Dangerous Frontiers

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Dangerous Frontiers brings high quality custom boss fights to modern fabric Minecraft worlds! This mod will be an excellent addition to your Vanilla+ worlds where you want to have something more challenging than the rather lackluster boss fights in vanilla. Face off ancient creatures with immense power, each with a custom model and mechanics. Obtain Ancient Souls that will allow you to craft a new end game set of armor! Dangerous Frontiers is designed to fit into your normal vanilla gameplay and requires you to beat the ender dragon before you can even get started! It is meant as a fun and difficult end game addition! But remains faithful to vanilla balancing and style.

Features

This mod is primarily a boss fight centered mod that is built for newer versions of Minecraft. Finally bringing difficult and fun boss fights to the modern era. The mod is still in early development, so not all features are complete. See below for more details about the mod!

How many bosses are planned?

• Four total boss fights are planned, but currently we only have added the first. The Ancient Defender Boss can be fought ONLY after defeating the Ender Dragon and obtaining the Dragon Tear and then crafting the Altar.

What can I obtain in this mod?

• Ancient Armor Set! A powerful End Game armor set that is designed to be stronger than Netherite (and Advanced Netherite too!) and has a special Ancient Aura effect when wearing a full set! The armor will ward away certain mobs because they can see that you are wearing souls on your armor! Kinda scary! There even is Armor for Horses and the Nautiliss
• New Tools! A full set of tools have been added, each with powerful but balanced abilities so the game isn't too easy.
• New Bow that shoots arrows that catch enemies on fire with a Purple Flame. It hurts and lasts a long time!
• New Shield! The ultimate shield....because it cannot be broken!
• And more! enchantments, special items and mobs!

Can I use this in a Modpack? Can I make money off of this mod or modify it from it's original version?

• You are allowed to use this in Modpacks that are non-monitized.
• You cannot profit in any way while using this mod in a pack or claim it as your own mod even if you have modified it.
• I'm not selfish, so if you want to monetize your Modpack and also want this mod added then just ask me and we can work out a deal that works for everyone. If you want my official stamp of approval for compatibility packs or you want to feature it in some specific way on a server, just ask for permission and provide proper credit.

Can I make a mod showcase or video about it?

• Absolutely! Just give credit please! Seriously all that I care about!

What versions of Minecraft will this support?

• Java on Fabric API, no plans to port over to other mod loaders as of now, maybe a bedrock version years from now.
• The goal is to only update the mod for newer versions of the game. So 26.1.2 for now but eventually we will port it to 26.2+
• No backports ever. We will try to finish the mod as much as possible on 26.1.2 but eventually future updates will only come to newer ports. The goal is to keep this mod on the newest versions of minecraft.

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS & COMPATIBILITY

Works with Vanilla gameplay - This was designed from the beginning to add FAITHFUL and VANILLA FRIENDLY bosses. Each boss is designed to fit into the Vanilla style (All textures are 16x16 to match Minecrafts other bosses and block textures) and don't disrupt normal gameplay! You can play Minecraft exactly how you always have! But now if you decide you want something MORE after beating the Ender Dragon....Well Dangerous Frontiers is your mod!

Multiplayer Friendly - I highly suggest fighting each boss with friends in multiplayer! Just make sure everyone has the mod installed and that you all are geared up! The Ancient Defender and all future bosses will be tested solo AND with groups, I like group boss fights, so every boss should be hard to beat and difficult for even a group of three to take on, but if you are brave and have A LOT of totems....you can definitely take on this boss mod solo too!

COMPATIBILITY LIST

This is a list of mods I specifically ensured were compatible with the mod and will test for bugs. Most mods should working fine with Dangerous Frontiers as long as they dont make massive changes to the Ender Dragon or to the END. Primarily if the dragon does not drop the dragon tear you cannot start the mod. I did make sure these two mods work with DF though.

• Ender Dragon Remastered
• Better End Island

Here's the working list officially maintained.

• Gravestones If you die in the void it will put the grave inside the Ancient Defenders Arena.
• You can upgrade to Ancient Armor Advanced Netherite
• Works with Hardcore Revival
• Works with Solas Shaders but has not been tested with others.

This mod is free and we are gonna keep it that way! But every dollar helps! Throw a few coins my way and it will help us develop this into something truly special! Oh and did I mention I have a NO AI committment? I refuse to use AI for any part of creation of this mod! The only exception is if we ever need to do language translations or major bug/porting! But no AI was used in the source code or for the textures/models! Buy Me A Coffee Link! OR if you prefer Ko-Fi!

WHATS TO COME

This mod is currently still in Beta and won't be finished until I add at LEAST four bosses. Below is my development plan as of now, please note that anything could change and it depends on costs and time.

ROADMAP (IN ORDER)

September - The Ominous Update (COMPLETE)

• Fix/Update/Adjust Ancient Defender Boss
• Overhauled SOME Textures to be more consistent and high quality.
• Ominous Potions work with bosses and have benefits
• Trims support for Ancient Armor
• Add Ancient Template for a less grindy upgrading path.

November - December 2026 (The Judgement Update - IN PROGRESS)

• Fix Ancient Defender unfinished textures (Orb in chest needs texturing, intro beam and outro beam need texturing, other textures could use updates)
• Updates to AD arena to make it harder but also prettier.
• Updates to armor and tools to balance them a bit better, mostly buffs actually!
• Add next boss for the Nether which will be much harder to beat than the Ancient Defender
• New boss drop item (secret for now hehe)
• Big texture and style overhaul (Ancient Soul is getting a re-work)
• New Enchantment (only one for now)
• 26.2 Update: This will release after a full release on 26.1.2
• More mod compatibility! Working specifically on Icey's better horses compat.

Early 2027 - Overworld and Sift Boss updates

• Add Advancements for the mod.
• Animated textures? Probably some fixes and updates to the Nether boss.
• Update to 26.3 and 26.4+ drops (will work towards being ready for sift update)
• Add third boss into the Overworld and will be a HUGE feat to defeat! This will be nearly* impossible to beat!
• New item/s for beating the boss
• Add more enchantment books!
• Potential mini bosses?
• Sift Boss