The Experimental Update

KAGIC X (also titled **The Experimental Update,** **The Weird Update** or **The Hiatus Update**) is a series of updates created by Akrivus during the downtime of KAGIC development which contained bug fixes and surprise additions.

Below is a list of things that were added.

## Variants

* Orange Carnelian
* Persian Agate
* Polyhedroid Agate
* Tree Agate
* Crazy Lace Agate

## Items

* Commander Staff
* The Glass of Time

## Other/Changelog

### **Alpha**

* Alpha 1
	+ Hessonite's red eye moved to visor layer.
	+ Bismuth insignia made into strap instead of star.
	+ Native uniform colors added.
	+ Easier detection of rebels added.
	+ Smoke particles added to rebellious meteor rubies.
	+ Hoe removal changed to shift+right click with Gem Staff equipped.

* Alpha 2
	+ New insignia, uniform, and color variations given to Rutile.
	+ Mineral gems are almost always defective.
	+ Depth multiplier added. Certain Gems can only be found below certain levels.
	+ Lapis Lazulis can now fish when given a fishing rod.
	+ Peridots, Citrines, Carnelians, and Amethysts have double defectivity.
	+ Lapis Lazulis seek land to till when given a hoe.
	+ Defective Pearls spawn with different colored hair.
	+ Ocean and Biggs Jasper gemstone texture changed.
	+ Native color of Rose Quartz changed to magenta.
	+ Sapphires can be defective regardless of color. Padparadschas can now be defective and normal.
	+ Gem seed and active gem base are animated.
	+ Bug fixes.

* Alpha 3
	+ Lapis Lazulis can now extinguish burning blocks and entities.
	+ Color vartiation given to Lapis Lazulis.
	+ Biggs and Ocean Jasper texture changed.
	+ Bug fixes.

* Alpha 4
	+ Squads added. Gems can lead their own groups when given a commander's staff to hold.
	+ The gemstone of a prime Gem now glistens when enchanted.
	+ Animation slowed down on gem seed and gem base.
	+ Bismuth gemstone updated.
	+ Gems can now pick up items with mob griefing turned off.
	+ Fixes issues with Custom NPCs compatibility.
	+ Secret music disc added.
	+ Rutiles must now be given torches to light up areas instead of rock melt unless they're Prime.
	+ Rutiles will collapse walls of sand and gravel using torches.
	+ Defective Rutiles added.
	+ Aquamarines engage in close quarter combat and can paralyze enemies.
	+ Prime Aquamarines levitate enemies.
	+ Defective Aquamarines cannot fight nor fly.
	+ Aquamarines now have a lighter body.
	+ Unfused Topazes can now hold one entity.
	+ Fused Topazes can hold up to 16 entities before the entities begin to suffocate, however, they can hold an unlimited amount.
	+ Animals follow Topazes.
	+ Peridots can now mine with a pickaxe.
	+ Defective Carnelians and Amethysts are taller to be in correct proportion with Steven.
	+ Updates to Steven.
	+ Bug fixes.

* Alpha 5
	+ Stevens now have a glowing bracelet that can be used to respawn their Connie when she die.
	+ Time Glass added to Sea Shrine.
	+ Gems now swing their arms.
	+ Gems face color now affected by NBT.
	+ Gemstone color can now be changed with NBT.
	+ Gem functionality with JourneyMap mod added.
	+ Padparadscha texture updated.
	+ Pearl and Sapphire bug fix.
	+ Developer mode text removed.
	+ Peridots now report prime Gems.
	+ Pearls given new dresses.
	+ Gems no longer suffocate when stuck in a wall and will instead erupt form the roof.
	+ Quartezes now mine when given pickaxe and are in the company of a Pearl.
	+ Bismuth inventory added.
	+ All Gems can carry buckets.
	+ Added natural langauge parsing to Gems.
	+ Ender Pearl variant added with specialized crystal skill.
	+ Replaced chat commands with Crystal Skills.
	+ Pearls now sing when commanded to.

* Alpha 6
	+ New creative tab for corrupted Gems and shard fusions added.
	+ Bismuths now given the ability to build walls, towers, staircases, bridges, and boxes.
	+ Analog Injectors added. They act as old pre-1.4 injectors.
	+ Injectors renamed to Automatic Injectors
	+ Block icons changed to actual models instead of sprites.
	+ Warp Pads now work with snow on them. (May possibly work underwater, too.)
	+ Peridot spam is now configurable.
	+ Doppelgangers removed.
	+ Time Glass spawn rate reduced. Durability reduced to 1.
	+ Garnets can now tame ocelots/cats.
	+ Rhodonites can now tame wolves/dogs.
	+ Opals can now tame parrots.
	+ Sapphires can be asked to provide a vision of the future.
	+ Peridots can be asked to provide an analysis of the surrounding area.
	+ Garnets can now use future vision.
	+ Bug fixes.

### **Beta**

* Beta 1
	+ Fixed Ender Pearls now being able to change outfit color or type.
	+ Lowered yields for Ender Pearls in the End.
	+ Fixed Green Topaz Gems being black
	+ Lowered injector sound.
	+ Added Pink Diamond

### **Post**

* Post 1
	+ Pearl song noises changed.
	+ Added specific facet/cut names.
	+ Twerkos added and removed.
	+ Removed Pink Diamond, Citrine, and Ametrine.
	+ Renamed Irises to Drain Lilies.
	+ Iris texture changed.
	+ Gems now need a 30-60 second delay before respawning. This does not apply to gems killed by Gem Staffs or Destabilizers.

* Post 2
	+ Crystal Skills identifiers now use regex.
	+ Specific facet/cut names now use a slightly different algorithm.
	+ Fixed a dupe weapon bug with defective Rubies.
	+ Login message now syncs with actual version.
	+ Removed defective multipliers.

* Post 3
	+ Fixed y-duplication error in facet-cut algorithm.
	+ Peridots can now be asked for the current facet code.
	+ Gems can now be asked what their health is.
	+ Added Gem IDs.
	+ Bug fixes.

* Post 4
	+ Fixed facet code inaccuracy.
	+ Fixed Peridot/Lapis farming issues.
	+ Fixed Peridot eating seeds.
	+ Some Pearl dresses are now actually transparent.
	+ Pearls can now have visors.
	+ Fixed z-fighting with fusions.
	+ Fixed Malachite galloping instead of crawling.

* Post 5
	+ Fixed Pearl glass pane dupe glitch.
	+ Added a new Crystal Skills to see ongoing Crystal Skills.
	+ Crystal Sill feedback now delays itself after you send the message.
	+ New cruxes added to Zircon.

* Post 6
	+ Fixed server-side crash with gem poofing and fusion crystal skills.

* Post 7
	+ Compilation of all previous additions and fixes.

* Post 8
	+ Citrines, Ametrines, and Ender Pearls removed.
	+ Rubies and Pearls now hold items in their right hand.
	+ Quartzes can no longer mine.
	+ Pearls can no longer use commander staffs.

* Post 9
	+ Removed Pink Diamond.
	+ Removed Connie.
	+ Removed Drain Lilies.
	+ Removed analog injectors.
	+ Rubies now try to ride horses.
	+ Topazes now let go of entities after they die.
	+ Fixed Ruby visor overlay.
	+ Fixed Rubies not fusing.
	+ Fixed Topazes raving.
	+ Fixed Sapphires having wrong name.

* Post 10
	+ Readded ability to crack Gems in crafting table.
	+ Cracked Gems can now be healed with healing II potion in crafting table.
	+ Bismuth uniforms added.
	+ Aquamarine uniforms and variants added.
	+ Added /degem command that kills all nearby gems. Includes filters for gem name, rebels, diamonds, tamed, and wild.
	+ Fixed structures not spawning.
	+ Fixed Zircons holding staffs weird
	+ Fixed Sapphires having wrong colors.
	+ Fixed autonomic gem suicide.

* Post 13
	+ Final update/Last update link available.

## Trivia

* HeimrArnadalr went on vacation, and until April 1, has given up Minecraft for Lent. As a result, KAGIC X was born.
* Citrine and Ametrine may not have a permanent place in KAGIC. They were officially removed in KAGIC X Post 1.
* Akrivus had roughly two months to work on this update.