https://playaethro.online/rss/16-shadows-news.xml/News from the Shadowsenhttps://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-whats-coming-in-the-following-week-r80/Hey folks—sorry for the silence lately. I had to go "dark" to handle some family matters and finish out my day job. Now that things have stabilized, I’m back in action. I've been busy moving the website over to support my 24-year passion project (the online game), but don't worry—the SoA modpack isn't being changed to "fit" the new game. However, it is getting a massive face-lift this weekend. What’s happening Sunday: This is a major update. We’re looking at updates to almost 26 different mods. Resource World: The "holy grail" fix is finally here. It’ll finally work the way I intended. Engine Room: I'm implementing a multi-core system to keep memory usage low and exploration smooth. The List: With ~26 mods changing, the update list is going to be a long one. I’ll see you all Sunday with the full notes. Thanks for sticking by me!Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:38:48 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/server-update-dec-6th-2025-r79/Here comes today’s magnificently unhinged patch notes, now with extra sparkle courtesy of our freshly updated Drops Mod: Easy Mob Farm Cleaned up some memory leaks and resource trickles. It now behaves less like a toddler with a juice box. Hearlds Recipes fixed and colors refreshed. Heraldic glow-up complete. Create: The Factory Must Grow A renegade tag ignored the Factory Growth Mandate. It has been reassigned to mandatory labor. Structurize A handful of tiny, crunchy bugs squashed. Buildings are 4% sassier and 12% less broken. MineColonies – the villagers filed a novella-length complaint list, so here’s the summary: • Builders continue their architectural rampage: more blueprints, more improvements, fewer crimes against geometry. • Town Scribes simplified permissions. Mark someone “hostile” to have guards whack them; mark someone “manager” to let them hear colony gossip and load chunks. • Guards now pay more attention to enemies, even when they’re “not looking.” • Raiders realized attacking dead things is pointless. Enlightenment achieved. • Massive food rebalance—citizens eat less like ravenous void demons. • Colony signs now require a level 1+ gatehouse. Bureaucracy thrives. • MineColonies crops can be right-click harvested with a hoe. Farming efficiency unlocked. • Citizens now sit on actual chairs instead of hover-meditating above them. • Smelting workers no longer get spiritually trapped by leftover furnace goo. • Restaurant waiters will still work even while hungry. Late-stage capitalism speedrun. • Builders accept farmland as solid ground again. Physics restored. Byzantine Style A few historically inaccurate bugs were exiled. Create: Framed Cardboard blocks received therapy and now behave properly. Better Combat Fixed weapon attributes that mysteriously had zero attack power. Turns out “no damage” is not a combat strategy. Aethro Events A brand-new event arrives to disrupt your day, and Santa has returned from the multiverse to resume his reign of festive mayhem. NMPC Removed because we actually use CurseForge like civilized modders. Drops Mod The shiny new Aethro Drops patch is LIVE! Fresh code, cleaner behavior, better loot logic, and far fewer existential crises inside your item tables. Yes, this is the same one we just rebuilt—flexing it proudly. The universe expands, the mods update, and somewhere out there a colonist is thrilled to finally sit on a chair like a normal person.Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:40:33 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-update-for-nov-29th-2025-r78/Spur drops added. You can now earn the most pathetic currency in existence by bonking mobs or smashing blocks. Farms do not count because that would be cheating and the universe says no. Events system updated. Rampaging Santa has arrived. He is jolly. He is unstoppable. He wants milk, cookies, and maybe your kneecaps. TooManyRecipeViewers updated so it stops lying to you. The BumbleZone updated. Bees fixed their bugs. Yes that sentence is cursed. Amendments updated. Probably important. Probably legal. Who knows. MineColonies updated. Your villagers will continue to ignore you but with more efficiency. FTB Quests updated. The book yells at you slightly less. Create: Hypertubes updated. Now with more whoosh. Stylecolonies updated so your colonies can continue to serve looks. Create: Framed updated. Boxes but fancy. Lootr updated. Trying to fix the chests that refuse to convert like stubborn little cryptids. Sophisticated Storage updated. Time to hoard with style. Create: Escalated updated. Everything escalates. Always.Sat, 29 Nov 2025 22:25:17 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%8C%8C-shadows-of-aethro-update-%E2%80%A2%C2%A0-3211182025-r77/Title: “We Touched Literally Everything Again” Guess what got updated? Everything. Again. Your modpack is now held together with duct tape, dreams, and version numbers that look like IP addresses. 🆕 Brand New Chaos🚄 Create: Hyper Tunnels Fast travel but make it stupid fun. Build hyper tunnels and yeet yourself across the world at speeds that should probably be illegal. Perfect for: Fleeing creepers Getting to your friend’s base in 0.3 brain cells Regretting not putting a wall at the end of the tunnel 🔧 Updated Mods (They Still Exist, Just Less Broken)These are updates, not new shiny toys. We just made the existing ones (hopefully) work better: 📘 FTB Quests Your quest book got a tune up. Fewer bugs, more “do your chores, adventurer.” 🏙 MineColonies Colonists received… “adjustments.” Maybe smarter. Maybe dumber. Definitely more dramatic. 💧 AllTheLeaks Patched, tweaked, and re-stabilized so your world doesn’t cry itself to sleep. 🏺 Byzantine Styles Your builds can still look like royalty. Just slightly more optimized royalty. 🏭 The Factory Must Grow Performance and behavior tweaks so your industrial hellscape runs smoother while your TPS cries softer. 🎒 Sophisticated Core / Backpacks / Storage / Create Integration Inventory and storage systems updated so your loot hoarding habit has fewer technical breakdowns. 🔪 Create: Slice and Dice Your auto-farm murder machine mod got some love. More slices, fewer crashes. 📦 Sophisticated Storage More stable boxes for your emotional damage and 9,000 cobblestone. 💭 QuarkPonders Ponder scenes and QoL bits updated so you can stare at gears spinning and question reality in higher quality. 🌍 Oh The Biomes We’ve Gone Biome adjustments so your worldgen looks better and breaks less. ✅ What You Should DoUpdate your pack to 3.2.11.18.2025 Log in Build a cursed Hyper Tunnel Launch yourself across the server and question physics Shadows of Aethro stays scuffed, but in a slightly more polished way.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:38:28 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/small-update-today-nov-11th-2025-r76/Simple and small update today! A brand new Resource World has been added to the game! To enter, build a portal frame from gold blocks (4x5) and light it just like a Nether portal. Step through — and good luck! Keep in mind: Resource World is a temporary world that resets multiple times a month. Do not build your home here — it’s meant purely for gathering materials. Staff will not replace any lost items from this world.Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:30:50 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%8E%84%C2%A0%E2%9B%84-saturday-update-%E2%9B%84%C2%A0%F0%9F%A6%83-r75/The holidays have officially invaded Shadows of Aethro! We’ve added 🎄 Christmas Trees (for all your chaotic decorating needs) and 🦃 Turkeys (for… reasons). Go ahead, chase one. See what happens. 👀 Minor updates all around — except Create, because Create is still throwing a tantrum and refusing to cooperate. ✨ What got updated while the elves weren’t looking: 🧱 All the Leaks 🏛️ Byzantine Styles 🥒 Cucumber Library (fresh pickles, now with more crunch) 🧍 Customizable Player Models 🎀 Domum Ornamentum 🧺 Inventory Sorter (your messy chests are still judging you) 📜 Jauml 🏗️ MineColonies 🌙 Moonlight Lib 🌳 Oh The Biomes We’ve Gone 🏘️ Small Colonies (MineColonies Addon) 🐝 Bumblezone 🌲 Twilight Forest 🎅 It’s beginning to look a lot like chaos… 🎮 Download the mod at https://l.aethro.net/forge-packSat, 08 Nov 2025 18:29:00 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%8E%A9-shadows-of-aethro-update-now-with-73-more-chaos-%F0%9F%8E%A9-r74/The devs have been busy poking at things they probably shouldn’t, and somehow it worked. ⚔️ War N Taxes v3.26 Raid History got a glow-up — it now actually remembers who bonked who! Also patched the Tax GUI so you can see how broke you are in style, and fixed the WebAPI so it stops screaming internally. 🔧 Other Mods Got a Spa Day Too: Applied Energistics 2 (less crashy, more flashy) Byzantine Styles (ancient bling) MineColonies Compatibility Addon (because teamwork makes the lag work) Cyclops Core (blinking more efficiently) GuideME (now slightly less confusing) MineColonies (your colonists are still idiots, but shinier ones) Sophisticated Storage (Marie Kondo approved) Tweaks Addon for MineColonies (tweaked the tweaks) 💾 Client update required! Go update before your colony stages a tax revolt.Sat, 25 Oct 2025 19:16:00 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%90%9D-shadows-of-aethro-update-october-18th-2025-r73/Sat, 18 Oct 2025 20:07:32 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/halloween-store-releases-october-2025-r72/🎃 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/Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:09:00 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-october-4th-2025-update-r71/Sat, 04 Oct 2025 19:32:40 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-halloween-event-2025-r70/🎃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!Thu, 02 Oct 2025 01:53:57 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%9A%82%E2%9C%A8-all-aboard-the-chaotic-conductor-express-%E2%9C%A8%F0%9F%9A%82-r69/Filed by the Chaotic Conductor and the very tired Rail Mages ⏱ Stop Times UpdatedThe 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 BarricadesThe 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 TinkeringOur 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.”Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:40:11 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-update-sept-30-2025-r68/📜 Idle Colony Reclaim Policy — Why It’s Necessary As Shadows of Aethro continues to grow, we need to keep the world playable, fair, and free of abandoned clutter. One of the biggest sources of dead land and unnecessary lag comes from colonies left behind by players who no longer log in. NPCs still pathfind, blocks stay claimed, and huge areas of land are locked off with no one around to use them. To fix this, we are introducing a strict Idle Colony Reclaim rule. ⚔️ The Rule Colonies tied to accounts inactive for 20 days may receive a Discord notification as a warning. (Not guaranteed.) Colonies tied to accounts inactive for 30 days will be automatically reclaimed and deleted. Reclaims are final — no appeals by default. Exception: If you know you’ll be gone longer than a month (vacation, deployment, medical, etc.), open a ticket before you leave. We may hold off on reclaiming your land on a case-by-case basis. Staff may reclaim earlier if the colony causes extreme issues (grief placement, lag impact, broken pathfinding, etc.). Applies equally to all players, including supporters. 🧙 Why We’re Doing This World Health: Dead colonies eat up land, prevent new players from settling, and make the world feel abandoned. Server Performance: MineColonies NPCs keep running even when players are gone, causing lag for everyone else. Fairness: Allowing inactive players to lock down land forever is unfair to those actively playing. Clarity: Simple rule — if you haven’t logged in for 30 days, your colony is gone unless you’ve contacted us beforehand. ✔️ What You Can Do Don’t panic — 30 days is a generous amount of time. If you’ll be away for longer, open a ticket in Discord before you leave. If you return after 30+ days without notice, your colony will already be reclaimed. Starting fresh is the only option. 🏴 Final Note This policy is not about punishing players. It’s about protecting the community. By keeping the world clear of dead weight, we ensure Shadows of Aethro stays fun, fair, and performant for everyone who’s actually here playing. If you have any questions, please create a ticket and a member of the staff team will be happy to assist.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:31:00 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-update-sept-30th-2025-r67/🎃 Shadows of Aethro Update — September 30, 2025 Heads up: when you connect today, you’ll get a quick install. It’s our Halloween prep. Also: something… happened at spawn. We apologize for the chaos. Reports say Michael Myers, Chucky, and friends are roaming the world. Be careful out there. Travel with gear Keep your head on a swivel If you see them, run or be ready to fight Happy haunting, survivors. 👻Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:22:39 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-update-sept-27th-2025-r66/Sat, 27 Sep 2025 22:52:41 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-update-war-taxes-and-ships-r65/Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:28:39 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-update-sept-13th-2025-r64/Sat, 13 Sep 2025 18:08:42 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-update-sept-9th-2025-r63/Shadows of Aethro – Daily Update Incoming Tomorrow’s daily update is packing some serious punch. We’re rolling out new systems, dangerous places, and a little financial chaos (don’t worry, it’s the fun kind). 💸 Functional Economy Mod That’s right — money is coming to Shadows of Aethro. With Functional Economy, you’ll soon be able to: Earn, save, and spend real in-game currency Run your own vending machines with custom stock and prices Swipe shiny bank cards like you’re shopping in the Nether’s Costco Access ATMs and bank blocks for deposits, withdrawals, and transaction logs Build a player-driven economy with shops, auctions, and markets And yes… Herobrine is your new bank manager. Totally legit. Definitely not skimming fees when you’re not looking. 🌑 Shadowlands Arrive The Shadowlands have finally opened. They’re dark, they’re dangerous, and they don’t care if you’re ready. Pack a blade, maybe some torches, and see if you can survive what lurks in the shadows. 📖 New MineColonies Quest Line Open your FTB Quests journal (E → top-left book) to find a brand new MineColonies quest line. Whether you’re new or experienced, this quest chain is built to guide and challenge you in your colony journey. ⚙️ Under the Hood We’ve also been doing a round of fixes and backend work to prep for this big economy rollout. You’ll see it all live with today's daily update. Get ready for capitalism, colonists, and creatures that want to eat your face. Shadows of Aethro is only getting stranger from here.Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:20:03 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-update-version-231952025-r62/Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:17:28 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%8E%89-shadows-of-aethro-daily-chaos-report-%F0%9F%8E%89-r61/Today’s headlines from the realm of blocky madness: 🕒 Bossbar Toggle! Tired of your screen yelling at you about playtime rewards? Do /rewards bossbar toggle and tell it to shut up. 📜 MOTD Shenanigans Every time you log in now, the server will scream a Message of the Day at you. Don’t worry, it’s friendly. (Most of the time.) 📦 Box of Horrors New horror bosses are lurking around… because Aethro wasn’t scary enough already. Who needs sleep anyway? ✈️ Immersive Aircraft Airships, planes, and sky nonsense have arrived. Time to crash into mountains in style. 🔪 Butchery! You can now lovingly dismantle your dinner. Please see the rules at the bottom of this post before you decide to reenact Texas Chainsaw Minecraft. 🖼️ Art Fixes Paintings and Item Frames have been patched so they cause slightly less lag. Still ugly though. 🧍 Shrink! Become pocket-sized. Finally, live out your ant cosplay dreams. ⚔️ Realm RPG Quests now spawn randomly throughout the world. Expect to be sent on errands by weird strangers who don’t tip. 🛠️ Mod Updates Everything has been dragged screaming into the latest 1.20.1 builds. 🌍 World Border Expansion The border has been nudged outward, giving you more cursed lands to explore. Don’t blame us if you get lost. --- ⚠️ Important Note on Butchery: Don’t be a jackass with it. Keep things in good taste and respect server rules.Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:35:51 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%8E%89-shadows-of-aethro-update-august-23-2025-%F0%9F%8E%89-r60/Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:05:54 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%E2%9C%A8-ratlantis-has-opened-%E2%9C%A8%F0%9F%90%80-r59/Big update today: Ratlantis is now open to all players! That’s right — the long-awaited, squeak-filled rat dimension is finally here. Expect bizarre adventures, rat civilizations smarter than you’d like to admit, and plenty of chaos. Will you conquer Ratlantis… or will the rats conquer you? But that’s not all. We’ve been doing some serious server-side modifications to cut down on TPS lag. That means smoother gameplay, fewer stutters, and more time for you to freak out when an army of rats comes charging your way. And because we like to keep things spicy: Colony raids are back! Sharpen your swords, polish your armor, and try not to scream too loudly when the attackers show up at your doorstep. So go forth, adventurers. Ratlantis awaits — and it’s anything but squeaky clean. 🧀⚔️Sat, 16 Aug 2025 20:03:56 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%93%B0%C2%A0shadows-of-aethro-adds-6-powerful-new-mods-and-expands-the-world-r58/The Shadows of Aethro Forge server just got a serious upgrade with six new mods from CurseForge, unlocking new mechanics, deeper progression, and full-blown space travel. Plus — the world border has been expanded so fresh terrain can generate, giving you full access to all the new content. Here’s what’s new: 🔮 Mystical Agriculture Grow anything: ores, mob drops, gear materials. It’s farming on steroids. 🪙 Create: Numismatics Mint your own money with automated coin crafting. Trade systems? Now possible. 🏰 Heralds II (Heralds: Legion) Custom banners and heraldry to give your colony its own identity. 🎁 Mob Loot Bags Mobs now drop random loot bags. PvE just got more chaotic and rewarding. 🪐 Ad Astra Rocket tech, oxygen systems, and planetary exploration — the entire solar system is now in play. 📦 Lootr Dungeon loot is now instanced per player. No more “first come, first steal.” 🌍 World Border ExpansionWe’ve officially expanded the world border to open up new terrain generation. This means: New structures can spawn New ores and crops can generate naturally Exploration just got way more rewarding 🧭 Update your modpack now to access everything: 🔗 https://l.aethro.net/forge-packSat, 21 Jun 2025 18:32:40 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/%F0%9F%94%A7-shadows-of-aethro-update-june-14th-r57/Big update today! Several core mods have been updated, and your colonists are now spreadsheet-obsessed. 🔄 Updated ModsMineColonies → 1.1.924 BlockUI GeckoLib Create Mod Structurize 🏡 Colony Behavior Changes (MineColonies 1.1.924)Farmers realized they’ve been neglecting some fields. They’re now tracking their progress on a stolen courier spreadsheet (this won’t backfire, surely). They also noticed they were planting crops in areas too dark to grow. They’ve stopped doing that. Builders were redoing the same work if a new one picked up a half-finished job. They now leave notes on progress using—yep—another stolen spreadsheet. Builder material prefetching now survives when builders switch, to avoid raising suspicion from the couriers. Cooks were being lazy with food quality. They’re now distributing top-tier meals, also thanks to a misappropriated spreadsheet. Make sure your client updates if it hasn’t automatically. As always, report any issues via Discord—unless you're a courier. Then maybe don’t.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 22:29:36 +0000https://playaethro.online/news/16_shadows-of-aethro/shadows-of-aethro-change-log-for-may-8th-2025-r53/✨ New Feature Secure Trading has arrived! You can now safely trade with other players by right-clicking them with an empty hand. No more drop-and-hope deals—trade with confidence. 🔧 Mod Updates The following mods have been updated to their latest versions to fix bugs and improve performance: MineColonies Sophisticated Backpacks Mine and Slash Library of Exile Fusion Dungeon Realm Chat Heads Sophisticated Core Structurize ⚠️ Required Action Be sure to update your modpack on CurseForge before attempting to play. Older versions will not be compatible with the server. Get trading. Get building. Get exploring. Welcome to the next evolution of Shadows of Aethro.Thu, 08 May 2025 22:45:57 +0000