# 🎃 Brocraft Cobblemon Additions v4.0.0 – Changelog
## ✨ Overview
The **Halloween Town Update** marks a major milestone for BCA — introducing the **first biome-specific town variation** and the foundation for future biome-based expansions.
This version brings atmospheric Halloween flair, smoother structure generation, and several important performance and stability improvements.
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## 🏘️ New Additions
### 🎃 Biome-Specific Towns
- Introduced the **first themed biome variation** — a **Halloween-inspired town** featuring spooky architecture, glowing lanterns, and seasonal decor.
- This update establishes the **biome variant framework**, allowing future towns to generate uniquely depending on biome type.
### 🧱 Biome Framework Foundation
- Added a modular system to support **biome-specific structure sets**.
- Enables future updates like *Plains*, *Tundra*, and *Forest* themes with unique designs, NPCs, and loot.
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## ⚙️ Fixes & Improvements
- 🧩 Optimized **structure generation performance** for smoother worldgen and reduced lag.
- 🧭 Improved **village pooling and biome-matching logic** for better placement variety.
- 💡 Fixed **lighting and decorative block inconsistencies** within structures.
- 🎁 Updated **loot tables** for improved balance and more rewarding exploration.
- 🧱 General **bug fixes** across structure pools and decorative feature generation.
- 🧰 Cleaned up **data files and NBT templates** to improve generation speed and maintainability.
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## 🧩 Compatibility
- ✅ **Minecraft Version:** 1.21.1 only
- 🧬 **Cobblemon:** 1.6 and above
*(BCA is also being prepared for full Cobblemon 1.7 compatibility upon release)*
- 🌍 **Biome Support:** Fully compatible with **Terralith**
- 🎒 Optional Mod Integration (soft fail):
- Traveler’s Backpack
- PokeNav
- Waystones
- Sophisticated Backpacks
*(All integrations are optional — no crashes if mods are missing.)*
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## 🌾 Coming Next
- **The Plains Update** 🌾
- Expanding biome-specific towns to open plains regions
- Introducing rustic, Brocraft-style architecture and region-based gym foundations
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## 🧡 Credits
Developed by **Strikebyte**
Part of the **Brocraft Cobblemon Additions Project**
Thank you to all patrons and community members who continue to support the project — your feedback makes each update possible!
Optional dependencies
Terralith
Any compatible version
Just Enough Items (JEI)
Any compatible version
Traveler's Backpack
Any compatible version
Bloo's Gacha Machine v.2
Any compatible version
Unknown Project
Any compatible version
Sophisticated Backpacks
Any compatible version
Cobblemon PokeNav
Any compatible version
Developer information
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