T&K2 → T&K3 comparison

4 October 2026 · Production repair

• Added hand planks and early copper, Fluid Pipe, Spout, Pump and Empty Tube construction.
• Removed overlapping custom declarations and moved the final whitelist after all recipe overrides.
• Corrected early Ars/XP and Mekanism constructor inputs so chemical processing precedes antimatter.
• Added separate Netherrack and Blackstone generator selectors.
• Updated the wiki to the repaired ZIP: 1,972 unique custom recipe IDs and all ten main mechanisms reachable in the static dependency model.
• Preserved the separate questbook and stage integration. Minecraft loading and sustained factory tests remain open.

Repair results and remaining tests

Living comparison log for Towns & Kingdoms 3.

Target: Minecraft 1.21.1 / NeoForge

This file tracks meaningful changes from the Towns & Kingdoms 2 era into T&K3. It is intentionally maintained alongside MODLIST.md.

Legacy reference

T&K2 public wiki references:

• Mod list: https://github.com/Mikaaah/TownsAndKingdoms/wiki/Modslist
• 1.20.1 update: https://github.com/Mikaaah/TownsAndKingdoms/wiki/A-New-World-%7C-The-1.20.1-Update

The legacy pages are comparison material only. T&K3 does not inherit a mod, config or script simply because it existed in T&K2.

Comparison labels

• Returning — confirmed T&K2 concept/mod retained in T&K3.
• Added — new to T&K3.
• Replaced — T&K2 mod/system is intentionally superseded.
• Removed — T&K2 mod/system is intentionally not returning.
• Reworked — same broad feature remains but its implementation/progression changes substantially.
• Candidate — under active review; not part of the final stable baseline yet.
• Needs T&K2 audit — current T&K3 selection is known, but exact T&K2 comparison has not yet been verified against the legacy list.

3.0 baseline

Platform

• Minecraft target moved to 1.21.1.
• Loader baseline moved to NeoForge.
• T&K3 is treated as a rebuild rather than an in-place port of T&K2.
• T&K2 scripts, configs and assets are reference material only.

Progression architecture

• FTB Quests is the visible campaign/progression layer.
• AStages provides hard gameplay gating so recipes, machines, items and systems cannot be bypassed simply by obtaining a late-game item.
• End Remastered is part of the End-access progression.
• Boss and milestone progression can unlock reusable processing permissions/catalysts.

Character progression

• Passive Skill Tree is the character-progression foundation.
• T&K3 uses six definitive classes, eighteen subclasses and four professions.
• Class identity is designed to interact with combat, equipment and progression instead of being a standalone stat screen.

Combat

• Epic Fight is the combat framework.
• Weapons of Miracles and Simply Swords are part of the selected weapon/combat stack.
• Compatibility/movesets for the selected T&K3 stack are maintained by T&K3 instead of relying on a generic compatibility pack.

Gear & loot

• Apotheosis / Apothic systems provide affixes, gems, sockets and related loot systems.
• Default progression/balance is deliberately customized for T&K3.

Magic

• Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks is primarily the combat-spellcasting system.
• Ars Nouveau is primarily the arcane crafting, processing and automation system.
• Cross-mod progression is intentionally used to prevent the magic mods from becoming separate progression islands.
• Just Another Witchery Remake is part of the selected magic stack.

Engineering, automation & storage

• Create is the early/mid-game mechanical and processing backbone.
• Mekanism + Mekanism Generators form a later technology layer.
• Applied Energistics 2 is the late-game storage, logistics and autocrafting layer.
• AE2 should support intended processing chains rather than bypass them.
• Create Aeronautics is planned as a meaningful travel/engineering progression system.
• Automation is intentionally compact; T&K3 avoids unnecessary multi-step material bloat.

Integration layer

• KubeJS, ProbeJS and LootJS are part of the foundation.
• Locked KubeJS integrations:
  • KubeJS Create
  • KubeJS Mekanism
  • KubeJS Ars Nouveau
  • KubeJS Iron's Spells
  • Applied KubeJS
• Cross-mod recipes and compatibility are an intentional pack feature rather than incidental mod overlap.

Bosses, mobs & dimensions

Current selected content includes:

• Cataclysm
• Alex's Mobs community 1.21.1 NeoForge port
• Alex's Caves community 1.21.1 NeoForge port
• Ice and Fire: Community Edition
• Bosses' Rise
• Mowzie's Mobs
• The Twilight Forest
• Amplified Nether

Towns, kingdoms & multiplayer

• MineColonies is selected as the primary settlement/kingdom system for T&K3. MCA Reborn was only considered during early T&K3 planning and was not part of T&K2.
• MineColonies: Epicfied (Epic Colonies) is now the primary Epic Fight integration candidate for MineColonies.
• Epic Fight X Minecolonies Compat remains the fallback bridge if Epic Colonies fails compatibility or stability testing.
• Create: MineColonies Link is selected to connect colony supply requests to Create logistics.
• A dedicated multiplayer performance baseline is being introduced for colony population, claims, chunk-loading, pathfinding and raid size.
• FTB Chunks and FTB Teams provide the current claims/team foundation.
• Additional kingdom/town integrations can still be selected where they add real cross-mod value.

Travel

• Waystones is selected.
• Create Aeronautics/Sable interactions with claims, teleportation, magic and machines require explicit multiplayer testing.

World generation

• FreeTerraForged replaces ReTerraForged as the primary Overworld terrain candidate.
• The selected Overworld test stack now combines FreeTerraForged with Alex's Caves, Biomes O' Plenty, Oh The Biomes We've Gone, Upgrade Aquatic, Atmospheric, Autumnity, Environmental and [Let's Do] BloomingNature.
• The End test stack now uses BetterEnd: New Dawn as the primary overhaul, with Nullscape remaining the terrain-layer candidate.
• YUNG's Better End Island has been rejected because BetterEnd already covers the central End experience and additional End structures; stacking another main-island overhaul adds unnecessary overlap.
• End's Phantasm has been rejected for T&K3.
• The Nether test stack uses Amplified Nether + BetterNether: New Dawn + YUNG's Better Nether Fortresses. Gardens of the Dead has been rejected for T&K3.
• YUNG's Better Nether Fortresses is selected partly because its 1.21.1 NeoForge build includes optional built-in Create compatibility.
• BOP's Nether/End biome injection will be configured independently from its Overworld role to avoid conflicts with dedicated dimension overhauls.

Dungeons & structures

The temporary definitive Overworld dungeon/structure baseline now includes:

• Integrated Dungeons & Structures (IDAS)
• Integrated Dungeons Arise (IDA)
• Integrated Cataclysm
• Integrated Stronghold
• YUNG's Better Dungeons
• Dungeons & Taverns

Large IDAS/IDA structures, especially Create-heavy dungeons, will be made rarer where needed so they remain major discoveries and do not bypass intended Create progression through salvage.

Optimization

The temporary definitive optimization baseline is:

• Sodium
• Lithium
• ModernFix
• FerriteCore
• ImmediatelyFast
• Entity Culling
• BadOptimizations
• Dynamic FPS
• AllTheLeaks
• Clumps
• FastSuite
• spark
• Chunky

More invasive threading/worldgen/network optimizers remain outside the baseline until isolated compatibility testing.

Quality of life

The temporary definitive QoL baseline is:

• JEI
• Jade
• Jade Addons
• AppleSkin
• Mouse Tweaks
• Controlling
• Shulker Box Tooltip
• Lootr
• Iris
• BetterF3

Explorer's Compass is intentionally excluded because direct structure locating conflicts with the pack's exploration design.

Economy

• Economy selection is still TBD.

Mod-by-mod comparison ledger

This is the working ledger used while finalizing the 3.0 pack. The T&K2 comparison column must be updated whenever a mod is locked, removed or replaced.

MineColonies multiplayer baseline

Initial dedicated-server test limits:

• maximum 100 citizens per colony
• 12-chunk maximum colony radius
• 12-chunk minimum colony distance
• colony force-loading disabled
• pathfinding node multiplier kept at 1
• raids capped at 40 raiders
• one active colony per player/team by default
• no default permanent FTB Chunks force-loading of complete colonies

These values are deliberately conservative. They can be relaxed after real multiplayer profiling rather than assuming the default MineColonies limits are appropriate for a large T&K3 server.

Open comparison work

• Import/verify the complete T&K2 1.20.1 mod list into the comparison ledger.
• Mark each T&K3 mod as Returning, Added, Replaced or Removed relative to T&K2.
• Record replacements where a T&K2 feature returns through a different mod.
• Keep dependencies out of headline changelog sections unless they materially affect players.
• Add final worldgen, economy, town/kingdom and QoL/performance decisions once locked.
• Add exact jar versions only after the first assembled 1.21.1 NeoForge instance is version-locked.

Maintenance rule

Whenever the definitive mod selection changes:

1. Update TK3/docs/MODLIST.md first.
2. Update the relevant row/section in this changelog.
3. Update the public-facing 3.0 wiki-source pages in TK3/wiki/.
4. For a removed or replaced mod, record the reason if it affects progression, worlds, servers or player expectations.