Relics is a mod that introduces over 20 new items into Minecraft, offering additional functionality to players at all stages of the game. It’s also compatible with other mods, such as Artifacts, from which the Cross Necklace originates, adding over another 30 Relics.
Each Relic comes with a single ability or multiple, that can be leveled up and upgraded over time. You can learn about all the other available items in our Relics Mod Wiki.
Obtaining
Envelops the Relic Bearer in a protective aura, granting temporary invulnerability after each hit taken. It can be equipped in the Necklace slot.
There’s only one location that the Cross Necklace can be found, and that’s inside any Chest, provided it’s in a biome that contains Desert, Badlands, or Outback in its name, where it has a spawn weight of 300.
Relic Quality & Rerolling
When you pick up a Relic, it comes with a quality indicator that you can see by hovering over the portrait image or by looking at the circles underneath it. Each Relic is rated between 0 and 5, based on the quality of its individual abilities.
An ability’s stats can be rerolled, with each stat having a specified minimum and maximum value (refer to the abilities section below for details). To further increase the stats beyond these limits, you will need to use Upgrade Points. Rerolling costs 50 Minecraft Experience for each attempt. Additionally, each time the stats are rerolled, the Luck value will increase by one percent for every stat that hasn’t been successfully improved.
As Luck increases, the likelihood of obtaining better rerolled stats also rises. However, each percentage point of Luck will raise the reroll cost by an additional 5 Minecraft Experience points. For example, at 10% Luck, a reroll would cost 100 Minecraft Experience, while at 50% Luck, the cost would be 300 Minecraft Experience, and so on.
Usage
The Cross Necklace is a defensive Relic, which will help keep the Relic Bearer alive when in combat. It provides invulnerability to the player, preventing them from taking fatal damage for a certain number of times.
While not as powerful as items like the Totem of Undying, it’s still very beneficial and a mighty Relic to obtain.
Abilities
One ability is available for the Cross Necklace: Invincibility. The Cross Necklace has a maximum level of 10. A total of 10 Upgrade Points can be obtained through leveling the Cross Necklace.
1Invincibility
Increases the duration of invulnerability after taking damage by X seconds.
Invincibility is the only ability available for the Cross Necklace, though it’s a powerful one. As the Cross Necklace is leveled up, the duration that the player will be invincible is increased, massively aiding in survivability and combat.
Invincibility costs 1 Upgrade Points per level, with a maximum level of 10.
Invincibility Chances
VARIABLE | BASE VALUE | MAX VALUE |
|---|---|---|
X | 0.3 – 0.5 Seconds | 1.5 Seconds |
Constellations
To unlock an ability for the Cross Necklace, it’s necessary to connect the stars hidden beneath the fog in such a way that the resulting constellation matches the image in the background, and completes the puzzle. When the constellation is correctly aligned, the ability will automatically be researched.
Above is the constellation for the Cross Necklace, allowing players to unlock the Invincibility ability. Hints can be unlocked in the research window for 50 Minecraft Experience each, or the entire constellation can be revealed for 450 Minecraft Experience.
Experience Sources
Relic Experience is required to level up a Relic, gain Upgrade Points, and spend said points on upgrading abilities. The Cross Necklace offers two different ways to obtain Relic Experience.
Firstly, players will gain +1 Relic Experience each time they take damage, and the effect Invincibility is triggered.
Like many other Relics, the Cross Necklace makes use of Experience Spreading. Each time any Relic in the inventory gains experience, regardless of the method, the Cross Necklace also gains 25% of that experience.
Leveling
The Cross Necklace Relic has a maximum level of 10, providing 10 Upgrade Points. The table below shows the cost of upgrading abilities.
Cross Necklace Ability Leveling
LEVEL | Minecraft XP | Total XP |
|---|---|---|
1 | 50 | 50 |
2 | 100 | 150 |
3 | 150 | 300 |
4 | 200 | 500 |
5 | 250 | 750 |
6 | 300 | 1050 |
7 | 350 | 1400 |
8 | 400 | 1800 |
9 | 450 | 2250 |
10 | 500 | 2750 |
To level an ability to level 10, a total of 2750 Minecraft Experience is required, equating to 45 Minecraft levels, as well as 10 Upgrade Points.
Config
To edit the configuration for an Artifact-compatible Relic, players must update the enabledExtendedConfigs: false option within relics.yaml in their Minecraft config folder, by changing the value to true.
After relaunching Minecraft, a rarcompat folder will be visible in the config folder. Inside here, look for and edit the cross_necklace.yaml file.
abilitiesData:
abilities:
invulnerability:
# Highest level to which the ability can be upgraded
maxLevel: 10
# Relic level at which the ability becomes unlocked
requiredLevel: 0
# Number of leveling points needed to increase the ability level
requiredPoints: 1
stats:
modifier:
# Maximum base value of the stat. A random value within this range is assigned when the relic is first created
maxInitialValue: 0.5
# Maximum threshold value for the stat, representing hard limits that cannot be surpassed through ability level upgrades or other methods
maxThresholdValue: 1.7976931348623157E308
# Minimum base value of the stat. A random value within this range is assigned when the relic is first created
minInitialValue: 0.3
# Minimum threshold value for the stat, representing hard limits that cannot be surpassed through ability level upgrades or other methods
minThresholdValue: 4.9E-324
# Modifier applied to the base value of the stat, depending on the [upgradeOperation] parameter.
upgradeModifier: 0.2
# Type of mathematical operation used to calculate the stat's value based on the ability level. Supported operations include:
# MULTIPLY_BASE: x + ((x * y) * z),
# MULTIPLY_TOTAL: x * (y + 1)^z,
# ADD: x + (y * z).
#
# ...where x - Base stat value, y - Value of [upgradeModifier], z - Current relic level
upgradeOperation: MULTIPLY_BASE
levelingData:
# Amount of experience required to level up to relic level 1
initialCost: 100
# Maximum level of the relic
maxLevel: 10
# Increment in experience required for each subsequent level of the relic
step: 100
lootData:
# List of conditions for obtaining the relic. Supports both direct ID specification and regular expressions.
entries:
- biomes:
- '[\w]+:.*(desert|badlands|outback)[\w_\/]*'
dimensions:
- .*
tables:
- '[\w]+:chests\/[\w_\/]*[\w]+[\w_\/]*'
weight: 300
