Apothic Category Compat in FTB Skies 2: Aero

Same as in the FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 guide

Apothic Category Compat is a small server-side mod that fills in Apotheosis loot category assignments for weapon and armor mods that don't set them, or set them wrong. This matters because Apotheosis uses loot categories to decide which affixes and gem sockets an item can roll. A modded weapon with no category, or the wrong one, never gets the affixes it should.^[1]

The pack ships version 2.0.2 of the mod.^[2]

Who it's for

If you use modded weapons and armor and want Apotheosis affixes and gems to show up on them properly, this mod is working for you in the background. It adds no items of its own that the sources describe. It only corrects how existing gear is categorized.^[1]

What it covers

On the 1.21.1 NeoForge build, Apotheosis 8.x already sorts most gear itself and has merged its categories into one melee weapon category, with breaker for mining tools. This mod fills the gaps that Apotheosis leaves, using an Apotheosis data map.^[1]

• Items from L'Ender's Cataclysm, Alex's Caves, Alex's Mobs, Born in Chaos, The Undergarden, Twilight Forest, Lands of Icaria, Iron's Spellbooks, Ice and Fire, Ice and Fire Spellbooks, Forbidden and Arcanus, Mahoutsukai, Deeper Darker, the Aether and Traveloptics are routed to the correct categories.^[1]
• Ranged weapons go to bow and bidents go to trident.^[1]
• Staffs and scythes get their own staff and scythe categories, but only when both Apothic Compats and Malum are loaded.^[1]
• Dual-purpose pickaxes, such as the Cataclysm forges and the Forbidden Arcanus blacksmith gavels, go to melee weapon through the #apothic_category_compat:weapon_pickaxes item tag. By the mod's default this is on, and a toggle can leave them as breaker instead.^[1]

The mod also has an affix blacklist that stops chosen affixes from rolling on newly generated gear. Items that already carry a blacklisted affix keep it.^[1]

Unverified The sources don't state which Minecraft or loader build of the mod this pack uses, so the 1.21.1 NeoForge details above are taken from the mod's project page. They are not confirmed against the pack's own files. Whether the pack changes any of the mod's default settings is also unconfirmed. The sources show no quests for this mod and no place for it on the ATM Star path.

Same as in the FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 guide

Good news: there's nothing to craft here. Apothic Category Compat is a small server-side mod that works quietly in the background, so your first steps are just about knowing what it does for you.^[1]

Apotheosis uses loot categories to decide which affixes and gem sockets an item can roll. Plenty of modded weapons and armor have no category or the wrong one, so affixes never show up on them. This mod fills in those missing or wrong assignments.^[1]

What to do in the pack

1. Play normally and pick up gear from the supported weapon and armor mods. The project page names Cataclysm, Twilight Forest, Epic Fight, Forbidden Arcanus, Traveloptics and Lands of Icaria, among others.^[1]
2. Check your weapons and armor for Apotheosis affixes and gem sockets. Those depend on the item's loot category, which is what this mod sets.^[1]
3. Don't expect to see the mod in your inventory. There's no item or machine to set up.^[1]

How it works on NeoForge 1.21.1

On NeoForge 1.21.1, the mod adds categories through an Apotheosis data map. Apotheosis 8.x already sorts most gear itself and merged its categories into one melee weapon category, plus breaker for mining tools. This build only fills the gaps Apotheosis leaves.^[1]

Unverified The page describes per-mod modules and two config toggles (name_based_heavy_override and weapon_pickaxes_as_heavy in apothic_category_compat-common.toml) under the Forge build. It isn't confirmed that they apply to the NeoForge 1.21.1 build used here, and the pack's own values for them aren't shown in the sources. There are also no confirmed quests or recipes for this mod in the pack.

Same as in the FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 guide

This one is different from the machine mods you're used to. Apothic Category Compat has no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation that the sources describe. It's a small server-side mod that tells Apotheosis which loot category a modded weapon or armor piece belongs to.^[1]

What it actually does

Apotheosis uses loot categories to decide which affixes and gem sockets an item can roll. Many modded weapons have no category, or the wrong one, so affixes never show up on them. This mod fills in those gaps.^[1]

On the 1.21.1 NeoForge build, it does this through an Apotheosis data map at data/apotheosis/data_maps/item/loot_category_overrides.json. Apotheosis 8.x already sorts most gear itself and merges its categories, with one melee weapon category and a breaker category for mining tools. This build only covers what Apotheosis leaves out.^[1]

The mods it routes on 1.21.1 include L'Ender's Cataclysm, Twilight Forest, Lands of Icaria, Iron's Spellbooks, Forbidden and Arcanus, the Aether and Traveloptics. Ranged weapons go to bow and bidents go to trident.^[1]

Affix blacklist

The only setting in this pack's config file is affix_blacklist. It lists affix ids that should not roll on newly generated gear. The pack sets it to an empty list, so this mod blocks no affixes here.^[1][3]

• Affix ids match the JSON file path. On 1.21.1 the path order is attribute/<category>/<name>, so the vampiric sword affix is apotheosis:attribute/sword/vampiric.^[1]
• The blacklist only blocks future rolls. Items that already carry a blacklisted affix keep it.^[1]
• It reapplies on server start, on datapack reload, and with the /acc reload command.^[1]

Unverified The project page describes other options, such as the weapon_pickaxes_as_melee toggle and the #apothic_category_compat:weapon_pickaxes item tag for Cataclysm forges and Forbidden Arcanus gavels. The pack's config file only shows affix_blacklist, so it's unconfirmed whether those options exist or what they're set to here. The pack's file is also named apothic_compat-common.toml, while the project page mentions a newer file name, so the exact mod build in the pack is unconfirmed.

Same as in the FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 guide

Good news: there isn't much to fiddle with here. The only option in the pack's common config file for this mod is affix_blacklist, and the pack sets it to an empty list, so nothing is listed in it.^[3]

• File: config/apothic_compat-common.toml^[3]
• Option: affix_blacklist, set to an empty list in this pack^[3]

The mod itself is a small server-side add-on. It fills in Apotheosis loot category assignments for weapon and armor mods that don't set them, or set them wrong, so those items can roll the right affixes and gem sockets.^[1]

Unverified The sources don't say what affix_blacklist does in detail, what the mod's default value is, or whether the pack changed it from the default. Treat the empty list as the pack's current value, not as a confirmed change.

FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 ships Apothic Category Compat 2.0.2. The mod was first included in the pack in 1.0.3 or earlier, so it has been here from the early releases.^[4]

2.0.2

This is the first release of the mod on NeoForge 1.21.1 with Apotheosis 8.x. Apotheosis is required on this version, where on 1.20.1 it was optional.^[5]

Apotheosis 8.x already auto categorizes most modded weapons through its own predicates. This mod fills the remaining gaps with a data map of overrides for items Apotheosis misses. The changelog lists these items, with the override category given as bow:^[5]

• Alex's Caves: Raygun and Dreadbow.^[5]
• Alex's Mobs: Hemolymph Blaster and Blood Sprayer.^[5]
• Born in Chaos: Pumpkin Pistol.^[5]
• Cataclysm: Cursed Bow, Wrath of the Desert, Void Assault Shoulder Weapon, Wither Assault Shoulder Weapon and Laser Gatling.^[5]
• The Undergarden: Slingshot.^[5]
• Twilight Forest: Block and Chain and Cube of Annihilation.^[5]

The affix blacklist feature is still present in this version.^[5]