Ages
Better Than Wolves is organized into distinct "Ages" that represent different stages of the player's technological progress. Each Age in turn may be organized into separate Tiers that represent separate tasks that the player must achieve in order to progress to the next.
The following instructions are organized chronologically in terms of what the player must accomplish in order to progress forward in the mod. If you are just starting out with Better Than Wolves, then it is recommend you commence at the top of the instructions and work your way downwards. This mod is rather complex, and organizing the mod in this fashion can help make it all easier to digest for a new player.
Contents
Era of Survival
Age of Wood
Primary Goals of This Tier
- Gather Loose Stones
to make into Sharp Stones
- Gather and dry enough Clay
for a Brick Oven
Secondary Goals of This Tier
Requirements to move to the next Tier
- Construct a Brick Oven
Age of Brick
Primary Goals of This Tier
Secondary Goals of This Tier
- Find Sugar Cane
in swamps and weave Wicker Baskets
from Wicker
to store things - Kill sheep and knit their Wool
to make Armor
Requirements to move to the next Tier
- Use a Chisel
to make a Work Stump
Age of Iron
Primary Goals of This Tier
- Craft a stone Pickaxe
to more effectively mine Iron
- Continue mining Iron to make iron tools
- Delve deeper into caves and mine for Diamonds
Secondary Goals of This Tier
- Make a Millstone
- Start farming Hemp
to make a Windmill
- Obtain Dung
from wolves (wild or tamed) - Craft a Cauldron
- Make Tanned Leather
- Construct a Saw
Requirements to move to the next Tier
Age of Flame
Primary Goals of This Tier
- Travel to the Nether to obtain Netherrack
and Soul Sand
- Use Soul Sand Piles
to find a Nether Fortress and collect Blaze Rods
Secondary Goals of This Tier
- Expand Mechanical power
and automate Millstone grinding - Make permanent Torches using Nether Coal
- Find and capture animals
Requirements to move to the next Tier
- Grind and filter Netherrack in order to make a Hibachi
- Use Bellows
and a hibachi to stoke fire under a Kiln
Era of Automation
Age of Pottery
Primary Goals of This Tier
- Make a Crucible
for more advanced material processing - Capture souls from the nether in Soul Urns
using a Hopper
Secondary Goals of This Tier
- Make Planters
to start growing crops without weeds
Requirements to move on to the next Tier
Age of Commerce
Primary Goals of This Tier
- Trade with villagers to level them up
Secondary Goals of This Tier
- Begin farming wheat
and other crops 
for more sustainable Food - Start making more advanced Food recipes in the Cauldron, combining the ingredients to multiply their efficiency:
- Create automated farms and factories to supply the requests of villagers
Requirements to move on to the next Tier
- Obtain at least three Infused Skulls
to summon the Wither - Defeat the Wither and obtain a Soulforge
Age of Souls
Primary Goals of This Tier
- Obtain several eyes of ender
from a max level librarian
Secondary Goals of This Tier
- Expand automation with the tech unlocked by the Soulforge
- Construct beacons
to expand your capabilities
Requirements to move on to the next Tier
- Find a Stronghold and enter the End
- Defeat the Ender Dragon
A New Era
Age of Steel
Goals of This Tier
- Create tools and armor made of Steel
- Create a Steel Beacon to anchor your spawn location
- Set up an Infernal Enchanter
to enchant your steel gear - Thrive and conquer the world, now that you conquered death !
