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On top of that, no XP scaling exists anymore&#8211;it only works off of preset levels by the enchantments. (Which can also be repaired with Iron Ingots.)<\/p>\n<p>  ![Anvil with no enchants](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/1e215b71650a90081c60aed24d4dff35b64f1c1e.png)<br \/>\n  ![Anvil with enchants](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/b8ba6d0275ddce3dc6bd242a50a3ba5ea14fe0f5.png)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Potions stack to 8<\/p>\n<p>  ![Potion stacking](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/73bca25b2c022b16d5fdeebc3e7659ad03ec30b4.png)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WIP: Copper Rails (only work in experimental minecart settings) that have no major velocity and can be powered by redstone<\/p>\n<p> ![Copper Rails](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/aca09bafba48edd713a07ae63c2f33cf557420b7.png)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 47 New Foods (with more consumables, and more food to come)<\/p>\n<p>  ![All Foods](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/00ed9469cb64a45ba8945d1684715bd5d473c1c5.png)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Charcoal is much more useful<\/p>\n<p>  ![Charcoal to Gunpowder](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/01fc775999948060711b4a5aba06abc91bf263c3.png) ![Cheaper TNT recipe](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/61a2c1e837566081a6c3a30e9529dabf996782f7.png) ![Rotten Flesh Cooking](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/227ab670f6e70ad951938ecf4f64a2bed3919725.png)<br \/>\n![Campfires heal.](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/b577e52afc597d4d06c82390b6e513e8bdd360bf.png)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; More of a nudge for staying in early game, instead of hardlocking Iron out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bnbUAs-PLV0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Armor Stat Rebalancing<\/p>\n<p>![Armor stats from Vanilla and how they were rebalanced in Mortem](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/435714fe8915820f085e6f8d4869e0a687f96a96.png)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8216;soft conversion&#8217; of Minecraft; adding a harder challenge to the game while touching up on many things left behind and forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":106321,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"mortem","_minecraft_project_id":"MjfGM0hs","_minecraft_author":"LunarLuned","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":70,"_minecraft_follows":6,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"mortem.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":2042301,"_minecraft_version_count":2,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T16:44:00.330324Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-02-13T02:24:05.106224Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-14T07:39:30.462496Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/mortem","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":106321,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-06T03:21:21+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"b5eeaf498a588dcb02382ae4054cc3db","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[87,97,85,89,137,159],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[40,83,167,163],"class_list":["post-106320","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-adventure","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-food","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-mobs","mod_category-worldgen","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-26-1","minecraft_version-26-1-1","minecraft_version-26-1-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mortem - Minecraft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/mortem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mortem - Minecraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A &#039;soft conversion&#039; 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