# \ud83d\udd25 Self-Sustainable \u2013 A True Survival Challenge<\/p>\n
Self-Sustainable overhauls Minecraft\u2019s survival mechanics to create a more challenging and immersive experience. Firestarting is manual, food is scarce, and every action has consequences. Plan your movements, manage your resources wisely, and adapt to a harsher world.<\/p>\n
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## \u2694\ufe0f Core Gameplay Changes<\/p>\n
### \ud83d\udd25 Firestarting Overhaul
\n– **Fire Plough & Bow Drill** \u2013 New fire-starting tools that **require holding down** to light fires instead of working instantly.
\n– **Flint & Steel** – It’s the current best firestarter and works exactly like the Fire Plough & Bow Drill, though lighting up fires much faster.<\/p>\n
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### \ud83e\uddf1 Bricks Overhaul
\n– **Bricks now must be sun-dried** \u2600\ufe0f or cooked in a oven(after acquiring one)<\/p>\n
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### \ud83c\udf56 Food changes<\/p>\n
– **Saturation changes** \ud83c\udf56 \u2013 All food items now provide **less hunger and no saturation**.
\n– **Raw food penalties** \ud83e\udd2e – Eating raw foods\/unintended has a high change of giving the player the hunger effect(renamed to food poisoning).<\/p>\n
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### \ud83c\udfc3 Stamina & Exhaustion Changes
\n– **Periodic exhaustion added** \u23f3 \u2013 Players will **lose some hunger over time** even when idle, preventing infinite AFK play.
\n– **Increased exhaustion for movement**:
\n – **Jumping & sprinting** now consume more stamina.
\n – **Sprint-jumping** is even more exhausting.
\n – This makes early-game movement more strategic.
\n– The above **increased exhaustion for movement** is compatible with the “I’m movens” mod, and is removed when that mod is present, as it enforces even higher exhaustion values.
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### \u2764\ufe0f Health & Hunger Adjustments
\n– **Passive Healing** \ud83c\udfe5 \u2013 Heals **\u00bd heart every 10 seconds** if hunger is high enough.
\n – If **”I’m Movens” mod** is installed, healing happens every **30 seconds** instead.
\n– **No full hunger healing** \u274c \u2013 Difficulty-based healing removed.
\n– **Cooking takes longer** \u23f3 \u2013 Food now requires more time to cook, making survival harder.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83c\udfd5\ufe0f Campfire Overhaul
\n– **Campfire requires fuel** \ud83d\udd25 \u2013 Now works like a **mini-furnace** and can **only cook one food item at a time**.
\n– **New Campfire Recipe** \u2013 Crafted in a **2×2** pattern, making it easier to craft but requiring a **firestarter** to ignite.<\/p>\n
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\n### \ud83c\udffa The “Oven” System (New Furnaces & Smokers)
\n– **Replacing Furnaces, Blast Furnaces & Smokers** \u2013 New blocks called **”Ovens”** will replace them.
\nInitially only the Brick Oven will be available, but later on new blocks for the Smoker and Blast Furnace oven variants will be added.
\n– **Completely GUI-less cooking** \ud83d\udd25 \u2013 Ovens will use an **interactive, realistic system**.
\n– **Unique functionality per Oven Type** \u2013 Specific mechanics to make each oven type **more engaging and useful**.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f Torches Overhaul
\n– **Lighting** \ud83d\udd25 \u2013 Torches need to be lit to produce light. Unlit torches will not provide any light.
\n– **Water & Weather Effects** \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f:
\n – **Crude torches** will be destroyed and extinguished when submerged in water or rain.
\n – **Normal Torches** (infinite) will be extinguished in water, but can be lit again and don’t get put ot in rain.
\n– **Crafting** \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f:
\n – **Basic Torches**: Crafted using the original Minecraft recipe. These torches will burn out after **20 minutes**.
\n – **Infinite Torches**: Crafted with the original recipe, plus **Glowstone Dust** added in a **3×3 crafting grid**. These torches burn indefinitely.<\/p>\n
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### \ufe0f\ud83c\udf32\ud83d\udd25 Burn Time Adjustments
\n– Logs are now the primary fuel source and many fuel item times have been changed.
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### \ud83c\udfda\ufe0f World Generation & Structure Changes
\n– **Villages now spawn only Zombie Villagers** \ud83e\udddf.
\n– **Zombie Villagers**:
\n – **Do not burn in sunlight** \u2600\ufe0f\u274c.
\n – **Do not despawn quickly**, making them a constant threat.
\n– **Loot Overhaul** \ud83c\udf81 \u2013 All world-generated chests have been **rebalanced for fairness** (no easy loot).
\n– **Melons removed** \ud83c\udf49\u274c \u2013 No more Melon patches in world generation or villages.
\n– **Iron Golems removed** \ud83d\udeab \u2013 No longer spawn in villages.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udc04 Animal changes
\n– **Passive Mobs No Longer Respawn** \ud83d\udc04\u274c \u2013 Players must **breed** & preserve existing animals instead of relying on infinite spawns.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udd2e Planned Features<\/p>\n
## \ud83d\udcdd Miscellaneous Changes
\n– **Wooden blocks (besides logs)** will **break into sticks** if mined with an axe lower than Iron (Planned Feature).
\n– **Major mod changes** – This mod is pretty extensive and changes a lot, so it’s quite likely that until full release some of its features will be moved to individual mods\/datapacks.
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**Self-Sustainable** reshapes Minecraft survival, forcing players to **plan ahead, manage hunger wisely, and respect nature\u2019s limits**. With strategic movement, realistic firestarting, and a tougher world, every choice matters.<\/p>\n
Can you survive in a world that no longer holds your hand? \ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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