Hopo Better Underwater Ruins in FTB Evolution 2

Hopo Better Underwater Ruins is all about making the ocean worth exploring. It adds new ocean ruins to your world, with loot, mobs, structures and archaeology to find, so it's worth going in prepared.^[1]

What you'll find

• Cities in the deepest part of the ocean, with several different types of rooms and different types of drowned inside.^[1]
• Lots of new small ruins scattered around the oceans.^[1]
• Fossils, which fit the archaeology theme of the mod.^[1]

In this pack

This pack ships version 1.2.7 of the mod in FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0. It has been included since FTB Evolution 2 1.0.2 or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the pack.^[2]

Unverified The sources here do not show where this mod sits in the pack's quest book (its chapter or group, or what comes before and after it), or whether the ATM Star path uses it. Check the pack's quest book for that.

Hopo Better Underwater Ruins is an exploration mod, so there is nothing to craft before you start. It adds new ocean content to your world, and the way in is to head out and find it.^[1]

What you will find out there

• Cities in the deepest part of the ocean, with different types of rooms and different types of drowned inside them.^[1]
• Lots of new small ruins scattered around the oceans, plus fossils.^[1]
• Loot, surprises, mobs, structures and archaeology to dig into.^[1]

Unverified The sources here do not show any crafting recipes, quests or config options for this mod in the pack, so there is no confirmed first item to make or setting to change. If you want a specific starter kit, check the pack's own quest book and configs.

Hopo Better Underwater Ruins doesn't add machines, multiblocks, power or fluid handling that the sources describe. What the project page does describe is exploration content for the ocean, so this section covers how that content works from your side.^[1]

What the mod adds to your world

• Cities in the deepest part of the ocean. Inside them you can explore different types of rooms, each with different types of drowned.^[1]
• Lots of new small ruins scattered around the ocean, so the seas are more interesting to explore.^[1]
• Fossils to find in the ocean.^[1]
• Archaeology, plus loot, surprises, mobs and structures to discover while you explore.^[1]

The project page is listed as a datapack, so everything here is about structures you find while exploring, not something you craft or automate. The page tells you to prepare before heading out, so bring proper gear for the deep ocean.^[1]

Unverified The exact structure placement, loot contents and mob details are not shown by the sources here. The project page only describes them in general terms, so check the mod's own worldgen and loot data in the pack if you need specifics.

There isn't much history to cover for Hopo Better Underwater Ruins in this pack. FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 ships version 1.2.7 of the mod, and it was already in the pack by 1.0.2 or earlier.^[2]

Mod release: 1.2.7

• The 1.2.7 changelog is titled "Tiny Takeover!" and lists one change: the mod was updated to 26.1.^[3]
• The jar in the pack is HopoBetterUnderwaterRuins-[26.1]-1.2.7.jar, which matches that 26.1 update.^[2][3]