Atmospheric Phenomena - Atmospheric Events in Minecraft

🌪️ About the Mod:

The Atmospheric Phenomena mod introduces exciting atmospheric effects and natural phenomena to Minecraft, occurring from the earth's surface to the upper layers of the atmosphere. Explore the world, find traces of meteorite impacts, and use lightning energy to transform ordinary blocks into unique materials.

The current version of the mod works on Neoforge for Minecraft 1.20.4.

⚡ Key Features:

Meteorites and Craters

Impact craters can be found throughout the world - evidence of ancient meteorite falls. Some of these craters are completely filled with rock, with meteorite remnants hidden deep underground. The mod adds 7 new types of meteorite blocks, plus several vanilla variants. These blocks can be processed with a chisel or turned into bricks. Inside some meteorites, cores of rare materials are hidden, which can serve as ore or gemstones. Currently, meteorites are found only in the Overworld.

Falling Celestial Bodies

Not all meteorites lie in craters - some continue to fall from the sky! According to configuration settings, falling meteors and comets periodically appear in the sky. Some meteoroids burn up in the atmosphere, exploding like fireworks, while others reach the surface and create new impact craters. Crater creation can be disabled by setting the "createImpactCraters" game rule to false.

Capsules

Special containers with unique loot can be found inside meteorites. These capsules have 16 storage slots and can be carried while preserving their contents. Only hoppers are used to move items in and out of the container, as capsules lack a graphical interface.

Smithing Enhancement

One of the items that can be found in capsules is the "Otherworldly Enhancement" upgrade template. This template allows applying bonuses to existing equipment using new meteorite materials.

Lightning Effects

Lightning heats the ground to extreme temperatures, causing vitrification of earthly materials. Sand turns into glass, earth and stone into fulgurites, and logs begin to burn. Lightning strike energy can spread across the ground through conductive blocks (usually metal) and dissipate into adjacent blocks. Dissipated energy causes block vitrification, but can also be stored in certain blocks for later use.