Sengoku Jidai is an immensely detailed mod I’ve been working on for the last 2.5 years as a side hobby that began as a Minecraft world for a Japanese house I made, which turned into a Japanese City, which turned into a Resource Pack to match the city. Then I made a datapack to match the resource pack, and now I have this fully fledged mod, which takes the idea of retheming Minecraft to an all-new level. Altering every aspect of the game, including blocks, mobs, items, biomes, and structures, into the world of Japanese history, culture, and mythology. The amount of content added and changes cannot be summed up in a single paragraph, so I will try my best to list every feature I’ve added in this mod.

As I said, this began as an Optifine Resource Pack, and I've made the jump to Fabric a year ago, so I need everyone to download the following mods below for 1.21.1

• [EMF] Entity Model Features
• [ETF] Entity Texture Features
• Continuity
• Lithostitched
• Polytone

If you are using Sodium. There will be a built in resourcepack in the settings called "For Sodium Users" Please use that. If certain textures are still bugged, you may need to download this mod.

• Sodium Core Shaders 

If you want the cool skybox

• Nuit (formerly FabricSkyboxes)
• FabricSkyBoxes Interop

These mods require these libraries

• Fabric API
• Fabric Language Kotlin
• Forge Config API Port

I'm sure a lot of you guys have some of these anyway, so hopefully it won't be that hard :)

Recommended but optional compatible mods

• Ambient Sounds
• Better Combat
• CIT Resewn

 

 

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Added Content (Mod)

New Blocks:  

For each Wood type: 

- Shoji Doors
- Double Shoji Doors
- Triple Shoji Doors
- Shoji Trapdoors
- Shoji Panels
   -  Can be customizable with white and yellow dye, as well as sheers. 
- All the above come in three different varieties:
  - Regular
  - Checkered
  - Paly
  - Covered (For Shoji Panels)
- Tatami Blocks and Mats
  - Features axis-like block placement. 
- Tansu Cabinets
- Lacquered Logs and Wood
  - Use uruishi from tree sap on logs to alter their appearance.
-  White and Yellow Shirasu Kabe
  - Not all wood types have Yellow Shirasu Kabe.

 - Boiling Pot
  - An extension of the smoker, used to brew tea.
  - Can be placed on the ground or on the ceiling. 
- Grass Bed
  - Early game bed.
- Sake Brewery
  - Use to create Fermented Sake from Rice, Koji Mold, and other optional ingredients.
- Sake Barrel
  - Used to process Fermented Sake from the Brewery. Simply place it in and wait. 
  - Can only accept one item per slot.
- Paper Lanterns
- Stone Lanterns
  - Use flint and steel to light
- Shides
  - Can be placed against walls to ward off yokai. 
- Reeds blocks
  - Meant to be used for thatched roofing. Comes in a dark and pale variant. 
- Fishing Net
  - Replacement Village Jobsite for the Fishermen, so I can place more Barrels lol.
- Decorative Baskests
- Iron Sand
  - Can be found in rivers, used to make tamahagane tier tools.

New Items:  

-  Rice
  -  Can be planted in mud or in a one block deep of water. 
-  Tea
  -  Planted with tea seeds, grows into tea leaves, which can be brewed in the Boiling Pot.
  -  Drinking Tea will grant a Haste buff for a short duration.
-  Fermented Sake 
   - A less effective version of Sake that needs to be processed for some time in a Sake Barrel.
-  Sake
  -  An early game version of potions.
  -  Grants the Strength and Drunk Effects.
-  Ramie Fibre
  -  Sheep were not introduced to Japan until the Meiji Restoration, so I have removed them from all biomes. Obtaining Wool (In this case, Linen) has been reworked to a fibre-growing system. 
  -  Crafts into string, which can be crafted into Linen
  -  Seeds can be found in Ferns.
-  Raw Tamahagane and Tamahagane Ingots.
  -  The replacements for Iron-Tier tools and weapons. More details can be found below.

New Weapons and Armor:  

- Tanto 
  - A short-range dagger with high attack speed.
  - Can be used for stealth kills on unsuspected foes.
- Tetsubo
  - A blunt weapon with decent attack speed and range.
- Kanabo
  - Similar to the Tetsubo, but with less attack speed and more range and damage.
- Yari 
  - High attack speed and ranged spear.
  - Can only be thrusted.
- Naginata
  - Similar to the Yari, but can be swung in a larger hitbox and has lower attack speed.
- Odachi
  - A massive sword with high damage and range, but low attack speed.
  - Has built-in knockback

- Blade of the Kensei
  - Dropped from the Warlord boss.
  - Can be upgraded to the Hi’hirokane Tier (Netherite).
  - Grants Movement Speed.

All Weapons above, including Katanas (Swords) and Axes, will have blocking mechanics similar to the shield. - I also haven't even bothered to test the mod without the Better Combat Mod, so while it's not required, it is recommended.

- Kunai
  - Throwable weapon ammo
  - Comes with Slowness, Poison, and Weakness variants.
- Straw Hat
  - Grants the wearer mining efficiency. 
- Sando Hat
  - Grants the wearer block placement range.
- Tengai Hat
  - Grants the wearer sneak speed.
- Straw Cape
  - Grants the wearer water movement efficiency.
- Shinobi Armor
  - Drops from the Shinobi Boss.
  - Grants movement speed, sneak speed, and increased jump height at the sacrifice of lower defenses. 
- Daimyo Armor
  - Late-game armor dropped by the Warlord Boss.
  - Similar to the Kensei Blade, the armor pieces can be upgraded to the Hi’hirokane Alternative.

New Mobs:  

- Bandits
  - Usually carry wooden weapons or bows.
- Ronin
  - Extends Vindicator AI.
  - Early game swordsmen equipped with Iron Katanas
  - Has the ability to block and parry attacks.
- Samurai
  - Extends Vindicator AI.
  - Carries Tamahagane Weapons and will often patrol the world on horseback.
  - Has the ability to block and parry attacks.
  - Comes in 3 different varieties: Takeda, Kobayakawa, Satomi
- Ashigaru
  - Extends Vindicator AI.
  - Carries Tanegashima firearms
  - Comes in 3 different varieties: Takeda, Kobayakawa, Satomi
- Sohei
  - Extends the Evoker Mob. 
  - Comes in 3 different varieties: Takeda, Kobayakawa, Satomi

Samurai/Ashigaru/Sohei are allied within their own clans and will fight others in the opposing clans, including bandits and ronin.

- Goryo
  - Ghost versions of the Ronin and Samurai
  - Spawn in Yomi (Nether)
- Gaki
  - Zombie/Husk-like enemies that spawn in Yomi
  - Applies the hunger debuff
- Onikuma
  - A large bear-like yokai that spawns in forests.
- Sarugami
  - Demonic monkeys that can be found in the mountains.
  - Usually carry iron katanas. 
- Hitotsume-Nyudo
  - An immense, robed cyclops that towers over the plains and open fields.
- Oni Brute
  - Larger version of the Oni (Zombies). Spawn rarely among other Oni.
- Maikubi
  - 3 floating heads that spin around and spit fire.
  - Found in Yomi
- Kojin
  - Shark merfolk yokai that replace the drowned in the oceans.
- Kamiike Hime
  - Fish Yokai with human faces.
  - Uses Guardian AI
- Akugyo
  - A giant sea monster that aggressively guards the sea palace entrance to Ryugujo (The End).
  - Applies the Curse of Umi Bozu (Mining Fatigue) debuff.
- Yuki Onna
  - A rare boss that appears at night in snowy biomes.
  - Stalks the player and breathes ice once in combat. 
- Gashadokuro
  - Literally the Giant Mob with actual code in it. 
  - A boss that spawns in Burnt Plains at night.
- Shinobi
  - Literally the Illusioner
  - is a boss and throws kunai. 
- Warlord
  - A boss that can be dueled at the top of Warlord Castles.
  - Drops Kensei Blade and Daimyo Armor
  - Has the ability to block and parry attacks.
- Crows
  - Literally just the parrot with its own sounds.
- Macaques
  - Travels in packs
  - Flees from wolves.
- Red Crowned Cranes
  - Will flee from sprinting players.
  - Has the Chicken’s loot table.

 New Combat Features  Stealth System 

- Basic stealth is introduced to the game. Enemy mobs that are not facing a player will not be able to detect them unless they make noise or get too close. A "!" indicator will appear above the mob's head when it detects you.
- Attacking an unsuspected will cause a critical strike.
   - Doing this with a Tanto will insta-kill most mobs.
- The player can lower their detection range significantly by concealing in foliage.
   - Tall Grass reduces the detection range down to 1 block
   - Shorter Grass (except for regular grass) reduces the detection rate down to 5 blocks. 
- All Smoke Bombs (splash potions) will grant the thrower a brief invisibility buff.
- Armor is no longer left rendered while invisible.
   - Mobs now immediately lose track of you once invisible, allowing you to flee or reposition in a hiding spot for a stealth kill.
- I do not plan to make this a standalone mod. So if someone wants to steal this idea, please be my guest.

Parry and Poise System

- Blocking attacks with your weapon with the right click is back and more effective.
  - Applies to Katanas, Axes, and all added modded weapons.
- Blocking with your weapon has its own sounds and particles to create satisfaction
- Blocking damage with your weapon applies "poise" damage to the blocker.
  - Once your poise is broken, you will not be able to block attacks for a brief period.
  - Some weapons deal more poise damage than others.
  - You regain poise damage over time.
- Mobs such as Samurai, Ronin, and Goryo use this system as well.

 

Misc Features 

- Onsen
  - When near a magma block, surface-level water will begin to emit mist particles
  - Being idle in the onsen water will grant a Saturation buff while in the hot springs.
  - Should be immune to freezing.
- After rainfall, mist particles will begin to appear upon the surface for a minor duration.
  - This can be turned off in the Mod Settings.
- The music system has been reworked, with specific music for different categories to play/fade out for certain situations. Such as day/night music, combat music, underground, etc.
- Blood Particles

VANILLA CHANGES (IMPORTANT)

 Stone Tools/Iron Tools Changes 

 

When you get into a world, make a wooden pickaxe, mine three stones for the stone pickaxe. you're going to be really disappointed to see that nothing with come up in the craft output. That's because I've completely reworked the progression system with stone and iron tools. The vanilla 'stone' tools are now the new iron tools; the item ID will say stone_pickaxe, but it's named Iron Pickaxe. And the vanilla iron_pickaxe is now the Tamahagane Pickaxe. So the new progression order is Wood > Iron > Tamahagane > So on.

Upgrading to Tamahagane will be similar to upgrading Diamond tools to Netherite, in which you'll need a smithing template and an ingot at a smithing table to upgrade your iron tool to Tamahagane. The smithing template is very easy to craft with iron ore and cobblestone. To make a tamahagane ingot, you must gather iron sand from riverbeds with an Iron Shovel and smelt it into Raw Tamahagane. Which can be crafted into the ingot using regular Iron Ingots.

I can see this being very controversial, so I made numerous compensations to sweeten the deal:

• You can mine Iron Ore with a Wooden Pickaxe now.
• You get more Raw Iron from Iron Ore
• Tamahagane Tools (vanilla iron tools) are much more durable.

I just felt like the progression system was incredibly flawed, and the use of Wooden tools, save for the pickaxe (for a brief moment), was worthless.

 

 

Sheep/Wool 

 

As I said before, I removed sheep from all biomes due to my obsession with making this as accurate as possible. However, sheep are essential for wool and your first bed to sleep through the night, so I made some compensations.

- String (crafted into wool) can now be obtained through agriculture by growing Ramie Fibre.
  - Ramie Seeds are obtained from ferns. 
- I understand people want to get a bed ASAP on the first night and not wait for a stupid crop to grow, so I made the Grass Bed, which can be crafted from Reeds (Hay Bales), which can be crafted from numerous foliage. 
- As for Mutton, I replaced the item textures and name with Squid Meat, which can drop from yours truly.

 

 

- Increased Max item stack size from 64 to 99
- Bottles, Bowl Items, and Potions are now stackable to 16.
- The bundle crafting recipe is available despite this being 1.21.1
- Restored Particles from explosions
- Fence gate and Trapdoor recipes now output more in quantity.
- Numerous villages will have a Mending Librarian ready for you, built in. No investigations needed. 
  - Pork is now distributed as a basic animal meat that can be dropped by other animals. 
- Rabbit Hide is now distributed as Animal Hide that can be dropped by other animals.
- Tanegashima (The Crossbow) can only fire Musket Balls (Spectral Arrows)
  - Smoke particles and brief light are emitted when fired.
  - Bullets fired from the Tamegashima have a much more intense velocity.
  - Gunshots can be heard from far away.
- Tree Sap (Honeycomb) can drop from decaying leaves and can be used for numerous things.
  - Can craft into Urushi (Slime Ball).
  - Offers an alternative torch recipe. 
  - Can be composted. 
- Block of Reeds (Hay Bale) is no longer just a block of wheat but meant for early game roofing material, which can be crafted from all sorts of foliage/grass hogging up your inventory.
- Several recipes were changed. All will be available in the in-game Recipe Book.
  - Gunpowder now has a recipe due to the low spawn rates of Kodama Nezumi (Creepers).

Overworld

VERDANT SEASON BIOMES (Spring Summer)

 

Plains

Forest

Sakura Grove



Shibazakura Plains 



Meadows



Pampas Fields 



Subtropical Forest 

Dark Forest





Flower Forest

Birch Forest

Bamboo Forest (Bamboo Jungle)



Swamp

 

AUTUMNAL SEASON BIOMES  

 

  Sanguine Forest

  Harvest Fields



Marshlands

  Bloodgood Forest





Taiga



Golden Forest (Old Growth Birch Forest)



Maple Oak Forest (Savanna Plateau)

  Silver Grass Fields



Hot Springs

  Old Growth Pine Taiga



Old Growth Spruce Taiga

 

  WINTRY SEASON BIOMES

 

  Snowy Plains




Snowy Taiga



Windswept Hills



Windswept Forest



Snowy Bamboo Forest (Ice Spikes)



Grove

 

  MOUNTAINS

 

Snowy Slopes



Volcanic Peaks (Stony Peaks)



Frozen Peaks



Jagged Peaks

 

  Misc.

 

Misc.
Burnt Plains (Desert)



Aomori Isle (Mushroom Fields)

 

Yomi

 

"When the creator goddess Izanami gave birth to Kagutsuchi, the kami of fire. Her husband Izanagi, fueled by grief, marched down to retireve her in Yomi; The land of the dead. The place where all who die make home."

Yomi, also known as the Land of the Dead, is the replacement for the Nether dimension. While being virtualy identical to the Vanilla Nether, the flaming hot visuals have been replaced with a cold blueish-green to personify the world of darkness much more effectivly. This realm is home to many yokai such as the Shikome, Keneō, Okubi,  Yurei, Datsue-ba, Wa nyūdō and Katawaguruma. Homes can be found along the Sanzu River containing lost souls known as Shiryō, who will trade and sell valuable Yomi artifacts. 

NOTE FOR SHADER USERS:  You may have to configure your shaders if you want to gain this misty blue color pallete. 

Sanzu River (Nether Wastes)



Soul of Kagutsuchi (Basalt Deltas)



Wisteria Grove (Crimson Forest)



Weeping Forest (Warped Forest)

 

Ryugu-jo

 

"Ryūgū is a fantastical palace that appears in many legends and folktales. It is the primary residence of the dragon god of the sea and his daughter Otohime, and is home to the ocean’s royal court. The palace is populated by aquatic creatures who wear human clothing and have a society which mirrors that of the human world." -Yokai.com

Ryūgū-jō is the alternate of the End dimension of this data and resource pack. Replacing the Ender Dragon with the great Sea Dragon known as Ryūjin. One of the more notable changes is that the previous void of the End has been flooded with a vast ocean filled with coral and other ocean life. 

NOTE FOR SHADER USERS:  I don't recommend shaders for this dimension. A lot of shader packs cater to the vanilla end and often block out the cool skybox. 

Ryūgū-jō (The End)

 

REVAMPED VANILLA STRUCTURES

Villages








  Swamp Hut
  Bastion Remnant (Replaced with Oni Castle)

  Ancient City

 

Trial Chambers 

Fortress (Replaced with Temple of Izanami)     Desert Temple (Replaced with Destroyed Pagoda)
  Jungle Temple
  Woodland Mansion (Replaced with Warlord Castle)


  Stronghold (Replaced with Entrance to Ryūgū-jō)

  End City (Replaced with Ryūgū-jō Palace)  

"A notable feature of the Dragon Palace according to the "feudal" (otogizōshi) versions is the view to the "four seasons on four sides"

  Ocean Monument
  Igloo (Replaced with Snow Hut)

  Pillager Outpost (Replaced with Bandit Outpost)
  Sunken Ships

NEW STRUCTURES:

Outskirt Villagers and Inns



  Abandoned Manors
  Castle Ruins

 

Minka Villages
  Shinto Shrines



Pagodas

  Tori Gates


  Buried Palace


  Yomi Houses

  Cemeteries
  Boats
  Buddah Statues

  Inari Shrines
  Kaeru Shrines
  Castles (Plains)
  Castles (Winter)



  Farmsteads

  Lighthouses
  Swamp Villages




  Bamboo Villages

New Mobs:

 

Yokai

• Kodama (Allay)
• Hitokai (Armadillo)
• Ubagabi (Blaze)
• Nure Onago (Bogged)
• Kaze no Kami (Breeze)
• Tsuchigumo (Cave Spider)
• Kodama Nezumi (Creepers)
• Kappa (Drowned)
• Umibōzu (Elder Guardian)
• Ryūjin (Ender Dragon)
• Kuchisake Onna (Enderman)
• Yurei (Enderman)
• Funayurei (Enderman)
• Tsuchinoko (Endermite)
• Ōkubi (Ghast)
• Teruto uo (Glow Squids)
• Gashadokuro (Giant)
• Umiotoko (Guardian)
• Otoroshi (Hoglin)
• Nuppeppō (Husk)
• Daimajin (Iron Golem)
• Tsurubebi (Magma Cube)
• Kudan (Mooshroom)
• Kanashibari (Phantom)
• Keneo (Piglins)
• Datsueba (Piglins)
• Gozuki (Piglin Brute)
• Ushi Oni (Ravager)
• Kaichigo (Shulker)
• Tsutsugamushi (Silverfish)
• Skeleton (yours truly)
• Bakotsu (Skeleton Horse)
• Tsurube otoshi (Slime)
• Hakutaku (Sniffer)
• Oshiroi Babā (Snow Golem)
• Jorogumo (Spider)
• Tsurara-Onna (Stray)
• Wa nyudo (Strider)
• Katawaguruma (Strider)
• Tengu (Vex)
• Ōzatō (Warden)
• Yamauba (Witch)
• Tatarigami (Wither)
• Shinigami (Wither Skeleton)
• Waira (Zoglin)
• Oni (Zombies)
• Sagari (Zombie Horse)
• Dorotabō (Zombie Villager)
• Shikome (Zombified Piglin)

Animals  

• Ōsanshōuo (Axolotl)
• Hakushika (Camel)
• Deer (Llama)
• Yamamayaa (Ocelot)
• Tanuki (Panda)
• Bird/Warbler (Parrot)
• Boar (Pig)
• Black Bear (Polar Bear)
• Carp (Salmon)
• Koi Fish (Tropical Fish)
• Minor texture changes to the rest of the mobs to fit their theme.

People:

• Outlaw Samurai (Vindicators)
• Outlaw Sohei (Evoker)
• Outlaw Ashigaru (Pillagers)
• Shinobi (Illusioners)
• Villagers (You guessed it)
• Wandering Merchant (You get the idea)

 

Please refrain from asking the following questions:

 

• "Can you make this available to X version?"
  • With the amount of updates Mojang rolls out and the workload it took to make this as a one-man dev, it is unlikely I will be expanding versions.
• "Can you port this to Bedrock?"
  • No.
• "Can you make this compatible with X mod and/or with Neo Forge?"
  • If its compatible it's compatible, I know there's a mod that lets you port Fabric mods to NeoForge, but if it doesn't work, then it doesn't work. I have no intention of testing some random mod with this one.
• "Can you add this next?"
  • No
• "Pls pls make this part a standalone mod!"
  • If I could do it, then someone else probably has.

These questions and pretty much any that riddle down to telling me to "do more". I think I did more than enough in terms of the content I've added for a free mod. Reminder, I'm doing this for me; this is a hobby. I'm also the only guy working on this.

I will gladly accept feedback and critiques for bugs or features that are in the mod/game. Got a comment about the QoL changes? The Iron/Tamahagane Changes? Performance issues? Let me know, but for the love of god, if you read this and try to sweet-talk me into a compliment paragraph that leads to a "pls bedrock" at the end, then don't bother. I find that very irritating and unhelpful.