Collectibles
The Explorer’s Journal chapter — a collection hunt for “items that you wouldn’t actively find.” It’s framed as three god- and captain-themed collecting quests: fishing up specimens for Poseidon, chasing down the drowned Captain Cornelia’s sea loot, and gathering scattered plant life for Demeter. It’s optional side content rather than main-story progression; you fill in the sets as you naturally explore, fish, and farm. See Quality-of-Life & UI Mods and FTB Quests.
Walkthrough
- Begin the Hunt. Open the chapter’s intro quest (“Hello young explorer! Welcome to the Explorer’s Journal…”) to unlock the three collection lines.
- Poseidon’s Aquarium — go fishing. Poseidon “has lost all of his fish for his personal aquarium,” so find and fish up new specimens for the God of the Sea. This includes a Nether Depths’ Fish sub-set — the fish you catch down in the Nether’s lava seas (lava pufferfish, obsidianfish, searing cod, bonefish, wither bonefish, magmacube fish, glowdine, soulsucker, fortress grouper, eyeball fish, and the long-lava-vision specimen). Complete the collection to earn the Sea God’s Fisher reward (“You have done the God of the Sea a huge favor!”).
- Captain Cornelia’s Treasure Hunt. Cornelia “sailed until she fell into the depths of the freezing oceans” — you have to be “daring enough to find her ship and take her treasures.” This line branches into several sets:
- Send her to rest — use a special trinket you find to “call the Captain back from the dead” (the quest warns: “Beware the dead”).
- Captain Cornelia’s Armor — the set she “wore to survive the freezing depths”; collect the whole set to dive deep yourself.
- Armor of a Sea Terror — a pufferfish-like set “for those who love being reckless and fighting underwater.”
- Terrors of the Ice Maze — take down the freezing, massive Ice Maze and its ocean depths, and return with the spoils.
- Captain Cornelia’s Hideout — once found, search it for her hidden treasure.
- Sea Dog Weaponry and Abyssal Sea Weaponry — the crew’s lost weapons (“if you stare at the abyss, the abyss stares back at you”).
- Minecraft’s Aquatics — a “classic set of aquatic life, from Minecraft itself.”
- Demeter’s Garden — gather crops. Demeter “has left her plant life scattered across the world” and rewards anyone who gathers it. Fill three sub-collections: Croptopia Seeds (a large variety of crops), Croptopia Trees (fruit-tree varieties), and Delight Crops (a smaller set, but “found fairly quickly”).
Tips
- This is a fishing/exploration/farming completionist chapter — much of it fills itself in as you play the other chapters, so don’t grind it in isolation.
- The Cornelia line is tied to cold-ocean and Ice Maze content, so it pairs naturally with underwater/frost exploration; her armor is themed around surviving “the freezing depths.”
- Nether Depths fish are caught in the Nether’s lava, not overworld water — bring the gear to fish and survive down there.
- Delight Crops is the quickest of Demeter’s three sets to finish if you want an early completion.
Anticipated questions
- What kind of chapter is this? A collection chapter — the “Explorer’s Journal” for gathering items you wouldn’t otherwise seek out, split into Poseidon (fish), Captain Cornelia (sea loot), and Demeter (crops).
- Who rewards me? The sea god Poseidon (the “Sea God’s Fisher” reward for finishing his aquarium) and Demeter, the Goddess of Harvest and Agriculture, for gathering her plant life.
- Where do the Nether Depths fish come from? They’re fished up in the Nether’s lava seas, not overworld water — a distinct sub-set within Poseidon’s Aquarium.
- What is Captain Cornelia? A captain who “fell into the depths of the freezing oceans”; her quest line has you find her ship and hideout and collect her armor, weapons, and treasure.
- Is this required for the main story? No — it’s an optional collecting journal you fill in alongside normal exploration, fishing, and farming.
Links
- FTB Quests · Quality-of-Life & UI Mods
- Quest — Collectibles 2 (its companion trinket/disc/mob-head collection chapter)