Buff Mobs

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Transform your Minecraft experience with progressive, customizable mob scaling that keeps the challenge fresh!

📋 Overview

BuffMobs is a comprehensive mod that intelligently buffs hostile and neutral mobs to provide a more challenging and engaging survival experience. Whether you want tougher early-game encounters or exponentially scaling late-game difficulty, BuffMobs has you covered with its flexible configuration system.

✨ Key Features

🏹 Smart Ranged Combat System

• Ranged mobs (Skeletons, Pillagers, etc.) dynamically switch to melee weapons when players get too close
• Automatic weapon generation with enchantments based on difficulty and dimension
• Configurable trigger distance and weapon quality scaling

🌍 Dimension-Specific Scaling

• Configure unique multipliers for different dimensions
• Perfect for modded dimensions - make the Nether truly hellish!
• Independent scaling for health, damage, speed, armor, and more
• Up to 5 configurable dimension slots

📅 Progressive Day Scaling

• Mobs get stronger as your world ages
• Configurable intervals (default: every 7 days)
• Optional chat notifications to track scaling progression
• Maximum scaling caps prevent infinite difficulty spikes

⚔️ Comprehensive Attribute Buffing

• Health Multiplier: Tankier mobs that survive longer
• Damage Multiplier: Hits that actually hurt
• Attack Speed: Faster, more aggressive combat
• Movement Speed: No more slow zombie walks
• Armor & Toughness: Damage reduction for elite encounters

🧪 Potion Effect System

• Apply Strength, Speed, Resistance, and Regeneration to mobs
• Infinite duration effects that refresh automatically
• Visual effect control for performance optimization
• Smart undead detection (no regeneration for zombies/skeletons)

⚡ Enhanced Combat Mechanics

• Harmful effects on player attacks (Poison, Slowness, Wither)
• Projectile attack debuffs
• Configurable effect chances and durations
• True attack speed scaling with internal timer overrides

🎨 Visual Feedback

• Color-coded particle effects for different buff types
• Health Boost visual indicators
• Enchantment table particles for magical mobs
• Toggleable visual effects for performance

🎯 Advanced Filtering System

• Mob Filtering: Whitelist/blacklist specific mobs
• Mod ID Filtering: Target mobs from specific mods
• Dimension Filtering: Enable/disable per dimension
• Respects vanilla mob categories (only affects hostile/neutral mobs)

⚙️ Configuration Highlights

Easy Setup: Works out of the box with sensible defaults Highly Customizable: Every feature can be fine-tuned or disabled Performance Friendly: Efficient algorithms with minimal server impact Modpack Ready: Extensive filtering options for mod compatibility

Example Configurations

Hardcore Survival: High multipliers with fast day scaling Balanced Challenge: Moderate buffs with dimension-specific tweaks
Boss Preparation: Dimension-locked extreme scaling for end-game areas PvP Server: Disable harmful effects, focus on attribute scaling

🔧 Technical Details

• Server-Side: Core logic runs server-side for multiplayer compatibility
• Client Effects: Visual effects handled client-side for smooth performance
• Memory Efficient: Uses WeakHashMap caching and optimized tick handling
• Error Resilient: Comprehensive error handling prevents crashes
• Reflection Safe: Careful use of reflection with fallback mechanisms

🎮 Perfect For

• Players seeking progressive difficulty scaling
• Modpack developers wanting customizable mob enhancement
• Servers needing balanced late-game challenge
• Anyone tired of trivial mob encounters after early game

📦 Available For

• Fabric: Full feature parity with Fabric API integration
• NeoForge: Complete NeoForge implementation with advanced features
• Both versions maintain identical functionality and configuration options

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Ready to face truly challenging mobs? Download BuffMobs and experience Minecraft combat like never before!