Spectrum Compat

Spectrum Compat

A compatibility mod that bridges Spectrum with The Aether, Deep Aether, VanillaBackport, Copper Age Backport and Better Archeology.

How it works

Heads are real registered block-items tagged into `#c:skulls`, plus per-mob loot-modifier and recipe entries that plug into Spectrum's existing systems. A small set of mixins covers the cases where data alone isn't enough. Every integration is gated by mod-loaded conditions, so any combination of optional mods works out of the box.

Textures are referenced from the source mods' jars at runtime; this mod ships zero texture bytes (required by The Aether's license).

Supported mods

| Mod | What's added | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | The Aether | 19 mob heads (incl. 3 Moa colours), anvil-crushing dye recipes for Aether flowers | | Deep Aether | 11 mob heads (incl. 7 Quail variants), anvil-crushing dye recipes for DA flowers | | VanillaBackport | Happy Ghast head, warm/cold Chicken/Cow/Pig heads (memory variant-lock), anvil-crushing dyes for VB flowers | | Copper Age Backport | 8 Copper Golem heads (4 oxidation × waxed/unwaxed), honeycomb wax recipes | | Better Archeology | Enchanter recipes for `penetrating_strike`, `tunneling`, `soaring_winds`; disarming exclusive-set |

Variant heads (Moa, Quail, Copper Golem, Chicken/Cow/Pig) are NBT-filtered, so the right variant drops from the right kill rather than rolling randomly.

A few mobs are deliberately skipped because they're either unkillable upstream (Whirlwinds, Gentle Wind, Slider, Creaking) or practically unreachable in survival (Windflies — no biome spawner entries). Bosses are excluded by Spectrum's own `#c:bosses` blacklist chain.

Requirements

- Minecraft 1.21.1 - NeoForge 21.1.226+ - Spectrum 1.11+ - Any combination of the optional source mods listed above

Credits

Based on Spectrum, The Aether, Deep Aether, VanillaBackport, Copper Age Backport and Better Archeology. This mod is purely a compatibility layer; all gameplay systems and assets it hooks into are the work of those teams.