for the next few weeks for the first release of the update, Roaring Rivers.

Bug Fixes & Technical Changes

• Fixed a bug where players in creative or spectator mode would receive the sting effect when near the box jellies
• The mobs (aside from the catfish) no longer disappear when you use a bucket on them
• Laid the groundwork for a major mechanic that will be released in the upcoming Roaring Rivers update.

Final Patch (Until 1.1 Release)

News

This is the final patch (unless I receive feedback on any major bugs) for the initial release of Blue Depths. The next update will focus more on adding new, exciting content for Blue Depths. Along with bug fixes, 1.0.3 lays the groundwork for the upcoming new content. The next two major content updates will revolve around the same theme, expanding rivers to make them feel more alive. Keep an eye out for the next few weeks for the first release of the update, Roaring Rivers.

Bug Fixes & Technical Changes

• Fixed a bug where players in creative or spectator mode would receive the sting effect when near the box jellies
• The mobs (aside from the catfish) no longer disappear when you use a bucket on them
• Laid the groundwork for a major mechanic that will be released in the upcoming Roaring Rivers update.

Small Patch 1.0.2

Bug fix

• Fixed bug where Great White Shark Pup and catfish will sometimes jump to the surface and move around

Small patch 1.0.1

Spawn Rates

• Catfish
  • Increased by 33.3%
• Great White Shark
  • Increased by 105%
    • Were quite rare to find, so doubling the spawn rate should make it easier to encounter them more often

Guide Book

• New players now spawn in with the guide book (can still craft a guide book if old one is lost)
• A quick start section now added to the guide book
• Table of contents cleaned up

Login Message

• Log in message changed to add more depth

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where Great White Shark and The Nameless Depth will sometimes surface and move around on land.
  • Change only reflected on mobs who spawn after the patch is installed