Ruby Tools+

Ruby Tools+ — v0.1.5dev

Status: Development build (experimental)

This update introduces the foundation of machine-based progression and new mid- to late-game materials.

✨ New Items

Core

Heated Core

Refined Ruby

Rubidium Lump

Rubidium

Alloy

Iron Coil

Bronze Coil

These items are primarily used for machine crafting and alloy processing.

🧱 New Nodes

Rubidium Ore

A new deep-underground ore used for advanced materials.

Alloy Fuser

A machine used to combine multiple items into alloys.

Uses lava buckets as fuel.

Supports timed processing instead of instant crafting.

Features an active state, sound effects, and progress visuals.

⚙ Gameplay Changes

Introduces machine-only crafting for certain materials

Shifts progression away from crafting-table shortcuts

Adds early infrastructure for future machines and recipes

🔧 Technical Notes

Built to remain vanilla-friendly

Compatible with Minetest / Luanti 5.0 – 5.14

Uses default Minetest sounds and textures where applicable

⚠ Notes

This is a development build

Balancing, recipes, and machine behavior may change

Intended for testing and feedback

🚀 Ruby Tools+ – Update v0.1.4

This update introduces new utility items, crafting improvements, and a more “machineric” feel to Ruby Tools+.

✨ New Features & Items

🔹 Handles – Required for crafting Ruby tools instead of sticks.

Recipe: sticks + cobblestone → handle

🔹 Gears – Craftable component using Ruby Dust, steel ingots, and bronze ingots.

🔹 Ruby Coils – Crafted from Ruby Dust, steel ingots, and bronze ingots; ready for future machine use.

🔹 Ruby Ore Drops – Mining Ruby Ore now yields:

1️⃣ Ruby

2️⃣ Ruby Dust

🔥 Crafting & Smelting

🪓 Tool Recipes updated to use handles.

♨️ Ruby Ore can be smelted into Ruby.

🟦 Ruby Blocks can be crafted from 9 Rubies.

♻️ Reverse Recipes added for breaking Ruby Blocks back into Rubies.

🛠️ Game Balance & Quality of Life

💎 Ruby Ore now requires at least an iron pickaxe to mine.

🧱 All itemstrings and recipes corrected to match vanilla Minetest/Luanti standards.

Ruby Tools+ v0.1.3 – Release Notes

✨ New Features & Improvements:

🔥 Smelting Recipes: Ruby Ore and Ruby Dust can now be smelted into Ruby.

💎 Ruby Dust: Mining Ruby Ore now drops 2 Ruby Dust + 1 Ruby. Can be crafted back into Ruby.

🛠️ Handles: Introduced a new Handle item for crafting Ruby tools. All Ruby tool recipes now use Handles instead of sticks.

🧱 Crafting Updates: Ruby Block can now be crafted back into 9 Rubies. Dust → Ruby crafting chain added.

⛏️ Mining Balance: Ruby Ore now requires Iron Pickaxe or higher. Ruby Block remains mineable only with Diamond/Ruby Pickaxe.

⚡ Internal Updates: All code headers updated to v0.1.3. mod.conf now specifies supported Minetest versions (5.0.0 – 5.14.0).

📝 Notes:

Tools remain unrepairable for balance.

Dust currently has no additional recipes; future updates will expand its uses.

Textures and sounds adapted from Minetest (Luanti) (CC-BY-SA 3.0).

Ruby Tools+ v0.1.2dev 🆕 Additions

Added Ruby Dust as a new item

Mining Ruby Ore now drops Ruby Dust in addition to a Ruby

Ruby Dust is currently unused and reserved for future crafting content

🐞 Bug Fixes

Fixed Ruby Hoe crash by correcting hoe callback usage

Replaced incorrect hoe handler with the proper farming hoe usage function

⚙️ Improvements

Improved ruby ore drop logic consistency

Internal cleanup and version labeling updates

Preparation work for future crafting expansions

📌 Notes

No gameplay-breaking changes

Existing worlds remain fully compatible

Ruby Dust functionality will be expanded in later updates