No mods are required to use this mod! 

Includes thebyte.space Rustbound Magic Patch (which is now obsolete)

This mod is for our server to fine-tune the overall Vintage Story experience.
It keeps things close to vanilla - just smoother, less grindy, and without the stuff that felt unfair or needlessly annoying.

What this mod does:

• Reduced surface horror spawns
  • (they still spawn in nearby caves/rifts and may wander out)
• Rifts are less frequent and less harmful.

• Rustbound mobs now grant XP for XSkills
• Added proper XP multiplier to the Runemage, Commoner and Tailor classes for XSkills

• Added recipe for the Paper Lantern in Survival mode
  • Light level reduced from 21 to 16.
• Added recipe to craft sticks from firewood using an axe
• Added recipe to craft snow blocks from snowballs and vice versa
• Added recipe to craft boards from debarked logs using an saw
• Added recipe to convert between bones and strongbones from Butchering.
• Increased stack size for Toolsmith's Handles from 4 to 16
• Increased stack size for Temporal Gear's from 1 to 16
• Draconis' cantle bag storage reduced from 24 to 12 slots
• Decreased potion capacity for jugs from 0.3L to 0.2L
• Roofs can now be rotated using a wrench

• Hot Springs now heal with 0.1 HPS
• Render distance of other players reduced to 500
• Player nameplates now only display when targeted

• Added warmth to armors
  • Including armors from Rustbound
• Minor buffs and balancing adjustments for bows
• Minor buffs for all arrows, including bone arrows from Butchering
• Reverting Detailed Animals high animal drops to vanilla values
• Animal health reduced by 33% to improve hunting experience
  • Including Equus Horses and Draconis Dragons
  • Compatible with Detailed Animals
• Equus Horses and Draconis Dragons breeding times adjusted to 30 days per month. 

Note: Additional server tweaks might be added here.