Version 1.6.2 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2025.5

Experience Rune Forge improvements
- Added a close button the Forge UI so it can be closed without exiting the inventory
- Fixed the Forge not having a proper interaction icon when hovered over with the mouse

New items;
- Training Potion; an alternate use for Experience Orbs. Brew it with XP Orbs and Fireblossom to get a temporary boost to XP gains
- XP Tithe; a new accessory sold by the Skeleton Merchant which reduces XP gains in return for greatly boosting Experience Orb drops
- Challenge Totem; a new 'furniture' item that - when placed and activated - reduces player damage output in return for boosting XP gains

Version 1.6.1.2 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2025.5

Forced weapons to update their current level upon having an Experience Rune applied to them
- This should fix a long-standing issue where weapons would temporarily not be the proper level if they had a Blank Rune applied to them, and then a new Experience Rune with a different Base XP from what the weapon originally had (before the Blank Rune)
- The aforementioned issue could also result in a large negative value appearing for the 'XP to next level' line. This has also been resolved

Version 1.6.1.1 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2025.4
- Fixed Weak Experience Orbs not being usable by the player

Version 1.6.1 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2025.4
- Added a new optional feature; Medals. This mechanic enables a dynamic level cap that you must raise over the course of your playthrough
- Experience Orbs can now be used by players
- Internal tweaks/changes in preparation for an up-coming addon ;)

Version 1.6.0.2 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2025.3
- Minor tweaks to a few lines of text
- Minor tweak to the logic that determines if a weapon can gain leveling mechanics

Version 1.6.0.1 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2025.3

Attempted to fix a multiplayer issue where the mod throws a (non-game-breaking) error - related to saving data for items left in Forge UI - when exiting the world.
- Hopefully, the error should no longer be thrown
- Beware that items left in the Forge UI when leaving a multiplayer world may still be lost! Make sure to exit the UI and/or take your items out before leaving!


NOTE: I was unfortunately unable to validate if the fix works due to technical difficulties with launching a multiplayer world (tML wasn't cooperating atm). Take this with a grain (or more) of salt as it may not work at all...

Version 1.6 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2025.3

Overhauled Experience Rune/Orb application! It now utilizes a more intuitive UI system

Added the 'Experience Rune Forge', a new crafting station that is also used to access the new UI system;
- Made from a Furnace & 3 Fallen Stars
- Recipes from this mod are now all crafted at the Forge
- Runes, Orbs, etc, are now applied via. the Forge's UI, which is accessed via. Right Clicking on a placed Forge

Experience Orb have received some changes in light of the Forge's addition;
- Experience Orbs now directly drop in their refined state (Since they must still be taken to a Forge for use)
- Dormant Orbs are now obsolete content, but have not been removed altogether for those who still have some lying around. Dormant Orbs still can be accessed via. Shimmer.
- Withdraw Orbs are now crafted from Experience Orbs instead of Dormant Orbs.

Blank Runes no longer require water nearby to craft, but now require 1 Vile/Vicious Powder
Additionally, Blank Runes can be crafted into a new 'Void Rune' using more Powder;
- void Runes disable leveling like a Blank Rune, and additionally reset weapon XP to 0

Added an introductory chat message that displays whenever you enter a world
- Informs the player of the Experience Rune Forge and mod's config settings
- Can be disabled in the config

Version 1.5.1.5 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2024.10
- Follow up to v1.5.1.4; fixed an oversight where Player Leveling could only be set as low as 0.25 (rather than 0) and thus was unable to be disabled.

Version 1.5.1.4 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2024.10
- Changed the Player Leveling setting from On/Off to a scalar from 0 to 10. The set number multiplies XP gains for players. The feature can still be disabled by setting it to 0. Player XP now uses this multiplier instead of the universal multiplier ('XP Multiplier'), which is now just for weapons.
- Added a new experimental feature (disabled by default); 'Level Sync' (Yes, like from Palworld). When enabled, Level Sync causes weapons to calculate their damage boost based on the player's level instead of their own if the weapon is a higher level than its user. May be a good way to incentivize boosting Player Level when not using Damage/DR boosts.

Version 1.5.1.3 has been published to Stable tModLoader v2024.9
- The damage resistance boost from player levels is now more intuitively scaled by its respective config setting (Scales linearly rather than logarithmically)
- However, due to the above change, the config scalar for player damage resistance is now capped at 2 (Was 3) to prevent achieving 100% DR at maximum settings (x3 prestige and level 100 can grant 96% DR if the scalar is set to x2)