History VideoGame / Blightfall

* BonusBoss: The Wither and [[VideoGame/{{Botania}} Gaia Guardians]] retain this status, but there is one unique to this modpack:[[spoiler: The [[FallenHero Tainted Hero]], located in the middle of the Floating City.]]

* NoFairCheating: "Breaking or placing blocks on board the Jaded is prohibited. [[LampshadeHanging Violators will be looked at sternly and accused of cheating]]."

* FantasyMetals: One of the draws of the new planet is that it has a whole variety of previously undiscovered metal minerals. Of the usual suspects, Mithril, Orichalcum, and Adamantine are represented, but the Metallurgy 4 mod adds many, ''many'' more, and [[UpToEleven all of them can be alloyed in some way]]. Most of the Geologist's quests are to find these new minerals and send samples to him for study. All of the Black Marketeer's quests are about finding buyers for them on Homeworld.

* AbsenteeActor: Well, a dimension example. You cannot enter the Nether or The End, unlike in a vanilla game. Nether Portals simply don't work, and the [[spoiler: lone End portal instead takes you to the Last Milenium. Archmage Xillith tells you that The End was rendered inhospitable to life due to magical runoff.]] Fortunately their associated materials can be found in certain biomes in the map. Since the End is not in the modpack, this also means no Ender Dragon.

* SupernaturalIsPurple: Purple is heavily associated with thaumaturgy.

* FantasyGunControl: Averted. Guns from the Custom [=NPCs=] mod are craftable, as are bullets. Meaning that you can supplement spell-casting with a gun if you choose, though the bullets requiring gunpowder makes them rather hard to stock up on.

* CoolStarship: The ''Jaded''. While you don't get to look outside, you can explore around the interior.

** Much of thaumaturgy results in the creation of magical machines [[spoiler: which comes to a head with the Dawn Machine, a fusion between a Totem of Dawn, computers, and mechanics.]]
* MundaneUtility: Due to [[HandWave the planet's atmosphere disabling standard dynamos]], the only way to generate power [[spoiler:sans Mana Fluxfield]] is through Yellorium fission. This results in using a ''miniature nuclear reactor to power your oven.''

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[spoiler: Archmage Xillith misses cake dearly due to hiding in the Last Millennium with only his Ring of Nutrition to sustain him. [[VideoGameCaringPotential You can give him one,]] and he will thank you with daily packages of random essentia and shards.]]
* UnderwaterBase: Drop Pod Omega's starting location is completely underwater. It is generally meant to be the hardest thanks to the small amount of farmland and it being a hassle to get in and out. However, there is a Mineshaft available from the base, and a [[spoiler: Treehouse in a Greatwood tree is pretty close, and has some great stuff for the early game, including a Tool Forge for Tinker's Construct tools.]]

** The modpack's creator revealed a SequelHook during a player's stream: [[spoiler: The gold pile beneath the Black Marketeer's house contains a purchase receipt. ''He sold the Taint to a weapons company on Homeworld.'']] Sadly, the sequel was never completed.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: The Paranormalist, despite being so eccentric the rest of the crew only barely tolerates him, is able to decipher the secrets of Thaumcraft and Botania as soon as you send him samples of each magic system, and rightly pinpoints both as methods to cleanse the planet.

* AerithAndBob: Near the Spires scouting point was a deployment point for one of the previous Jaded scout teams. You can find their tombstones, engraved with "Zank" and "James".

** A dead NPC named Thyr0rk is found on the flying island near Eerie Island. Judging by his journal, he was trying to escape the spreading Taint by [[spoiler: entering the Eldritch Dimension]]. Since his body is noticeably Taint-free, it's likely he was killed by something from the latter.

* SelfImposedChallenge: One of the options you have for your starting location is at the bottom of the ocean.
** There is a speedrun page. Goals at present are "clean the continent (glitched)", "clean the continent (glitchless)", "[[spoiler: give Xillith a translator]]", and "[[spoiler: give Xillith a cake]]".

* UnderwaterBase: Drop Pod Omega's starting location is completely underwater. It is generally meant to be a SelfImposedChallenge thanks to the small amount of farmland and it being a hassle to get in and out. However, there is a Mineshaft available from the base, and a [[spoiler: Treehouse in a Greatwood tree is pretty close, and has some great stuff for the early game, including a Tool Forge for Tinker's Construct tools.]]

** Materials gained by defeating hostile mobs are harder to come by than usual thanks to most of the map being tainted. You'll need to find spawners to reliably stock up on rotten flesh and bones.

* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:The Dark One. Despite being an ethereal, creepy, and powerful blood mage, their behavior is not villainous in the slightest. In fact, they actively assist the player in progressing through Blood Magic.]]

* GottaCatchEmAll: Unlike in VideoGame/{{Botania}}, the different colors of mystical flowers required for Botany are only found in specific places. While some colors are in easy to find places, others border on GuideDangIt. Thankfully, if you do certain sidequests, you can get the coordinates of each color.

* PlaceOfPower: Aura nodes are concentrated areas of magic, which can be drawn from.
* LethalLavaLand: The Volcano, which obviously has lava nearby, but also has various nether materials available throughout.

* UnEqualRites: Judging by their respective entries in the Thaumonimicon, Thaumaturgists tend to look down on [[GreenThumb Botanists]] and are generally wary of [[BloodMagic Blood Mages.]]

* FantasyGunControl: Averted. Guns from the Custom NPCs mod are craftable, as are bullets. Meaning that you can supplement spell-casting with a gun if you choose, though the bullets requiring gunpowder makes them rather hard to stock up on.

* AbsenteeActor: Well, a dimension example. You cannot enter the Nether or The End, unlike in a vanilla game. Nether Portals simply don't work, and the lone End portal instead takes you to the Last Milenium. [[spoiler: Archmage Xillith tells you that The End was rendered inhospitable to life due to magical runoff.]] Fortunately their associated materials can be found in certain biomes in the map.

* GottaCatchEmAll: Unlike in a VideoGame/{{Botania}}, the different colors of mystical flowers required for Botany are only found in specific places. While some colors are in easy to find places, others border on GuideDangIt. Thankfully, if you do certain sidequests, you can get the coordinates of each color.

* SpellBook: Thaumcraft's [[TomeOfEldritchLore Thaumonomicon]] and Botania's ''Lexica Botania''.
** Notably, the Lexica Botania can only be found among loot chests, and must be translated before you can read it.

* AbsenteeActor: Well, a dimension example. You cannot enter the Nether or The End, unlike in a vanilla game. Nether Portals simply don't work, and the lone End portal instead takes you to the Last Milenium. [[spoiler: Archmage Xillith tells you that The End was rendered inhospitable to life due to magical runoff.]]

** BloodMagic, from, well, [[CaptainObvious Blood Magic.]]

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler: The [[FallenHero Tainted Hero]], located in the middle of the Floating City.]]

* AlienKudzu: The eponymous Blight, otherwise known as Taint.

** [[spoiler: The one stronghold in the map is instead a portal to [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Last Millenium.]] Inside, you can find a very important character in the backstory, as well as several items that can help you clean the taint.]]

''Blightfall'' is a modpack for VideoGame/Minecraft that combines exploration, technology, and magic. Unlike most other modpacks, Blightfall is constructed and crafted around an intricate plot that only gets deeper and deeper as you play. Much of Blightfall's gameplay revolves around VideoGame/Thaumcraft, so tropes from there apply here. You play as a member of a colonizing ship's crew, and are sent down to the surface of an alien world in an attempt to turn it into a flourishing colony. Nearly all of the planet is covered in a visceral purplish biomass that renders it almost uninhabitable. As you adventure and explore, you will come across many different structures and uncover the mystery behind the Blight and what it did to this world.

** [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic Thaumaturgy]], from VideoGame/Thaumcraft.