Night and Day: How to Survive!
Table of Contents
Introduction
Welcome to Night and Day, a revolutionary Minecraft 1.21.10 modpack that flips the survival experience on its head. In this twisted world, the sun becomes your greatest enemy while the darkness offers sanctuary to those who dare to venture forth.
The primary objective remains unchanged: defeat the Ender Dragon. However, the path to victory is drastically different. With passive mobs and even players burning in sunlight while hostile mobs roam freely under the sun’s rays, every decision matters. Combined with skyblock-style resource mechanics in a traditional world, advanced weaponry, and laser technology, this pack offers a unique challenge for veterans and newcomers alike.
Core Mechanic: The Sunlight Reversal
⚠️ Critical Rule Change: In Night and Day, the sun kills passive mobs and players while hostile mobs are immune to sunlight damage!
How It Works
The modpack uses Burn in the Sun and Mob Sunscreen to create this inverted survival dynamic:
- Players Burn in Sunlight: You must seek shelter during the day or face continuous fire damage
- Passive Mobs Burn: Cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, and all other peaceful animals will die if left exposed to direct sunlight
- Hostile Mobs Don’t Burn: Zombies, skeletons, and other undead creatures that normally burn are now immune to sunlight
- Day Becomes Dangerous: What was once safe gathering time is now the most perilous part of your day
Implications for Gameplay
This mechanic fundamentally changes how you approach Minecraft:
- Animal Husbandry is Essential: You must construct barns, stables, and covered pens to protect your livestock
- Underground Living: Surface bases become liability; underground or well-shaded structures are preferred
- Inverted Schedule: Night becomes your productive time while day is for indoor activities or underground mining
- Strategic Building: Every structure must account for shade, cover, and protection from above
Survival Strategies
Early Game Survival
💡 First Day Priority: Immediately seek or create shelter before sunrise. A simple dirt cave or tree cover can save your life!
- Night One: Gather resources frantically during the first night. Collect wood, stone, and food while you can move safely
- Find Animals Fast: Locate passive mobs during night and lead them to temporary shelter before dawn
- Dig Down: Create an underground base quickly. The earth provides natural protection from sunlight
- Water Breathing: Water blocks sunlight damage, making underwater bases viable
Building Proper Animal Shelters
With autosow included to help with crop management, you can focus on creating comprehensive animal protection:
- Complete Roof Coverage: Every square block must be covered – partial shade isn’t enough
- Fenced Areas: Use Jump Over Fences mod to leap over barriers while keeping animals contained
- Underground Barns: The safest option is partially or fully subterranean animal housing
- Multiple Pens: Separate different animal types to manage breeding efficiently
- Emergency Shade: Keep temporary leaf blocks or wool in your inventory for quick mob protection
Combat & Defense Systems
GamingBarns Guns Mod
This pack includes a comprehensive firearms system that revolutionizes combat:
- Ranged Superiority: Guns provide significant advantage against hostile mobs that now roam freely during the day
- Ammunition Management: Craft and stockpile bullets – resource management becomes critical
- Weapon Variety: Different guns for different situations (check JEI for recipes)
- Automated Defense: Turrets can be placed to guard your base during daylight hours when you’re trapped inside
Light Machine (Laser Technology)
Advanced technological defense through laser systems:
- Energy-Based Weapons: Lasers offer alternative to traditional firearms
- Base Defense: Set up laser grids to protect your shelter entrances
- Mining Applications: Use laser technology for resource gathering
- Power Requirements: Requires energy management and infrastructure
Defense Strategy
- Perimeter Turrets: Place gun turrets at strategic points around your base to handle daytime mob threats
- Lighting Systems: Use Night Lights and Light Aura to create safe zones without traditional torches
- Trail of Light: Leave illuminated paths between key locations for safer night travel
- Combined Arms: Mix traditional weapons, guns, and laser tech for versatile defense
Skyblock Integration
While this isn’t a traditional skyblock map, skyblock-style mechanics are implemented to increase difficulty:
- Resource Scarcity: Certain resources may be limited, requiring creative solutions
- Self-Sufficiency Required: You must build sustainable systems for food, materials, and mob drops
- Mob Farming Essential: With hostile mobs not burning, create mob farms to harvest resources
- Tree Farms: Wood becomes precious – automated tree farming systems are highly recommended
- Compost and Recycling: Make use of every resource through crafting optimization
Utility & Quality of Life
Information & Interface
Several mods help you navigate this challenging environment:
- JEI (Just Enough Items): Essential for learning all the new recipes, especially gun and laser tech crafting
- Jade: View information about blocks and entities – see mob health, block info, and more
- JourneyMap: Map your world and mark important locations like safe houses and animal shelters
- JER (Just Enough Resources): See mob drops, ore generation, and other resource information
- AppleSkin: View hunger and saturation values to optimize food consumption
- Enchantment Descriptions: Understand what each enchantment does without guessing
- Searchables: Quickly find items in inventories and containers
Storage Solutions
Sophisticated Backpacks and Sophisticated Core provide advanced storage:
- Upgradeable Backpacks: Expand inventory space with various tier upgrades
- Filtering Systems: Automatically sort items into backpacks
- Specialized Storage: Create dedicated backpacks for farming, mining, or combat
- Mobile Base: Carry essential supplies for emergency shelter building
Convenience Features
- Controlling: Search and customize keybinds easily
- Mouse Tweaks: Improved inventory management with mouse gestures
- Clumps: Experience orbs group together, reducing lag and making collection easier
- AutoSow: Automatically replants crops when harvesting
- Lootr: Personalized loot in chests, ensuring everyone in multiplayer gets their own rewards
Exploration & Transport
Waystones
Critical for survival in this dangerous world:
- Safe Teleportation: Create waypoints at key locations to avoid dangerous daytime travel
- Network of Shelters: Build waystone-connected safe houses across your world
- Emergency Escape: Always keep a waystone scroll for emergency teleportation to safety
- Multiplayer Coordination: Share waystone networks with teammates
Voice Chat
Proximity voice chat adds immersion and practicality:
- Coordinate in Real-Time: Warn teammates about sunrise or incoming threats
- Roleplay Opportunities: Enhanced multiplayer experience with voice communication
- Group Activities: Coordinate resource gathering during safe night hours
Progression & Quests
Quest Systems
Two quest mods guide your journey:
- DarkQuesting: Main progression system with rewards for completing challenges
- Pumpkillager’s Quest: Additional quest content for variety
- Guided Progression: Learn mechanics through structured objectives
- Reward Systems: Earn resources and items for completing challenges
Path to the End
Reaching and defeating the Ender Dragon requires careful planning:
- Nether Access: Build covered pathways or travel during night to reach portal safely
- Blaze Farming: Easier with gun/laser tech, but still requires strategy
- End Portal Location: Use JourneyMap to mark stronghold for safe navigation
- Final Battle Prep: Stockpile ammunition, laser charges, and traditional gear
- The End Fight: No sunlight in The End, so you can move freely during the dragon battle
Performance & Interface
Visual Enhancement
- Iris Shaders: Beautiful shader support for enhanced graphics
- Sodium: Massive FPS improvements without sacrificing visual quality
- ImmediatelyFast: Additional performance optimizations
Stability & Performance
- FPS Reducer: Reduces resource usage when Minecraft is in background
- Neruina: Crash prevention and stability improvements
- PacketFixer: Fixes packet-related issues for smoother multiplayer
- Prickle: Additional performance optimizations
Customization
- FancyMenu: Custom menu designs (with Konkrete and Melody as dependencies)
- Configurable: In-game configuration for supported mods
- No Chat Reports: Privacy protection in multiplayer
Essential Tips & Tricks
Survival Tips
- Bed Strategy: Sleep immediately at night to skip to daytime, then stay sheltered until night returns
- Clock is Essential: Always carry a clock to know when sunrise approaches
- Emergency Shelter Kit: Keep dirt/cobble in hotbar for quick shade building
- Water Bucket Clutch: Water can save you from sun damage in emergencies
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Don’t Get Caught Outside: Always return to shelter well before sunrise
- Don’t Neglect Animal Shelters: Losing livestock sets back progression significantly
- Don’t Waste Ammo: Guns are powerful but ammunition can be scarce early game
- Don’t Forget Lighting: Even though mobs don’t burn, they still spawn in darkness
Advanced Strategies
- Redstone Automation: Create light-sensitive circuits that alert you to sunrise/sunset
- Safe Mining: Underground mining is always safe from sun – make this your primary resource gathering method
- Covered Railways: Build tunnel systems for safe long-distance travel
- Nether Strategy: The Nether has no day/night cycle – use it as a safe hub for travel
- Mob Farm Design: Since hostile mobs don’t burn, traditional mob farms work differently – adapt designs accordingly
- Village Trading: Villagers still work normally but need full shelter – create protected trading halls
Multiplayer Coordination
- Shift Work: Have teammates on different schedules to maintain 24/7 base activity
- Shared Waystones: Build a network of safe houses with shared waystone access
- Specialized Roles: Assign roles like farmer, hunter, miner, builder based on playstyle
- Resource Pooling: Share sophisticated backpacks for community resource management
- Voice Coordination: Use proximity voice chat for real-time danger alerts
Night and Day transforms Minecraft into a unique survival challenge. The inverted day/night cycle, combined with advanced weaponry and skyblock mechanics, creates an experience unlike any other modpack. Remember: the night is your friend, and the sun is your enemy. Plan accordingly, build smart shelters, and may you reach The End victorious!