EXPLoration

A treasure map pointing to a Vorpal Sword Relic

EXPloration is a plugin exclusive to Civ+. It adds several items and mechanics related to crafting exp and enchanting items.

EXPloration was designed to encourage exploration through the world as an essential part of creating exp and progressing through the tech tree.

Compass Hunting

Using a compass, crafted through normal means, you can hunt for Relics. Right clicking will reveal the distance to a relic, and the compass will start to point to a relic. When you're at the location the compass is pointing, digging a block inside the field of particles with a shovel will result in a Relic.

Treasure Maps

A Treasure Map is an item obtained by farming, fishing, mining, combat, and generally playing the game. The mechanics of a treasure map are similar to a Vanilla Explorer Map added in Minecraft Release 1.11, however the treasure is always at the center of a map.

On a treasure map, there are three important icons. If you are not within the terrain featured in the treasure map, your player's icon will be displayed along the edge or corner. There is also a red arrow where the treasure is located inside the map. Finally, along the top is displayed the name of the relic that is buried at the red arrow, which can make treasure maps more effective for hunting for a specific relic.

Once you have arrived at the location of the red arrow, particles will be displayed in the world where the treasure is. Breaking any block within these particles with a shovel will result in a Relic.

The location of a Relic on a Treasure Map and the location of a Relic revealed by a Compass are completely unrelated.

Relics

A Lunar Wand relic

Relics are special flavor items obtained from exploration. A given relic has a set enchantment at a random level. Relics are also used to craft exp.

Relics and Enchantments

Relic Name	Enchantment	Texture
Ancient Helmet	Respiration	Leather Helmet
Boots Of Midas	Depth Strider	Gold Boots
To The Fairest	Feather Falling	Golden Apple
Prehistoric Arrowhead	Sharpness	Flint
Lost Apocrypha	Luck Of The Sea	Book
The New Testament	Projectile Protection	Book
Wish Bone	Fortune	Bone
Harassment Architecture	Fire Aspect	Book
White Rabbit's Timepiece	Lure	Clock
Thor's Hammer	Unbreaking	Iron Axe
Gold Coin	Looting	Sunflower
Boots Of Midas	Depth Strider	Gold Boots
Milk of Human Kindness	Aqua Affinity	Milk Bucket
Captain Jack's Compass	Bane Of Arthropods	Compass
Telltale Heart	Protection	Fermented Spider Eye
The Lie	Smite	Cake
Workbench	Blast Protection	Workbench
Silk from Akkabah	Silk Touch	Paper
Paddlin' Stick	Knockback	Stick
Wonder of Alchemy	Infinity	Gold Ingot
Flamel's Stone	Flame	Redstone Block
Lunar Wand	Fire Protection	Torch
Shriveled Soul	Power	Coal
An Appeal To Heaven	Punch	Dead Bush
Angel Dust	Efficiency	Sugar
Vorpal Sword	Vorpal	Wood Sword

ExP Crafting

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  Basic ExP Recipe (Shapeless)

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  Advanced ExP Recipe

ExP is crafted using a mixture of crops and Relics. Any relic can be used, so it is advisable to use the relics with less valuable enchantments, like Fire Protection or Aqua Affinity.

ExP is used to fuel Sanctuaries and, in small part, to enchant items.

Enchanting

Recipe to enchant an item using relics

Using 5 emeralds, a relic, and any other item, you can put any enchantment on any item. This is not restricted to normal Vanilla Minecraft anvil limits. Because of this, relics can be used to create custom lore items by the players. As well, there is no limit to things like protection enchantments to armor or Smite/Sharpness/BoA on swords.

History

When Civ+Blitz: Season 1 launched, EXPloration took a very different form. You used a compass to find the direction and distance to the relic, and there was no limit to how often you could go relic hunting. The only way to reroll a relic location, should it be inaccessible, was to wait 1 hour at which point the compass target would reset. On April 23rd of 2022, the plugin was updated to its current form. During the development period of Civ+'s relaunch, compass-based relic hunting was reenabled.