RAT's Mischief

About the Mod

RAT's Mischief is an exciting Minecraft addition that transforms rats into your loyal companions, helpers, and friends. The mod introduces a new type of tameable creature - rats that will follow you, protect you, and perform various tasks.

Video Showcase

Video showcase on a Minecraft SMP (RAT's Mischief 2.0)

Gallery

Rat Features

These small creatures spawn in abandoned villages where no villagers remain. By default, rats have a wild coloration, but breeding can produce more fancy color variations.

While each individual rat deals minimal damage, their collective attack becomes deadly since they don't trigger invulnerability periods on enemies. Rats can fetch dropped items and bring them to their owner - this function can be disabled using a special ocarina.

You can pick up rats, throw them, or place them on surfaces. When thrown at a mob, the rat sticks to it and attacks. From the inventory, you can configure automatic return of rats after throwing.

Special Rat Types

Plague Rats - appear when breeding two rats with the same potion effects. They're immune to their carried effect but transfer it to attacked entities. This allows using them for both support and offensive purposes.

Spy Rats - created by combining a rat (as an item) with an Ender Eye and Rabbit Hide. Remotely controlled using a special mirror.

Easter Eggs

Certain names give rats unique appearances: "Rat Kid" (Hat in Time reference, outfit can be changed with dyes), "doctor4t", "astronyu", "Remy" (Ratatouille), "Ratater", "Jerma", and "Biggie Cheese".

Items and Equipment

Rat Pouches

Allow carrying groups of rats. Four types with different capacities:

• Leather - 5 rats
• Twisted - 10 rats
• Purpur - 15 rats
• Rat Master - 20 rats

The Rat Master pouch is crafted in a smithing table from a Purpur Pouch and a Clothed Ingot.

Clothed Ingot

The main material for crafting Rat Master equipment. Found in Ancient City loot chests.

Rat Master Armor

An armor set with diamond-level protection, designed for a "summoner" playstyle. Each armor piece can be configured to provide one of the bonuses:

• +15% to rat damage resistance
• +25% to rat attack damage
• +25% to rat mining speed

A full set prevents damage to your own rats. The hood and pauldrons can be visually toggled.

Rat Master Mask

Hides the player's name tag and prevents damage to your rats. Crafted from a Skeleton Skull and Clothed Ingot.

Curse of the Rat

Books with this curse are found exclusively in Ancient Cities. When applied to Rat Master armor or mask, they transform the player into a rat when health drops below 4 hearts. Effect duration is 10 seconds per cursed item.

Rat Master Ocarina

Allows giving orders to rats:

• Harvest mature crops and plant seeds
• Mine and collect specific block types
• Attack hostile entities
• Breed animals (including other rats)

Also allows toggling the item fetching function.

Rat Master Mirror

Used for remote control of Spy Rats. Crafted from an Ender Eye and Clothed Ingot.

Frequently Asked Questions

Loader Compatibility

The mod is developed exclusively for Quilt. Most Fabric mods work on Quilt without issues. If incompatibility is found, it can be reported to the Quilt team.

Ports to Other Platforms

Ports to Forge or Fabric are not permitted. However, versions for Bedrock Edition are allowed after obtaining written permission from the author.

Updates and Backwards Compatibility

The mod will not be ported to older Minecraft versions. Updates are released as the author's time permits. Community contributions through pull requests are welcome.

Modpacks

The mod can be freely included in modpacks with proper credit and link to the original project.

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