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Halloween Datapack Jam

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Spectral Abilities - Become a ghost

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Minecraft 1.20
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Minecraft 1.21
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    Antogone
    Lvl 30Artisan Dragonborn
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    Spectral Abilities - Become a ghost Minecraft Data Pack
    Current ongoing version - MC 1.21.10


    🎃 Unleash the Spirit Within! 🎃
    Get ready to embrace the spine-tingling magic of Halloween as the veil between our world and the spirit realm grows thin. Ghostly whispers and eerie shadows come alive on this bewitching night. As the moon ascends and the night falls into an eerie silence, we embark on a spine-tingling journey into getting spectral abilities that may just send shivers down your spine. 🌙👻✨

    Description





    This datapack will allow you to gain spectral abilities such as transforming into a ghost, possession or even flying.


    Ritual


    To gain the spectral abilities you have to do a ritual :
    first create the altar :

    Spectral Abilities - Become a ghost Minecraft Data Pack


    white_candle x4
    black_candle x4
    amethyst_block x12
    chiseled_quartz_block x1

    after creating the altar, you will have to drag one mob (see list below)

    list of the mob
    drowned
    evoker
    husk
    pillager
    skeleton
    stray
    vex
    vindicator
    witch
    wither_skeleton
    zoglin
    zombie
    zombie_villager


    and drop a nether star on it.
    Once done the ritual will be completed and you will have gained spectral abilities


    Abilities

    Form Normal

    Abilities

    Cost

    Description

    Cooldown

    Comment

    Ghost Form15
    You go in your ghost form for 8 seconds.
    12 sYou can fly, are invisibile and can go throught the blocks
    Invisibility
    15
    You go invisible
    0.5 s
    To deactivate the invisibility just sneak when selecting this ability
    Hybrid Form
    Turn you into your hybrid from
    Haunting
    10
    You call upon the other spirits to haunt your target
    15 s
    Haunting in 4 times, see below
    Possesion
    20
    You take possession over your target
    20 s
    don't work with player, to deactivate sneak when selecting this ability. Give you the bonus of the mob. If the mob can fly, you will be able to fly (selecting slot 5)

    Form Hybrid


    Abilities



    Cost



    Description



    Cooldown



    Comment


    Ectoplasmic Ray10Shot a Ectoplasmic ray dealing 10 magic damage and giving weaking for 10 s to the target1.5 s
    Mind Reading10Use your spiritual connection to read the mind of the nearest entity and knowing its position and health
    2.5 sGive an effect of glowing for the entity in a distance of maximum 15 blocks. Give you the detail of the life and position of the nearest entity
    FlightAllow you to fly when sneaking. Jump and sneak to activate the fly
    Normal FormTurn back into your normal form
    Ecto-visionYour ghost physiology allow you to see in the dark
    Ecto-bodyIn your hybrid form your body become visible and intangible. You don't take any damage nor the hunger trigger you.
    Slow RecoveryIn the Hybrid form, your spectral energy is regenerating more slowly than in Normal form or the power off.

    1 Energy each 4 seconds




    How to use the abilities


    To activate/deactivate the power you just drop the power off/on

    The datapack use a system of sneak + selecting a slot to activate/deactivate the abilities.
    it start from the first slot (0).
    to help you know wich abilities you will use it will be colored in a lighter shade.
    Spectral Abilities - Become a ghost Minecraft Data Pack



    Cooldown

    After using an ability, you will have a short cooldown before using it again. The cooldown is represented by the color red

    (here I'm selecting Hybrid Form and all the other abilities are in cooldown)

    Haunting



    The haunting abilities work in 4 times and have different effect

    - First effect when activating the ability
      * 8 lightning bolt damage
      * weakness, slowness, mining fatgue, nausea, darkness, hunger
      * bad omen infinite

    - 2nd haunting happen after 20 second
      * 8 lightning bolt damage
      * levitation ,nausea ,darkness, slowness, weakness, mining fatigue

    - 3rd haunting happen after 60 second
      * 10 lightning bolt damage
      * weakness, mining fatigue,slowness, hunger
      

    -4th haunting (and last) happen after 120 second
      * 8 lightning bolt damage
      * weakness, slowness, wither, mining fatgue, nausea, darkness, hunger






    Old Version


    1.21.7 : https://www.mediafire.com/file/ruvrgb1q5kmss58/Spectral_Abilities_-_1.21.7.zip/file
    1.20.3 : https://www.mediafire.com/file/maxpip10uhzijgi/Spectral_Abilities.zip/file

    3 Update Logs

    Update #3 - Halloween Update : by Antogone 10/13/2025 8:33:03 pmOctober 14, 2025 @ 12:33 am UTC

    Small Update :
    • You can now stop the ghost form early by pressing sneak and sprint simultanously
    • The possession change your size to match it from the entity possessed
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    dancing reaper
    01/18/2024 3:20 pm
    Level 38 : Artisan Soldier
    Cool pack!
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    Antogone
    01/18/2024 4:10 pm
    He/Him • Level 30 : Artisan Dragonborn
    Thank you ! :D
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    The Nexus Navigator
    10/17/2023 12:14 am
    Level 12 : Journeyman Human Jerry
    Mario is always watching
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    SpruceStudios
    10/16/2023 4:59 pm
    Level 34 : Artisan Procrastinator
    This is really cool! I can see it took a lot of work to create :D Great job
    1
    Antogone
    10/16/2023 6:10 pm
    He/Him • Level 30 : Artisan Dragonborn
    Thank you ! Yes it was a logic maze but worth it at the end !
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