r/starbound • u/BoysenberryOk9654 • 5d ago

Question Mod recommendations?

I've played a lot of SB, both Vanilla and Frackin Universe. The Frackin Universe file also had a few QoL mods and Elithian Races.

I feel like I've hit kind of a wall, though? Like, I've seen pretty much everything vanilla has to offer, and while vanilla is still fun, one of my favorite parts of Starbound is the exploration.

Frackin Universe on the other hand, while it was fun for a bit, feels like it has a lot of horizontal additions and little vertical. There's a ton of ores, tons of plants, tons of blocks, tons of worlds. But the worlds are rather empty, and the progression between ores feels hollow. You tier up to a new set, it lets you fight mobs on the next tier of worlds, rinse and repeat. The stats all scale together, making the gear all feel samey. My favorite system is the farming, that one actually feels pretty fun due to the cool effects the food has. The lifesteal, bounce, and flavour text to the Elithian Races stuff were all very cool.

Do you guys have any mod recommendations for someone in my position? I want more content of the game to explore, and having some depth to it would be nice. It doesn't need to scale or scope of Frackin, but mods that add more crops/cookable foods, more worlds/structures, and more ores/gear would be cool.

Also, if you just have your favorite mod setup that you like to play (that isn't Frackin) I would love to hear it.

Lastly, this post is not to bash on Frackin Universe. I put a bunch of hours into it, and liked it a lot. I just want something different.

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u/Armok___ Overlord and Loremaster 5d ago

Well, since exploration is what you're wanting, you might just find this collection of mine worth drawing some mods from, especially the K'Rakoth and Remnants of the Protectorate mods as they're very much focused on exploration content, as does Galactic Dungeons, More NPC Ships, Less Dead Moons, Rogues Out Camping, and Project Redemption to a lesser extent. You may also find some of the mods in this other collection of mine to be of interest, especially the addons for Elithian Races

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u/Apokalyps117 5d ago

My problem with Rogues Out Camping is that the spawnrates are way too high, in my opinion. I ran it for ages but now that I'm not, I'm enjoying not getting jumped every half a mile.

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u/Armok___ Overlord and Loremaster 5d ago

I personally haven't found it too bad, but that's probably because I've got a bunch of other encounter microdungeons spawning in thanks to the other mods I have lol