Is this Minecraft’s BEST Parallel Timeline Mod?

I’ve covered a handful of modern nostalgic  Minecraft mods on my channel, but this one takes   it to the next level. I’ve definitely gotten super  on board with the idea of a parallel timeline in   minecraft, or imagining what Minecraft could’ve  been had it taken a different direction. I’ve  

Heavily enjoyed finding these mods and showcasing  them to you all. So, if you’re a fan of older   versions of the game, and are looking to spice up  your experience without changing too much of the   game drastically, and enjoy imagining an alternate  universe where notch coded the game in an entirely  

Different way. Do you wish minecraft maybe took  a more fantastical and magical direction? Well,   look no further. Introducing Minecraft Diverge,  which is a mod for Alpha version 1.1.2_01 (god   I’m so glad the version numbering was standardized  in the modern versions). Minecraft Diverge adds a  

Few fun challenges and late game goals which are  few and far between in vanilla minecraft alpha,   some new mobs, 6 new biomes, and tons more  little things, like extra blocks and features   and creative mode. So, you know the drill by now  if you’ve seen any of my past mod videos – let’s  

Go through some of the major features of  the Minecraft Diverge mod, talk about why   it’s so great, and how it fits into the broader  scheme of the old minecraft modding community. I mentioned late game content and goals to achieve  being added in this mod. Again, vanilla minecraft  

Alpha doesn’t really have anything like that. Once  you get all the diamond tools, you’ve pretty much   made it. Minecraft Diverge addresses this issue by  adding several magical weapons, tools, and charms   you can collect. You see, diamond isn’t the rarest  nor best ore in the game anymore. The mod adds two  

New rare ores to the game. Ruby and sapphire ores.  These ores are quite a grind to find and obtain,   but the mod rewards you handsomely with brand new  crafting recipes using the new ores. With rubies,   you can make a ruby staff, which is an incredibly  powerful magical ranged weapon that not only deals  

10 damage per hit, but lights the target on  fire. Yeah, this one is fun. The sapphires can   be turned into a sapphire staff, which deals  6 damage per hit. No fire unfortunately. One   of the most overpowered charms in the mod is  the warding ring, which heals half a heart  

Every minute automatically. So, if you’re out  killing mobs at night and lose some health,   you’ll be full health by the next night. This  is crafted using both new ores. Hard to get,   but a huge reward. Now, sapphires are probably the  most valuable in my opinion. Another amazing item  

Utilizing them are the wings. This differs from  the elytra in vanilla minecraft because you can,   well, flap your wings by spamming space. This  is hilariously fun yet extremely dangerous. In   creative mode, which I’ll get to a little later,  it is much, MUCH better than regular old flying.  

Anyway, with sapphires, there’s also the repair  kit, which allows you to repair your tools up to   a certain point by just crouching. It’s pretty  neat. So, sapphires and rubies aren’t the   only magical resource to collect. At night, the  stars literally will fall from the sky. The mod  

Incentivizes going outside at night by leaving  star chunks scattered through the world. These   disappear as soon as the sun goes up, so you have  a narrow window of time to find them. Star chunks   allow you to craft the sparkle staff, which is  much easier to obtain than ruby and sapphire. So,  

The sparkle staff costs a little more mana  to use, and has much less durability. Wait,   mana? Yes, I have been showing most of this in  creative mode to avoid having to find all these   materials myself, but Minecraft Diverge  uses a mana system in survival as a way  

To balance the OP items. Okay, so that’s not  all of the uses for the new magic resources,   but I’ll get to a few more block additions  using them in a later section of the video. Minecraft Diverge adds 6 biomes and 3 new types of  trees and wood to alpha minecraft. In this version  

Of alpha in vanilla minecraft, biomes didn’t exist  yet, those weren’t added until the next update,   alpha 1.2. So, diverge takes care of that  and revitalizes the world generation to   include biomes with new types of blocks in  new biomes. There are recognizable biomes,  

Such as the classic oak forest and plains and  tundra. But, looking a little further will   lead you to a maple forest that has beautiful  red trees mixed in with the oak. Maple wood is   an addition that has light coloring and makes  for a good contrasting wood in builds. Another  

New biome with new trees is the mahogany forest,  that features huge mahogany trees looming over the   landscape. Mahogany wood has a sort of red shade  that looks really really nice. The third type of   new tree is spruce, which obviously didn’t exist  yet in the vanilla alpha version. These can be  

Found in spruce forests or scattered in the plains  biome. It looks well, like spruce wood should. And   seeing it in the alpha version of the game gives  me more joy than it probably should. Lastly,   and probably my favorite new biome of  them all, is the savannah. This grassless,  

Badlands style biome has mahogany trees,  bushes, and hilly landscapes. The color   palette just looks so nice and is a great  contrast to the other, greener biomes. The mod also adds 2 new mobs to the game. Firstly,  the fox. This one is pretty self explanatory,  

The cute fox that they took forever to  add into vanilla minecraft has entered the   alpha version. Which I love. They don’t have  really much use in this version of the mod,   but there are plans to expand the  fox mob for future versions. Next,  

Is a new hostile mob called the phantom. These  are different from the god awfully annoying   vanilla minecraft phantoms – they are ghostly  looking mobs that attack extremely fast with a   melee attack. They are strong, but have a severe  weakness: light. Light deals damage to them. So,  

If you’re going around at night, make sure  to always have a light source with you. Like I said earlier, I’ve been showcasing most of  the mod in creative mode to make things a little   easier for me, so let’s talk about it real quick.  You can open the creative menu with the C key,  

And honestly this is one of the better modded  creative menus I’ve ever seen. I don’t know why   some are so complicated, and don’t get me started  on the vanilla version. Minecraft Diverge has   everything in one window, separated very clearly  by category. But, the best part is navigating  

From the sidebar to get to exactly what you need  immediately. Something about it is so satisfying,   whereas other ones I have seen are clunky and not  organized very efficiently. So, shoutout to the   dev for that. Unfortunately, there’s no flying,  but you can infinitely use the wings, and the  

Sprint is insanely fast, way faster than survival.  Wait, sprint? Yeah, I keep accidentally mentioning   things I haven’t mentioned because the mod is  so extensive. Sprint was added with a stamina   system shown where the hunger bar should be. It’s  extremely nice to sprint in alpha. Anyway, the  

Rest of creative mode is pretty self explanatory.  The usual insta mine and unlimited item stacks. Next, let’s talk about a couple of the  notable block additions. There’s a ton,   so I won’t go through all of them, but there are a  few late game overpowered ones I hinted at earlier  

That I want to mention. First, the blaster. This  is a hyperspeed furnace that is really expensive   to make. It takes an entire ruby block in the  recipe. It smelts items at quadruple the speed,   with the balance being it also uses fuel twice as  fast as a regular furnace. So, technically it is  

Twice as fast as a furnace if you think about it  that way. I think that’s how math works. Anyway,   the other OP block is the refabricator. Using star  dust, which you can get by smelting star chunks,   as fuel, you can not only repair near broken  tools, but also DUPLICATE blocks. This is  

Obviously incredibly useful for things like  infinite diamonds. All from a fallen star.   These take a full sapphire block AND diamond  block to create, so it takes a while to get one,   but being massively rewarded would be an  understatement. Pretty cool stuff. On a  

Lighter note, the mod adds a few new stone style  variant blocks to the game. This being marble,   slate, and granite, each with their own unique  color for even more options for building. They   can also be crafted into slabs and stairs,  and polished for even more building variation.

Lastly, there are a couple small things that  are my personal favorite features of the mod   I want to mention. Firstly, the R key. The R  key allows you to see all crafting recipes for   the selected item. It reminds me of too many  items, but is all built into the mod so you  

Don’t have to worry about it. I wish that all  mod creators would take the time to do this,   because most mods add so many new items and blocks  that it can be a pain to find recipes or just not  

Know them at all. Oh, and you can also press R on  materials, and it will show all things that they   can be crafted into. Even for vanilla blocks,  which is awesome. Kudos again to the developer   on this one. And the last thing I’ll mention is  the mod expands the dungeon system extensively. In  

Vanilla alpha minecraft, dungeons were incredibly  rare, and contained really bad loot at the time,   so there was no incentive at all to look for them.  Minecraft Diverge rewards you for venturing out by   increasing the spawn rate by a lot and giving  better loot rewards within dungeons. You can  

Even find them cracking through the surface if  you look long enough. I think one of the best   things in minecraft is exploration, and Minecraft  Diverge adds that sense of wonder back into alpha. Well, what do you think? If there are other  mods like this one you’d like me to check out,  

Leave a comment below. I’ve left a link to install  Minecraft diverge, and I can’t recommend it   enough. As for me, be sure to subscribe if you’re  brand new to the channel for a potentially endless   minecraft nostalgia experience, and leave a like  if you enjoyed this mod showcase and want to see  

More. Special thanks to my channel members on  these signs, with a special shoutout to my knights   Crimson and Thomas Wellman-boyd, and my beloved  lord members Vapichu, VI, and Dirty Dan. Oh – and   I just want to say thank you so much for 20,000  subscribers, I mean that is just f***ing crazy.  

I love you all so so very much, thanks for  watching, and I’ll see you in the next one.