Time for another round of chaos and questionable coding decisions!

🧩 New Mods Added

Crafting Tweaks

Adds buttons to rotate, clear, and balance your crafting grids. Perfect for lazy crafters who call it “efficiency.”

Emojiful

Chat now supports actual emojis. Yes, you can cry-laugh at your colony burning down. 😂🔥

🔧 Updated Mods

Mob Loot Bags

Completely recoded from the ground up. This should fix the warden issue. Should. If one still spawns, consider it an unscheduled boss fight.

MineColonies

More stability. Fewer colonists mining straight into the void.

The Bumblezone

Bee paradise got a solid tune-up. Buzz responsibly.

Sophisticated Storage & Backpacks

Now with fewer storage tantrums and smoother syncing.

Applied Energistics 2

Minor stability fixes for your network.

Gravestones

Improved compatibility and cleaner death markers for your oops moments.

Oh The Trees You’ll Grow

Trees are slightly less cursed now. Slightly.

Supplementaries

A bit more supplementary than before.

All The Leaks

Plugged. Maybe.

Moonlight Lib

Updated because everything else would riot if we didn’t.

⚠️ Client Update Required

Make sure to update your modpack before joining. If you don’t, expect spontaneous combustion and judgmental colonists.

Final Words

Buzz on, build on, and for the love of bees — stop spawning wardens.

🎃 Halloween Store Releases - October 2025 👻

Spooky season has arrived at the in-game store. Step into the shadows and show off your frightful flair with our brand-new Halloween tags, available for a limited time only -

🩸Vampire Tag

🧙Witch Tag

🔮Warlock Tag

💀Ghoul Tag

🎃Spooky Tag

Can't decide? Grab the Halloween 2025 Bundle Tags, which includes all five Halloween tags and 6 Halloween crate keys!

⭐Plus, every individual Halloween Tag purchase comes with 1 Halloween Crate Key - your chance to in-game seasonal rewards.

Don't miss out! These eerie items vanish after October ends!

Store - https://store.aethro.net/

🎉 BIG UPDATE DAY on Shadows of Aethro! 🎉

Alright folks, buckle up — the update train has arrived and it’s loaded with chaos, fixes, and a few broken dreams. Here’s what’s new:

🧙‍♂️ JEI → EMI Swap!

JEI has been replaced with EMI because EMI’s lighter, faster, and doesn’t scream when it loads. If you really miss JEI, fine. Go reinstall it yourself.

💧 AlltheLeaks

Got its act together — fewer crashes, fewer memory leaks. Basically, it’s now less of a fire hazard.

📜 Amendments, Balm, BlockUI, Chat Heads, Connectivity

All updated and shiny. No major drama, just code magic.

🪨 Every Compat (Gems, Stone, Wood)

Yeeted. Gone. Banished. Why? Because they made new players wait 10–15 minutes to load in. Quark already does the same stuff but better, so goodbye lag bricks.

⚔️ War & Taxes

Raids now actually steal your taxes. Yep. Welcome to government-approved robbery.

🎒 Sophisticated Backpacks (and friends)

Core, Storage, and Create Integration — all updated. Time to pack smarter, not harder.

🏰 MineColonies + Supplementaries Tweaks

Big colony love here:

• Guards actually update their banners now (fashion matters).

• Gatehouse lets non-officers teleport too — for a small price, of course.

• Teleports land in the middle of the gatehouse instead of “somewhere nearby.”

• Archers learned gravity is real and will stop swan-diving off towers.

🧩 And a bunch of other little tweaks

You know the drill — smoother, faster, less laggy, more Aethro-y.

Get those clients updated, get in game, and prepare for whatever cursed behavior comes next.

#ShadowsOfAethro #UpdateDay #SendHelp

🎃Halloween at Aethro - October 2025 🎃

Spooky season has crept into Aethro! All month long, prepare for ghosts, ghouls, and haunted cogs lurking around every corner.

👻Haunted Spawn

When you log in, you'll notice spawn has been transformed with eerie decorations to set the Halloween mood. Watch out for all the blood - explore...if you dare.

🪄 Seasonal Crate

This October, earn keys to unlock our limited-time Halloween Crate, packed with ghostly rewards (and treats)! Keep an eye out for events and activities to claim your share of keys to use on this new crate!

🕸️ Spooky Textures

The world may look slightly different. Our seasonal texture pack brings new, haunted textures across the server. Don't be surprised if things feel a bit creepier than usual.

🩸 Monsters Unleashed

As previously mentioned, Michael Myers, Chucky, and other terrors have been spotted roaming the wild, sneaking on unsuspecting players. Stay sharp and travel with caution - no one is safe this month.

Stay safe, stay spooky, and you may survive through the haunted nights of Aethro!

Filed by the Chaotic Conductor and the very tired Rail Mages

⏱ Stop Times Updated

• The Westbound line (Spawn → Eldermire) now lingers 10 seconds at each station, giving players just enough time to panic about forgotten tickets.

• At Spawn, the train waits a full 60 seconds for sleepy heroes to crawl out of bed and still catch it.

🚧 Eldermire Barricades

The Train Shop has closed its doors. Eldermire officials are stacking barricades of questionable design and shouting about “outsiders with too many potatoes.” If you’re holding potatoes, try not to look guilty.

⚙️ Ongoing Tinkering

Our engineers are still experimenting with train type, size, and possibly a version that scolds you in twelve languages if you jump on the roof. Further adjustments are coming.

💡 Traveler’s Wisdom

The train lives. The borders tighten. Chaos continues. Ride wisely, keep your tickets dry, and never trust a gremlin offering “express upgrades.”