Archers of Decay

Adds Wither Skeleton archers to the Nether, inspired by Minecraft Dungeons! Created for PaperMC version 1.18.1.

Introduction

Tired of boring regular skeleton archers wandering the soul sand plains? Want to add more excitement to your game? Archers of Decay is exactly what you need!

Key Features

• Some skeleton archers in the Nether are replaced with Wither Skeleton archers! (Configurable)
• Wither Skeleton archers no longer shoot fire arrows without an enchanted bow! (Configurable)
• Wither Skeleton archers now fire arrows with the Wither effect! (Configurable)
• Configurable Wither effect level and duration based on world difficulty!
• Adds uncraftable arrows with the Wither effect that can drop from the new archers! (Configurable)
• Custom localization files (Place in plugins/ArchersOfDecay/lang/ folder)

Important Notes

Warning: Wither archers are not to be taken lightly! Be careful when configuring the plugin, as it's very easy to make them incredibly difficult to defeat!

Default configuration settings are tuned according to game difficulty, but feel free to experiment!

Configuration

The default configuration file contains the following parameters:

# Don't touch this.
_version: 1
# Localization for translating chat messages.
# Default value: en_US.
locale: "en_US"
# Chances of replacing skeletons in the Nether with Wither Skeleton archers.
# Settings from 0 to 1, separated by difficulty levels.
spawnChances:
  # Easy difficulty.
  # Default value: 0.1, meaning 1 in 10 spawns.
  easy: 0.1
  # Normal difficulty.
  # Default value: 0.5, meaning 1 in 2 spawns.
  normal: 0.5
  # Hard difficulty.
  # Default value: 1, meaning all spawns.
  hard: 1
# Whether Wither Skeletons can shoot fire arrows regardless of bow enchantment.
# Matches vanilla functionality.
# Default: false.
flamingArrows: false
# Whether armor transfers from skeleton to Wither Skeleton.
# Can lead to extremely powerful Wither Skeletons!
# Default: false.
transferArmor: false
# Whether Wither Skeletons fire arrows with the Wither effect.
arrowsOfDecay:
  # If true, Wither Skeletons will fire arrows with the Wither effect.
  # Default: true.
  enabled: true
  # Wither effect duration in ticks.
  duration:
    # Easy difficulty.
    # Default: 0.
    easy: 0
    # Normal difficulty.
    # Default: 200, or ten seconds.
    normal: 200
    # Hard difficulty.
    # Default: 100, or five seconds.
    hard: 100
  # Wither effect level for arrows.
  effectLevel:
    # Easy difficulty.
    # Default: -1.
    easy: -1
    # Normal difficulty.
    # Default: 0.
    normal: 0
    # Hard difficulty.
    # Default: 1.
    hard: 1
# Whether Wither Skeleton archers drop arrows on death.
dropArrows:
  # Whether arrows drop if a Wither Skeleton has a bow.
  # Will drop as "Uncraftable Tipped Arrow" with Wither effect if arrows of decay are enabled.
  # Default: true.
  enabled: true
  # Whether dropped arrows are normal or tipped with the Wither effect.
  # Wither effect levels depend on difficulty.
  # Default: false, initially set to true.
  dropTippedArrows: true
# Whether to show debug output in the console.
# Default: false.
debug: false

Permissions

The plugin provides only one permission:

• archersofdecay.admin: Allows a user or group to reload the plugin configuration file. Defaults to operators only.

Commands

The plugin provides several commands:

• archersofdecay: Allows a user to view information about the plugin, including configuration for the current world difficulty!
  • Aliases:
    • aod
    • archers
• archersofdecay reload: Allows a user or group with archersofdecay.admin permission to reload the plugin configuration.
  • Aliases:
    • aod reload
    • archers reload