Mods / Zacker's Balanced Classes
Author: Zacker
Side: Both
Created: Nov 10th at 4:19 PM
Last modified: Nov 15th at 3:14 PM
Downloads: 120
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Recommended download (for Vintage Story 1.21.5):
zackerclasses-1.0.3.zip
1-click install
A carefully rebalanced version of the popular "Aldi's Classes" mod, featuring improved balance, new custom classes, and quality-of-life improvements. Designed for private use.
## Important Notes
- **This is a modified version** of [Aldi's Classes](https://news.kalataka.ru/show/mod/31627)
- **Credit to original authors:** Aldi & Krima
- All original content belongs to them
- This version focuses on balance improvements and adds new classes (might or might not be updated in the future)
## What's Changed?
### Modified Classes:
- Innkeeper → Now a foraging herbalist cook (forager + herbalist + glutton)
- Deepforger → Better for exploration (badback replaces heavyhanded)
- Druid → Peaceful nature guardian (natureguardian, boosted forage/mistletoe)
- Woodworker → NEW fusion of Lumberjack + Carpenter (complete wood mastery)
### New Custom Classes:
- Homesteader → Versatile settler (farming + pottery + mining without penalties)
- Delver → Dwarven miner (extreme mining + butchering, perfect for underground kingdoms)
### New Custom Traits:
- Glutton → +20% hunger rate
- Badback → +10% hunger, +30% armor penalty
- Natureguardian → -20% animal damage, slower harvesting
- Weakling → -15% melee damage, -2 HP
- Surfacedweller → -20% forage, -30% wild crops, -50% tree seeds
- Shortlegged → -10% walk speed (no armor penalty)
## Active Classes (16)
Farmer, Woodworker, Wanderer, Innkeeper, Handwright, Druid, Squire, Wildrunner, Mercenary, Entropic, Threadweaver, Earthshaper, Deepforger, Shadowstrider, Homesteader, Delver
Disabled: Miner, Blacksmith, Potter, Carpenter, Mason (merged into other classes)
## Dependencies
- Expanded Matter (EM) v3.3.3+
## 🙏 Credits
- Original Mod: Aldi & Krima - [Aldi's Classes](https://news.kalataka.ru/show/mod/31627)
- Balance & New Content: Zacker
## Version
Current: 1.0.0 (based on Aldi's Classes 1.6.6)
## Links
Please also check the original mod: https://news.kalataka.ru/show/mod/31627
| Mod Version | For Game version | Downloads | Released | Changelog | Download | 1-click mod install* |
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| 1.0.3 | 32 | Nov 15th at 3:14 PM | zackerclasses-1.0.3.zip | 1-click install | ||
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Some fixes. | ||||||
| 1.0.2 | 7 | Nov 15th at 2:30 PM | zackerclasses-1.0.2.zip | 1-click install | ||
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Updated to match 1.7.0 version of Aldi's Classes. While maintaining some changes. | ||||||
| 1.0.1 | 69 | Nov 10th at 5:18 PM | zackerclasses-1.0.1.zip | 1-click install | ||
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Spanish translation fix | ||||||
| 1.0.0 | 10 | Nov 10th at 4:36 PM | zackerclasses-1.0.0.zip | 1-click install | ||
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Initial Release | ||||||
just leaving this here so you know I saw this :) Maybe I will take the woodworker idea for my mod. carpenter already seemed out of place with the earthshaper and deepforger tbh.