Frostiful 2.0 - The Trials of Frostology Update

This update is a major overhaul to Frostiful's progression systems - from the beginning of the game, to defeating the Frostologer and acquiring the Cloak of Frostology. Most things have been reworked to either be more intuitive or to integrate better with the world, and to provide a more smooth and rewarding progression curve. This is probably the single largest update to Frostiful in a very long time, so the changelog is kinda long. Thanks for supporting this mod to nearly 8 million combined downloads!

Summary of Changes

• Overhauled entire wiki to reflect the new content: https://github.com/TheDeathlyCow/frostiful/wiki
• Updated the Frostologer Castle structure
• Added new Frozen Rod item to craft the Frost Wand
• Rebalanced the Frostologer fight
• Added Glacial Trim Pattern
• Added Snow Man Trim Pattern
• Reworked Frosty Trim Pattern
• Added Icicle Banner Pattern
• Added Frostology Banner Pattern
• Added more tags for Brushing
• Reworked Advancement system to better guide progression

Frostologer Castle Overhaul

This update massively overhauled the Frostologer Castle, integrating it better with terrain and better utilizing Icy Trial Spawners and Icy Vaults.

• Removed the Chillager village around the castle
• Made the outer perimeter wall surrounding the keep fully walkable
• Removed the random infinite Chillager spawning
• Replaced chests with Icy Vaults
• Added Icy Trial Spawners throughout the structure
• Added a "Frosted Banner" based on the Ominous Banner
• Overhauled loot to add new banner patterns and armor trim patterns. See wiki page for details: https://github.com/TheDeathlyCow/frostiful/wiki/Frostologers-Castle

Frostologer Fight Rebalance

• Frostologer no longer summons Biters
• Frostologer Icicle attack spell now has a longer cooldown, so the Frostologer will attack in melee range more
• Water logged blocks are no longer turned to ice when frozen by the Frostologer
• Frostologer now gains cooling from hitting their target with a frost spell
• Frostologer can now only use their destroy heat sources spell at their minimum temperature
• Freeze damage no longer breaks roots
• The Frostologer's frost wand is now randomly enchanted on spawn based on local difficulty
• Frostologer is warmed each tick they are channeling their destroy heat sources spell
• Frostologer no longer has passive freezing
• Frostologer now has a max temp of 0, even with scorchful installed
• Biters and Frostologers now do higher damage when breaking frost wand roots
• Removed the following config options: combatConfig.frostologerPassiveFreezingPerTick, combatConfig.frostologerMaxPassiveFreezing, and combatConfig.frostologerIntolerableHeat
• Added the config option combatConfig.frostologerCoolingFromFrostWandHit

The Frozen Rod

• The Frozen Rod is now used to craft the Frost Wand, instead of Breeze Rods
• Frozen Rods are dropped from Frostologers when killed by a player, but can also be crafted from 3 blue ice
• Frozen Rods now repair the Frost Wand in an anvil
• Frozen Rods replace Icicles as the potion ingredient for the Potion of Freezing
• The Inert Cloak of Frostology is now only obtained from Ominous Vaults in the Frostologer boss room
• The Cloak of Frostology crafting recipe is now shaped and requires Fur Padding and Icicles, in addition the the Glacial Heart and Inert Cloak

Armor Trim Pattern Rework

Two new armor trim patterns have been added to Frostiful, and the old Frosty trim pattern has been reworked.

• Added Glacial Trim Pattern, found in Ominous Vaults of the Frostologer Castle
• Added Snow Man Trim Pattern, found in the Chillager Outpost
• Adjusted the look of the Frosty Trim Pattern. It's old look has been split between the Glacial and Snow Man trim patterns, and it was given an entirely new and original look.
• For those who want the old look back, the Frosty trim was split like so:
  • Old Frosty Helmet -> New Glacial Helmet
  • Old Frosty Chestplate -> New Snow Man Chestplate
  • Old Frosty Leggings -> New Snow Man Leggings
  • Old Frosty Boots -> New Snow Man Boots
• Adjusted the look of the Frosty Smithing Pattern item
• The Fur Upgrade smithing template can now be found in the Fletcher loot of the Chillager Outpost
• The Ice Skate Upgrade smithing template is now found in the Igloo chest
• The Fur Upgrade smithing template can no longer be found in the Igloo chest
• The Ice Skate Upgrade smithing template can no longer be found in the Snowy Village
• The following config options have been removed: combatConfig.furUpgradeTemplateGenerateChance, combatConfig.skateUpgradeTemplateGenerateChance
• The following config options have been added: combatConfig.skateUpgradeTemplateIglooGenerateChance

Advancement Rework

• Updates the Frostiful advancement system to have its own page with three tracks of progression: Warmth, Armor, and Frostology.
  • The Warmth track is based around advancements that teach the player how to utilize a few heat sources (light, campfires, and sun lichen).
  • The Armor track teaches the player how to obtain fur and gives advancements for crafting fur armour and ice skates
  • The Frostology track is the main progression of the Frostologer Castle and Chillager structures, and ends with the Frost Wand, Frostologer Trims, and Frostology Cloak.
• The root advancement of this page is only revealed when the player's temperature goes below -10%.
• Some existing advancements were tweaked slightly, but all previous advancements should carry over.
• Reduced size of the frost wand effect cloud a little bit
• Brushing an animal for fur now plays an animation

Brushing Refactor

• Items that use the tag #c:tools/brush are now acceptable for brushing
• Animals with the tag #frostiful:is_brushable can be brushed
• Animals with the tag #frostiful:brushing/drops_polar_bear_fur will drop polar bear fur tufts when brushed
• Animals with the tag #frostiful:brushing/drops_wolf_fur will drop wolf fur tufts when brushed
• Animals with the tag #frostiful:brushing/drops_ocelot_fur will drop ocelot fur tufts when brushed
• If an animal is brushable but doesn't also have an associated fur tuft, a warning will be displayed in the console