Antimatter chemistry was the first mod pack I really played with alchemistry and really enjoyed it, so when this came out i was over the moon and it became the only pack i played for months.

The pack itself is great, it gives off the same gameplay of anti-chem, and it is defo worth the title of a brilliant follow to anti-chem. to that pack while still being identifiably unique with it’s own progression systems and unique features. If you were a fan of anti-chem I cannot stress enough you need to try out Encrypted_ I found the automation of coloured encrypted blocks and the quest book currency to be especially satisfying, it would be nice if there was an alternative to the deployer that could be used to automate right-clicks as it was at the time using create witch i was not a massive fan off at the time. Unfortunately, i have ADHD and i was hypo-focused on exploration for a while from planet to planet, i would love more to this series of packs

Encrypted is more than an 1.18 version of Antimatter Chemistry. It’s bigger, prettier, and heavier on the RAM too. My computer couldn’t handle so much excellence, but the first 5-6 hours were quite a blast.

Premise

Just like in Antimatter Chemistry, you start in a flat field of white and gray blocks, that can be converted into chemicals. But the flavor is different. Unlike Anti-Chem focusing on chemistry, Encrypted’s lore is that the blocks are pieces of a simulation, and by decrypting them the player gains the components necessary to proceed.

Content

The structure is quite similar too. Break the white and grey blocks, get chemicals. Unlock other colors of simulation blocks and get more chemicals from them too. Go to the Nether, go to a mining dimension, and a few more places until you’ve gathered enough stuff to reach the endgame. But unlike with Anti-Chem, there’s many more mods. Create, Thermal Expansion, Mekanism, Hexerei, Mana and Artifice are just few of the mods, which are the necessary milestones to proceed. I don’t have enough experience to tell how the gating was executed. I can only conjecture that while it can make the game a little more tedious, it would encourage the players to go through different and unfamiliar mods.

Appearance

Oh, it’s beautiful. The custom items, such as the ‘encrypted orbs’ that the player gets in the beginning have a beautiful and polished-looking sprites. The sprites for other mods were also pretty neat, since the 1.18 versions for some mods made great improvements in their mods’ sprites. The Allthemodium is a bit dismal of an addition, since the ores look too similar in it. But that isn’t too troublesome. Also, since I played during Halloween, I sometimes saw ghosts that dissipated in Sakura petals. It looked amazing.

Performance

While Antimatter Chemistry ran on 2-3 GB of RAM, this modpack runs on 8 GB at the very least. That was manageable in the beginning, but the lag spikes and stutters became increasingly unbearable. I understand that it’s a curse of modded Minecraft, which owes its existence to the way Java uses too much CPU and not enough GPU(please correct me if I’m wrong).

Conclusion

Encrypted is the bigger successor of Antimatter Chemistry, with all the pros and cons that entails. But it stands well as a separate modpack, and is worthwhile for those who love tech mods and have powerful computers.

A great pack, but I wish I liked it more than I do…

Antimatter chemistry holds a special place in my heart as the first modpack I really played, so to see this modernization made me SO happy.

The pack itself is great, it captures the same vibes anti-chem, and I think is a more than deserving successor to that pack while still being identifiably unique with it’s own progression systems and unique features. If you were a fan of anti-chem I cannot stress enough you need to try out Encrypted_

I found the automation of colored encrypted blocks and the quest book currency to be especially satisfying, tho, a bit unclear at first and I did have to go to the discord to figure it out, it would be nice if there was an alternative to the deployer that could be used to automate right clicks.

Unfortunately, it couldn’t quite hold my attention long enough to explore the whole thing, that said I’m pretty adhd so take this with a grain a salt, most packs, even the ones I love don’t.

I hope this pack get’s an update, as alchem and chemlib have been updated since this packs last update, so has apotheosis, and I’m sure a few others, I would love to see thoes updates (any that are compatible with 1.18.2 at least) brought to the pack, that bein said, when I tried my hand at it a few months ago things tended to break so it’s so I understand it’s no simple request.

This is a fun modpack for people who really like alchemestry mod, it also has a bunch of other mods that are pretty well integrated