RELEASING - August 22, 2026 8:00 PM

• Some Matcha balancing and bug fixes
• Plug-and-play with your friends
• Minimal monetization (cosmetics only + cheap to keep the server chugging)
• Shared / instanced structure loot
• Villager food trading additions, courtesy of TankieAibem
• New animated textures for items, courtesy of Maxi
• Faster Minecarts
• Opt-in Voice Chat
• Opt-in PvP
• No Griefing

Simple and very Matcha. Invite your friends!

Special Thanks:

• Zovc for helping configure the server and plugins
• MEKKA40 for helping configure datapack stuff
• Rein for helping squash bugs
• Crowzie for helping squash bugs
• Catas for helping squash bugs
• Disgrace (Zarv) for giving moral support

And the countless individuals for giving their feedback and ideas.

We are not currently officially associated with Klei_Wright or Matcha Flavoured.
This is a community effort.

Join the Discord here https://discord.gg/fAfVZA3yKm

I have created a mod. I am tired so will keep it short.

An item will spawn in shipwreck loot that lets you summon wandering traders manually.

If for some reason you have mods that alter en_us.json don't use this, you use at your own risk.

Always make backups of files you replace.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v2nwLHDBubRtSrl00t9rAEChZKv-LuBy/view?usp=sharing

If this helps you at all, shoot me a donation!

https://ko-fi.com/madbug

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Hey everyone, I am more than happy to announce that I am now a moderator for this Subreddit!

I am super happy to be here, and I want to start by introducing my community server to you all and telling you about myself.

My name is Madeline, I am a transgender woman and I'm 24 years old. I have been moderating and running communities for the better part of slightly over a decade now, and have even worked with some big names like Ubisoft. I am very passionate about this community and this datapack, and I am happy to be here for the community.

I have spent a lot of work on this server, building up robust and easy to follow guides and channels for all of you. I am a huge fan of Klei's work, and their message, and I hope that in the future I can collaborate with them officially on either this Subreddit or the Discord!

https://discord.gg/fAfVZA3yKm

Given Matcha Flavoured's "Canto II" advancement, which forces the player to engage with Bastions, I opted to add them to the Fortress loot pool as well because, well, I hate Bastions. This still forces you to engage with Hell (The Nether) but doesn't force you to engage with Bastions.

A few others expressed interest in this, so I'm going to post it here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/119ufoJjswC2yv70eNR-vk65WDz4Rb13t/view?usp=sharing

Hey everyone! I am proud to announce we have added numerous additions to the Discord community, including things many people have been asking for / searching for.

I want to quickly remind everyone that this community is not currently official, but I am hoping to make it so eventually and have attempted to contact Klei in the process already.

I also want to note that this is a different community from the one posted a few days ago, but I recommend that one too!

We have added the following features:

Visual Guides

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We plan on having these for just about everything Matcha Flavoured until a proper wiki is made! For now we have covered enchanting, the alloy system and food recipes! These are also purely optional for those who want to avoid spoilers, you can choose when you join :)

Discord Community Tag

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Rep Matcha Flavoured with this community tag!

Questions & Addons

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We have added a channel for users to ask questions about the pack and a channel for people to show off their new mods, addons or packs created for Matcha Flavour and it's forks!

We have also added a channel specifically for mod discussion!

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I do not plan on spamming discord advertisements for this server, but I wanted to kinda show off what we're about, and this is only the start. We have gained over 25 members in the past 12 hours alone and are looking forward to many more people joining!

https://discord.gg/fAfVZA3yKm

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Hey everyone, some of you may have seen me in the other communities out and about. My name is Madeline, but I also go by Maddie.

I have reached out to Klei personally in the hopes that I can make a community for the pack and them, but in the meantime I am opening it up to the public.

I want to quickly note that this community is not currently official, but I am hoping to make it so eventually.

I have around 11 years experience moderating and running communities, and I've love to see you all around!

https://discord.gg/fAfVZA3yKm

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I think this is probably my biggest gripe, having played around 10 hours across both weekends now. It's that the point distribution system is terrible, and in theory it will be even worse on release.

As it stands, the player has 9 points across all roles, but in theory, given we start at level 4 instead of level 1 in the beta, and you gain one point for each level, this means that you will have 6 points per role on launch at level 1. This is enough to carry one gun and (in most cases) a single grenade on a lot of the roles. Surely this isn't actually the case, right? They don't actually intend to force everyone to be this role restricted on launch?

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To make things even worse, presuming that this is the case, the grenadier class is essentially completely shafted on both sides. I mean, in its current state, the U.S. grenadier is already shafted, but this is even worse. Given the pistol is 2 points and the RPG-02 / M72 are 6 points, this means you won't be able to run anything other than the launcher on it's own until rank 2 and that's just to use a pistol. If you wanted to use the SMG or Carbine alongside the RPG-02 on the NVA for example, you'd need to hit rank 4 just to do that, and on the U.S. you'd need to hit rank 5 to use anything other than a pistol alongside the M72. Surely this is a massive oversight, right?

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This system, as is, even not factoring in this entire issue, is honestly a mess. It's just super confusing and convoluted (in my opinion), and the UI lagging doesn't help at all.

Greetings.

I only have around 20 hours on HLL and so I do consider myself to be a noob to this IP, or a new player in general, and I always felt that new player feedback should be valued, so I'm going to give my quick initial two cents here for HLL Vietnam.

- Helicopters are too loud. Not going to harp on this a ton, as it seems to be a universal feedback point at the moment.

- Helicopters, to me, feel too strong / oppressive (hot take?). It's not entirely uncommon for there to be 2-3 hovering over a point, which can be very oppressive against the NVA. I also feel like they have too much health, but beyond that, they seem adequately tuned.

- UI FPS. Please, for the love of God, I am begging, as this was also an issue for me in the regular HLL; the UI cursor (and the main menu in general) is so laggy, and it sours the experience to a degree for me. I know it sounds like such a little thing, but I play on PC specifically to enjoy high frames on an expensive rig, and this seems like such a small thing to me in the grand scheme of things in terms of difficulty to fix. It would go a long way if it were fixed.

- Give us an option to tap/click F to respawn instead of hold. Again, another small thing that seems like it's not a big deal, but when you die so quickly and so often in this game and given how rare medics seem to be, you're going to be holding F a lot. It would just be nice to have an option to tap/click instead of hold. It's not going to make or break my experience, but it'd be nice! (I did peruse the settings quite a bit before adding this, so gonna feel really dumb if this is already an option).

- Add an option for a 2D map over the 3D map. I am honestly only adding this one as I have seen many people complain about this. I personally love the 3D map so much, but I am a firm believer in options in video games, and honestly, I do not think this would be that difficult to add. So just adding this here for those who want it. Options are good!

Overall, having put around 5 hours into the last test, this test is MILES better, and I am actually going to hit that pre-order button now! (I was against it after the first test). I just want to quickly thank the team for delaying the game; it absolutely needed it, and frankly, I do think it is ready for release now (or maybe I'm just saying that because I'm going to miss it after this weekend! lol).

I'll give my thoughts at the end of the test probably, but these are my initial ones.

Some of you may have seen the previous 'PvE Zone' splash I made a while back, which ended up being shared around social media! After the introduction of Cryo Archive and Vault Breaker, I believe my ideal Marathon has to come to fruition in my head, so I'm here to share the basic concept and (hopefully) create some dialogue about the topic! You are welcome to share your ideas below.

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Vault Breaker - Endgame style PvE Raids

Explore Cryo Archive as a crew, duo, or a solo player, taking on a progressively challenging series of vaults. Grow stronger across multiple matches with progression that’s unique to Vault Breaker, and push towards the final vault and the mysterious entity within. You can bring in your winnings from both Colosseum and PvE Zone.

(Every time a new "endgame map" is released in the future, it will be added to this roster)

PvE Zone - The original mode with a twist

Experience the original mode with a twist. The PvE Zone provides an experience for a crew, duo or solo players to fight against UESC, other threats and AI Runners which function like a real player would. Complete quests and climb the ranks to earn seasonal rewards and cosmetics. You can bring in your winnings from both Colosseum and Vault Breaker. Inspired by Escape from Tarkov's PvE Zone mode.

(New maps and limited-time events are added throughout the year)

Colosseum - Arena based PvP

Choose your loadout and participate against other players in limited arena style modes and maps, alongside an extensive Ranked mode. Participate against others to earn unique rewards, cosmetics, and loot packages, which can be used in other modes.

(New maps to fight against players and limited-time events are added throughout the year)

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The Archimedes

Explore the depths of the ship where your shells are created. Show off your cosmetics to others; engage in minigames with friends or rivals between runs; barter with merchants and factions; decorate your own quarters; and discover the hidden secrets inside the heart of the Archimedes.

(In essence, this is an expanded Tower from Destiny; an element that I feel is sorely missed.)

For some quick context, we are both transgender, and she is on HRT and has been for some time now. I am not. I know that can cause mood swings and issues and whatnot, so felt it was appropriate to add.

I have been dating my partner for slightly less than a year now, at first it was great and we both enjoyed each other's companies greatly, it's absolutely the best relationship I have ever had, and I'd go so far as to say I genuinely do love her and want to spend my life with her (or see if that is an option with real life visits and testing compatibility there). Unfortunately we had our first big fight in February, and since it has been very one-sided responses from her. To be clear, I noticed the depression was creeping in before then, but I feel that the fight "accelerated" it so-to-speak, even if she says that it didn't. We have spoken about this to a degree, and she has told me that she no longer blames me and feels that her reaction was petty; and now blames herself for not being around for me these last 4 months, but I don't blame her for that at all and have made that clear to her. I just want her to get better. She has told me that she is doing very unwell and that she is self-isolating, to the point where everyone else around her has noticed, including her family which notably is transphobic. It has gotten so bad that even they are worried. She has also said that she wants to talk but every time she gets around to typing things up, she feels that there is so much to think about, and that it is too much for her. I fear that me sending her messages is actually making it worse by "adding to the already full plate", but at the same time I feel like I am watching someone I love so much slowly wither away in front of me, and feel that if I don't send messages then it will only plunge her deeper into her depression and self-isolation.

Unfortunately this has resulted in a self-fulfilling loop where I send her lovely things I make for her (poems, gifts, wishing her well and just sending things that she'd enjoy, etc.) and she doesn't respond to me, which ultimately makes me feel like I am doing something wrong, which leads to a panic attack / breakdown on my side of things, which gets her to respond in big chunks promising change and setting checkpoints which she never meets (I don't blame her for this, to be clear).

I don't really know what to do. She has told me time and time again that she still wants me in her life, and that she needs time, and I still want her in my life more than anything, but it has been 4 months and no progress has been made. I love her so much and want what's best for her but fear that I am somehow making things worse, but at the same time I know she is the most alone she has ever been right now (self prescribed by her) and that if I disappear it will make things worse inadvertently, what do I do?

tl;dr my long distance partner of slightly less than a year who I love has been going through a deep depression and self-isolation following a fight we had alongside other issues in her life which sparked the depression, and I fear that me being around is only making things worse or "filling her plate" so to speak, but fear that if I'm not around nobody else will be, and it will make things worse than if I continue to be around.