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Better Vanilla Mobs [1.21]

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FunkyToc
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Give monsters replayability giving them random skills and stats.
Vanilla touch: no resourcespack, discrete changes, balanced tweaks, scaled difficulty.


Better Vanilla Mobs modifies the stats of vanilla mobs by giving them unique characteristics and gameplay keeping the vanilla touch. It also adds some mechanics like making neutral mobs aggressive under certain conditions.

Features list

  • NEW Affinity system: mob get a single stat buff (+20%). 3% chance of being an ALPHA, getting every stat buffs.
  • NEW Totem of Weakness: craft and lit the totem to secure an area. Monsters can't be enhanced in this area of protection.
  • NEW Custom Names: mobs get a rarity and an affinity in their name.
  • mobs get random skills and effects, making hundreds of possibility.
  • 3% of them will become powerfull ALPHAs (stat buff)
  • Chances of getting skills increased with difficulty.
  • the datapack adjust stats to the current world's difficulty.
  • compatibility with a list of mob datapack.
  • hard difficulty can be really challenging (easy difficulty is vanilla like level).
  • 300+ of configurable parameters in the ingame options menu (patreon version).
  • modify mobs fiew seconds after spawn (not laggy, tested on multiplayer).
  • WARNINGS due to health modifications, most of AUTO FARMS are broken, or have to be reworked. Craft a "Totem of Weakness" and place it near your auto-farm to fix it.

Totem of Weakness

Craft and lit the Totem of Weakness to create a safe area. Mobs in this area cannot be enhanced, making them completly vanilla.
Useful for mob farm and player bases.

    Mobs list

    Cave Spider
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla
    - stick to ceilings (default OFF)
    - can be summoned by a Spider Mother (see Spider mob)

    Skills
    - Toxic: repeating bites give nausea (rng)


    Creeper
    Stats
    - quicker
    - random Fuse time +/-20%
    - random Explosion Radius +/- 1

    Skills
    - Bait: play a sound behind the player and rush at them (rng)
    - Baby: get a 1 block size (rng)
    - Unstable: explode on damage, whatever the distance (rng)
    - Powered: get powered by lightning (1-3%) (rng)


    Drowned
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla

    Skills
    - HitSlow: slow players on hit (rng)
    - FireResistance: do not burn in daylight (rng)

    Enderman
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla

    Skills
    - LookFreeze: lock players's movement on eyes battle (rng)
    - LookBreak: Destroy defensive roofs (only smooth block #mineable/shovel) (rng)
    - Vortex: may force players into the void, teleporting them nearby randomly (rng)

    Evoker
    Stats
    - quicker, more tanky
    - invoked Vex will be upgraded by the pack (see Vex mob)

    Skills
    - Root: lock movements of nearby players (rng)
    - Group Heal: apply a Regeneration effect on nearby allies (rng)

    Hoglin
    Stats
    - way more tanky, quicker

    Skills
    - Hotblood: is immune to zombification (rng)
    - Stomp: push player in the ground (rng)

    Husk
    Stats
    - way more tanky, slower

    Skills
    - Passive Regeneration (rng)
    - HitSlow: buff nearby husk whith speed on successful attack on a player (rng)
    - BreakTorch: can break torches (rng)
    - BreakFence: can break wooden fences/gates (rng)
    - BreakDoor: can break wooden doors (rng)

    Illusioner
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla
    - may hide as a passive mob in Pillager Outpost, revealed on hit (10%) (rng)

    Skills
    - EnchantedBow: have a punch enchant (rng)
    - Heal: can heal himself with magic (rng)
    - CooldownReduction: passive cooldown reduction on Heal, but also vanilla spells (rng)

    Piglin
    Stats
    - a bit quicker
    - can be turned into a piglin brute (rng)

    Skills

    - Axe: use an axe instead of a crossbow (rng)
    - Tracker: chase you from far away (rng)
    - Trap: place a trap on the ground (rng)


    Piglin Brute
    Stats
    - more tanky, more damage, quicker

    Skills

    - Armored: get heavy armor (rng)
    - Shield: get a shield and can pary most arrows (rng)
    - Rage: rush you on damage taken, after a quick moment of immobility (rng)


    Pillager
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla

    Skills

    - FireRocket: sometimes fire with blue firework rockets (rng)
    - MultiShot: has a Multishot enchant (rng)
    - QuickCharge: has a Quick Charge enchant (rng)
    - IllegalCrossbow: get a renamed item if got the 2 enchants above.

    Polar Bear
    Stats
    - more tanky, faster
    - more aggro range

    Skills

    - Angry: attack close player whatever a baby is present (rng)

    Slime
    Stats
    - more tanky, a bit faster, knock back resistant

    Skills

    - Fusion: close slimes can merge together, increasing in size (rng)

    Skeleton
    Stats
    - more damage, faster, low hp

    Skills

    - FireResist: don't burn in daylight (rng)
    - BreakTorch: break torches on walk (rng)
    - Sworded: can switch from bow to sword when a player is close (rng)
    - SmokeBomb: can use smoke bomb to escape or rush (over) (rng)
    - FireBomb: can use a fire bomb to escape or rush (nether) (rng)
    - Shield: can block most incomming arrows (rng)

    Spider
    Stats
    - faster
    - stick to ceilings (default OFF)

    Skills

    - CobwebThrow: try to catch player with cobwebs at night (rng)
    - StickyPath: let cobwebs in its path (auto removed when player leaves) (rng)
    - Cocoon: can protect itself in a cobweb cocoon (auto removed when player leaves) (rng)
    - Mother: can summon baby spiders, also get way bigger, slower, and very powerfull (rng)

    Stray
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla

    Skills

    - BreakTorch: break torches on walk (rng)
    - FrozenThorns: freeze the attacker on damage taken (rng)
    - IcePrison: prison a player in an ice trap (auto removed when player leaves) (rng)
    - FrostWalker: freeze water at feet's level (rng)

    Vex
    Stats
    - more damage (through weapons)

    Skills

    - ArrowDodge: can dodge most arrows (rng) (MOJANG BUG: dodging reduce their speed to 10%)
    - Shield: get a shield, increasing their armor (rng)
    - Axe: get an axe to inflict max damage (rng)
    - DualSword: get a cosmetic sword offhand (rng)

    Vindicator
    Stats
    - faster, more tanky, more damage (extremly dangerous)
    - spawn in Pillager Outposts, replacing some Pillagers (30%) (rng)

    Skills

    - DualSwords: get an offhand sword, increasing its speed (rng)
    - Brute: use shovel and cobblestone as weapons to stun players on hit (rng)
    - Rage: on taking damage, sprint and deal a heavy blow, but get poison effect (rng)

    Witch
    Stats
    - more tanky, heavy health regen

    Skills

    - Summons: summon foes to help in combat (foes are vanilla, not enhanced) (rng)
    - StasisSpell: when low HP, freeze its body in dark magic for fiew seconds, regenerating health and being invulnerable (rng)
    - PassiveRegen: get a passive health regen (canceled by the StasisSpell) (rng)

    Wither Skeleton
    Stats
    - way more tanky (equipment), a bit faster
    - terrifying opponent

    Skills

    - LookBreak: can break protective roof at eye's level (rng)
    - Darkness: stop and spread darkness on the ground, regenerating on every target hit (rng)
    - FlyingBlades: summon 3 flying blades for 30s (rng)
    - Shield: block most arrows with a shield (rng)
    - Bow: get a bow instead of a sword (rng)
    - Thorns: get thorns enchant on heavy armor parts (rng)

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    Wolf
    Stats
    - a bit more tanky

    Skills
    - Angry: attack close ranged players (rng)
    - NightAttack: larger aggro range at night (rng)

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    Zombie / Zombie Villager
    Stats
    - way faster, more HP

    Skills

    - FireResist: don't burn in daylight (rng)
    - BreakTorches: can break torches (rng)
    - BreakDoor: can break wooden doors (rng)
    - BreakFence: can break fences and gates (rng)
    - Dig: can dig in soft materials, if a player is close (rng)
    - Builder: can use dirt to build tower, if a player is up close (rng)

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    Zombified Piglin
    Stats
    - faster

    Skills

    - Infected: leave a poisonned trail in its steps (rng)
    - Explosive: head turns into a shroom lamp and explode on player close range (rng)
    - Angry: aggro the player on close range (1-3%) (rng)

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    Options (Patreon feature)

    To adjust options to your needs, use:
    /function fkbm:options/get
    Compatibility
    Associated PMC Collection

    Advanced Mobs (MEDIUM)
    Beasts and Monsters (HIGH)
    Better Nether Mobs (HIGH)
    Dungeons and Taverns (MEDIUM)
    Dungeon Now Loading (HIGH)
    Infinity Cave (HIGH)
    Mo Variants (HIGH)
    Mob Captains (HIGH)
    Mob Variants (HIGH)
    Rpg Loot (BROKEN)
    Special Mobs (MEDIUM)
    True Survival (HIGH)
    Upgraded Mobs (MEDIUM)
    Vanilla Mob Bosses/Variants (MEDIUM)
    WASD Moar Bosses (HIGH)
    WASD Random Bosses (HIGH)

    Developers infos
    All the handled mobs are tagged with fkbm.touched
    To make my pack ignore a mob, add this tag on it: fkbm.ignore , or add the conventionnal global.ignore, smithed.entity
    or smithed.strict
    To disable custom name for a mob, add fkbm.no_customname tag to the entity.
    Patreon Supporters
    1.21.2 (2024-11-07) : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, varinyc, Setsu-P, Maximilian Adler, ODS, Jamie B
    Compatibilities x4 (2024-09-06) : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, varinyc, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto, Maximilian Adler
    Custom Names (2024-08-30)
    : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, varinyc, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, God Emperor Leto II Atriedes, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto
    Affinity Buffs (2024-08-26)
    : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, varinyc, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, God Emperor Leto II Atriedes, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto
    Totem of Weakness (2024-07-26)
    : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto, Kobe Prokopetz
    1.21 (2024-07-16)
    : 아아앨, Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, Aidan McCreary, Azerxim, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto, Kobe Prokopetz
    1.20.5+ (2024-06-15) : 아아앨, EXcore, Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, Memick Kung, Aidan McCreary, Setsu-P, Multi-Flamme
    1.20.4 (2023-12-28) : Angelo Russo, 깔수, Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, God Emperor Leto II Atriedes
    Zombified Piglins & Wither Skeletons (2023-10-07) : Angelo Russo, 깔수, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ZMH, TerfyHorizon, Darklad32
    Nigthmare Difficulty (2023-09-10) : Angelo Russo, 깔수, Eleanor Blackwood, Darklad32, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ooF
    Piglins (2023-06-09) : Delivator, Jonathan Fanelli, Angelo Russo, Phantom-Glitch-Wolf, John Stampe, 깔수, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ooF, ZMH, Yokie
    Creeper & Spider v2 (2023-03-01) : Jonathan Fanelli, Angelo Russo, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ooF, ZMH, Deadlot3
    Vex, Hoglin & nether Skeleton (2023-02-14) : Jonathan Fanelli, Angelo Russo, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ooF, ZMH, Deadlot3, Samantha Flanary
    Pillager, Vindicator, Evoker & Illusioner (2022-11-12) : Jonathan Fanelli, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, Peter Schubert, ooF, Tân Huỳnh, ZMH, Deadlot3, Samantha Flanary, Andrew T Harris
    Witch, Enderman, Stray & compatibility (2022-08-14) : Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, Peter Schubert, ooF, Tân Huỳnh
    V1 (2022-08-05) : Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, Peter Schubert, ooF, Tân Huỳnh
    Patreon Versions
    - in-game option menu to modify options
    - credits in the project file patreons.txt
    - awesome support for the creator ♥
    Issue / Bug
    Due to the huge scale of the pack, bugs can be found. Please, MP or comment below with an accurate description of the bug you just found.

    Spiggot, PaperMC and PurpurMC Servers (fixed in 1.20+)
    This pack needs the following setting : allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards: true
    Otherwise, spiders will have a custom name visible (plus an impactless error in the console)
    License
    Better Vanilla Mobs [1.21] Minecraft Data Pack
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    Datapack by FunkyToc : https://funkytoc.fr

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    Better Vanilla Mobs [1.21] Minecraft Data Pack

    CompatibilityMinecraft 1.17
    toMinecraft 1.21
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    13 Update Logs

    1.21.2 Update : by FunkyToc 11/07/2024 8:22:51 amNov 7th, 2024

    1.21.2 fixes.
    Compatibility 1.21.2 - 1.21.3.
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    Ra1ko
    01/19/2025 12:02 pm
    Level 1 : New Miner
    Is this datapack compatible with the mod versions of the compatible datapacks??
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    FunkyToc
    01/19/2025 9:35 pm
    He/Him • Level 76 : Legendary Programmer Cat
    I have no idea! If it's an embeded datapack as mod, probably. Try them on a fresh new world to not messed up with you rold worlds.
    2
    einstine12345
    01/09/2025 4:50 am
    Level 1 : New Miner
    is this datapack compatible with more mobs datapack?
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    FunkyToc
    01/13/2025 6:22 am
    He/Him • Level 76 : Legendary Programmer Cat
    Yes, check the Compatibility Section. Other mob pack may be compatible depending on the code, with no guaranty!
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    RODHI
    11/07/2024 9:58 pm
    Level 5 : Apprentice Miner
    how to make this easier btw?
    1
    FunkyToc
    11/08/2024 5:07 am
    He/Him • Level 76 : Legendary Programmer Cat
    history
    You can play in easy difficulty, at the beginning.

    Or change the datapack difficulty (from 1 to 3) with /scoreboard players set BaseDifficulty fkbm.options 1
    See "BaseDifficulty" in the menu /function fkbm:options/get
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    RODHI
    11/07/2024 9:03 pm
    Level 5 : Apprentice Miner
    badass and awesome
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    Heazox-Eagle
    07/23/2024 7:38 am
    Level 1 : New Miner
    history
    Hi, I've been creating a curated vanilla+ challenging modpack for two weeks now and this datapack is perfect for it. But I've just seen that the latest datapack update is 1.21, whereas my work is based on 1.20.1. So I was wondering, is it possible to make the datapack update compatible with 1.20 ~ 1.20.4 by myself? Are backports planned? Thanks in advance for your answer ;)
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    FunkyToc
    07/23/2024 2:42 pm
    He/Him • Level 76 : Legendary Programmer Cat
    history
    Did you check the previous versions on Modrinth? As a previous version, some feature are missing of course (some info in the checklogs).
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    Heazox-Eagle
    07/23/2024 6:08 pm
    Level 1 : New Miner
    history
    Yes, I currently have version 1.6.0 of the datapack, which is compatible with 1.20.1! But what I'd like is to make version 1.7.0 compatible with 1.20.1 to take advantage of the latest features and bug fixes, hence the question with the backport.
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    Welcome