YTech
YTech - improves early game by increasing time to reach "iron age" using prehistoric technology.
Added Potter's Wheel and 5 prehistoric artifacts
7 New mobs, replaced vanilla livestock with wild counterparts
Have you tried using splash potion of speed?
Deer is very shy and only deers with antlers drops their trophy
Early game you are unable to mine stone, even dirt must be mined with shovel
used for water storage, soil hydratation or speed up crops growth when added bonemeal
Each age has its own advancements tree
Primitive smelter with chimneys is able to produce enough heat to melt cassiterite and copper crushed ore
With even bigger chimney, you are able to make bronze and even finally create iron bloom
Using hammer on iron bloom, you are finally rewarded by your first iron ingot