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I had to uninstall (not just toggle off) all of my mods to get it to work properly again. Removed the original cheese wheel and then made a test save (with new cheese) to figure out which mod was causing the problem. Reinstalled one-by-one and the crash never happened. I still have no idea what caused this, but it's the weirdest bug/problem I've ever experienced.

Playing in 1.22.0, I placed a regular cheddar wheel on the ground in a flat creative world, and the game crashed instantly. Can't open the save anymore, it crashes the second it loads. This has genuinely never happened before, and I'm confused as to what could be causing it because I can't find anyone else with the same or even a similar issue. Here's some of the crash report, I can provide more as the error is easy to reproduce. Begging for help here, I've poured hours into the save this happened on. Running on 64 bit Windows 10.0.26200.0 with 31848 MB RAM Game Version: v1.22.0 (Stable) 5/5/2026 3:59:44 PM: Critical error occurred Loaded Mods: game@1.22.0, vsimgui@1.1.12, betterruins@0.6.0, configlib@1.10.11, danatweaks@4.0.0, freedomunits@1.1.4, petai@4.0.3, stepupadvanced@1.3.0, creative@1.22.0, survival@1.22.0, zinkmodautoclay@1.0.3 System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Edit: Yes I have tried running it in repair mode. It runs fine and then crashes the second I try to run it normally.

Explored it a while back! Everything lore-related has been fascinating so far. The mod makers def tried to make it out like a real location! Semi-Spoiler for the lore:

I only *just* downloaded better ruins, so I wouldn't have figured this would be part of it. Though I would say that my confusion was defineily compounded by not finding a mention of my find anywhere (including videos about the mod!) Ty for the solution, I feel like an idiot now.

Officially heading there once I'm free today. Will edit with any updates.

replying to LadyWYT: For reference, I'm running a creative game on the regular map generation, but doing things "as i should" (ex. finding the treasure trader, walking to the archive, etc.). I'm also playing on 1.20.0-rc.8 I can't remember what trader I talked to anymore because I'm several hours in, but they gave me a map to the university after I gave them a large intact globe. I may just head to there anyway and investigate, since I can't find anything on it. Though the wiki is barebones, I found it odd that a location you get a map for wasn't on it. (Edit: Yes, I do understand creative will be taken as "cheating" or "not doing things right". I just thought I'd state how I'm playing in case I've managed to do things out of order, or not as I should have been)

Does the university have any lore significance? It's much further away from anywhere I've traveled before, so I'm hesitant to make the journey. Already have the elk, so it'll be an easier trip, but I genuinely haven't been able to find anything about it. No videos, nothing on the wiki, no prior post here. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places? Any kind of answer would be cool.