Combat Expanded

This module adds custom modifiers to armor, weapons, and mobs as well as a ramping difficulty curve the longer you survive.

Combat Expanded

Module Type	Stand Alone
Created by	Thanathor
Compatible MC Versions	1.19

Features

Combat Expanded expands on the game's difficulty. Mobs will be given additional stats and gear scaling over time. This gear can be dropped for the player as Unidentified weapons or armor.

Mobs

As a player stays alive in the world for longer the mobs that spawn around them will grow in strength. Mobs will spawn with higher health, damage, movement speed and with better armor and weapons.

Mobs will receive additional bonusses depending on what biome they spawn in.

Biome Modifiers

Biome	Modifier		Added Difficulty
Snowy Plains	Snowy		Low
Ice Spikes	Snowy		Low
Snowy Taiga	Growth	Snowy	Medium
Snowy Beach	Snowy		Low
Grove	Growth	Snowy	Medium
Snowy Slopes	Mountainous	Snowy	Medium
Jagged Peaks	Mountainous	Snowy	Medium
Frozen Peaks	Mountainous	Snowy	Medium
Windswept Hills	Mountainous		Low
Windswept Gravelly Hills	Mountainous		Low
Windswept Forest	Mountainous		Low
Taiga	Growth		Low
Old Growth Pine Taiga	Growth		Low
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	Growth		Low
Stony Shore	Mountainous		Low
Plains			None
Sunflower Plains	Flowering		Medium
Forest			None
Flower Forest	Flowering		Medium
Birch Forest			None
Old Growth Birch Forest			None
Dark Forest	Growth		Low
Swamp	Toxic		High
Mangrove Swamp	Toxic	Growth	Very High
Jungle	Toxic		High
Sparse Jungle			None
Bamboo Jungle	Toxic		High
Beach			None
Mushroom Fields
Meadow	Mountainous		Low
Stony Peaks	Mountainous		Low
Desert	Burned		Medium
Savanna	Burned		Medium
Savanna Plateau	Burned		Medium
Windswept Savanna	Burned	Mountainous	High
Badlands	Burned		Medium
Wooded Badlands	Burned		Medium
Eroded Badlands	Burned	Mountainous	High
River			None
Frozen River	Snowy		Low
Warm Ocean	Reef		Medium
Lukewarm Ocean			None
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	Deep		Low
Ocean			None
Deep Ocean	Deep		Low
Cold Ocean			None
Deep Cold Ocean	Deep		Low
Frozen Ocean	Snowy		Low
Deep Frozen Ocean	Deep	Snowy	Low
Dripstone Caves			None
Lush Caves	Flowering		Medium
Deep Dark
The Void

Modifier Effects

Modifier	Effects
Dark	Mobs are slightly stronger. Creepers have a higher blast radius.
Burned	Mobs are weaker but faster. Husks spawn in large swarms. High chance of Fire Aspect and Flame enchantments.
Deep	Drowned are more powerful.
Flowering	Zombies have lower health but respawn when killed. Slimes are larger and spawn more often.
Growth	Mobs are weaker but spawn in small groups. Skeletons use melee weapons. High chance of Projectile Protection enchantment.
Mountainous	Mobs are stronger but spawn less. High chance of Knockback and Punch enchantments.
Reef	Drowned are much more powerful and spawn with tridents more often.
Snowy	Mobs are slower but healthier. Most attacks will apply Slowness.
Toxic	Mobs are weaker but apply Weakness and Poison. Spiders spawn in larger groups.

Spawners

Mobs spawned from spawners do not benefit from any modifiers. Mobs are considered spawner spawns if they spawn in the air.

Blaze, Drowned, Slimes, Magma Cubes, Phantoms, Shulkers, Ghasts, Guardians, and Elder Guardians will gain modifiers even if spawned from a spawner.

Items

Obtaining and Identification

Custom weapons and armor are dropped with the same rate as naturally spawned equipment at 8.5%, scaling with looting. Any items dropped like this will be prefixed with "Unidentified" and will work identical to their vanilla counterpart.

Unidentified items can be identified to unlock their special effects. Weapons are always identified on their first use damaging any mob or player while armor needs its activation requirement to be fulfilled (armor with the "equipped" requirement is identified immediately).

On identification a sound will play, and the item will restore half of its lost durability, the Unidentified prefix is replaced with the name of the modifier (unless the item was renamed).

Weapons

Possible Weapon Modifiers
Weapon	Passive Effects	On-Hit Effects	Rarity
Deliberate	+0.5-2.0 Attack Damage -0.2-0.5 Attack Speed		common
Swift	-0.5-2.0 Attack Damage +0.2-0.5 Attack Speed		common
Light	-0.5-2.0 Attack Damage +5-20% Movement Speed		common
Heavy	+0.5-2.0 Attack Damage -5-20% Movement Speed Knockback I/II Enchant		common
Flaming	-0.5-2.0 Attack Damage Fire Aspect III/IV/V Enchant		common
Venomous	-0.5-2.0 Attack Damage	Either: Poison I/II (0:08) Poison I (0:30)	common
Crippling	-0.2-0.5 Attack Speed	Slowness I/II/III and Weakness I (0:04)	common
Spectral	-0.5-2.0 Attack Damage	Glowing (0:30) If the target did not have Glowing: Wither II/III/IV (0:10)	common
Ascended	-0.5-2.0 Attack Damage	Levitation VI/VIII/X (0:01)	rare
Resonating	1 Attack Damage	Two seconds after the hit: Target is dealt 4/6/8 damage ignoring armor and resistances	rare
Chaotic	-0.2-0.5 Attack Speed Is randomly enchanted	If weapon is enchanted: Change enchantments to new random ones (level 15-40)	rare
Yearning	+0.5-2.0 Attack Damage	Apply to wielder: Saturation (0:01) Hunger X (0:15)	rare
Divine	0.5 Attack Damage -0.2-0.5 Attack Speed	Instant Heath I/II/III	epic
Demonic	x1.5 Attack Damage	Apply to wielder: Wither (0:01)	epic

Armor

Possible Armor Modifiers
Armour	Passive Effects	Activation	Active Effects	Rarity
Scouting	-0.5-2.0 Attack Damage	No damage taken for 4 seconds	+10-25% Movement Speed	common
Focused	-10-25% Attack Speed	No damage taken for 4 seconds	+1-4 Attack Damage	common
Shielded		No damage taken for 4 seconds	Absorption I/II/III taking any damage fully removes the effect	common
Sly	-1-3 Armor	No damage taken for 4 seconds	Invisibility Jump Boost I/II	rare
Overwhelming	+2-8 Attack Damage +20-50% Attack Speed +10-40% Movement Speed	No damage taken for 4 seconds	Wither II (0:01)	epic
Thorny	Enchanted with Thorns I/II	Health below 50% of max	Thorns set to level XIV/XV/XVI/XVII Has no effect if the armor does not have the Thorns enchantment	common
Berserkers	-1-3 Armor	Health below 50% of max	+1-4 Attack Damage	common
Rejuvenating	-5-20% Movement Speed	Health below 50% of max	Regenerate half a heart, cooldown of 2.4/3.2/4.0/4.8 seconds	common
Soothing		Health below 50% of max	Instant Health I/II/II within 1.75/2.25/3 blocks respectively Players receive one level lower instead Players within 3 blocks gain Regeneration II (0:04) Can only occur once per Minecraft day	rare
Dashing	-5-20% Movement Speed	Health above 50% of max	Speed & Hunger ramping from level I to V every 5 seconds as long as the wearer keeps sprinting Every additional Dashing piece reduces the time between steps by 50%	common
Poised		Health above 50% of max	+10-25% Attack Speed	common
Solid	-5-20% Movement Speed	Health above 50% of max	+1-3 Armor +1 Knockback Resist	common
Vigorous		Health above 50% of max	Mining Fatigue /Poison /Wither immunity Hunger /Blindness /Nausea /Weakness immunity	rare
Custodians		Health above 50% of max	Players except the wearer within 12 blocks have Resistance II Any damage reduced by this effect (up to 4 per player per 0.8 seconds) is dealt to the wearer, ignoring armor and resistances	epic
Vampiric	-1-3 Armor	After killing an entity	Regenerate half a heart. Can only happen once every 0.8 seconds Additional Vampiric pieces stack the effect	common
Reckless	-1-3 Armor	After killing an entity	+10-25% Attack Speed (0:04) +5-20% Movement Speed (0:04)	common
Chilling	-10-25% Attack Speed	After killing an entity	Freeze mobs within 8 blocks for 1-2 seconds. Level II effect also applies Wither IV over duration	common
Devouring	+0.01-0.03 Attack Damage	After killing an entity	Permanently increase this pieces Passive Effect by 0.01-0.03, up to 3-6 Attack Damage. Can only happen once every 0.8 seconds	rare
Satiated	+3-6 Attack Damage			rare
Retaliatory		Taken damage within 2.4 seconds	+1-4 Attack Damage +10-25% Attack Speed	common
Guarding	-5-20% Movement Speed +1 Knockback Resist	Taken damage within 2.4 seconds	+1-3 Armor	common
Stalling		On taking damage	Resistance I/II/III (0:02) to all entities within 2 blocks	common
Reactive	-1-3 Armor	On taking damage	Absorption I/II/III (0:03), additional Reactive pieces stack the effects level Effect does not trigger when taking damage to yellow Absorption hearts	rare
Vorpal	+1 Knockback Resist	On taking damage	Teleport to a random location within 16 blocks	epic
Expelling		On taking damage	Clear all effects and store them in a lingering potion that is dropped at the wearers feet, has a cooldown of 1 minute per Expelling piece	epic
Lunar		Night-time	Depending on the moon phase add 0/1/2.5/5/10% to Attack Damage, Attack Speed, Movement Speed and Armor Full moon grants the highest level of effect, new moon the lowest	common
Gloomy	-5-20% Movement Speed	Night-time	Slowness I/II/III (0:02) to entities except the wearer within 6 blocks	common
Nocturnal		Night-time	+1-4 Attack Damage +5-20% Movement Speed	common
Umbral	-1-3 Armor	Night-time	Resistance IV as long as the wearer has hunger haunches Taking damage applies Hunger C (0:01)	rare
Canine	-1-4 Attack Damage	Equipped	Spawn an invulnerable wolf that deals 4 damage to aid the wearer. Commanding the wolf to sit will cause it to lose aggro Feeding the wolf will grant it strength for 60 seconds Additional Canine pieces will spawn more wolves if the wolf is named it will drop its nametag on despawning	common
Bolstering	-3/6 Attack Damage	Equipped	Strength I/II (0:02) to players except the wearer within 5 blocks	common
Radiant		Equipped	A constant light will follow the wearer Crouching will grant the Glowing effect and will pulse a light at the wearer	common
Merchants		Equipped	Spawn a Wandering Trader if it is daytime, this effect can only occur once per minecraft day	rare
Challengers	Enchanted with Curse of Vanishing	Equipped	Raise the wearers difficulty score by 1, this can exceed the normal cap of 10. Additional Challengers pieces stack the effect	epic

Advancements

Advancement	Requirement
Hidden Power Identify a weapon or piece of armor looted from a mob	Identify a weapon or piece of Unidentified armor
True Survivor Stay alive for 10 days in a row	Survive for over 9 full minecraft days (3 hours)
Full Potential Wear a full set of identified armor and a weapon to go with it	Wear an Identified armor piece in each slot and hold an Identified weapon in your mainhand (the armor does not have to be active)
Give Me More! When tough is not good enough	Wear a piece of Challenger armor
Sentinel Give your life defending your allies	Die from self-damage from the Custodians armor

Technical Details

Difficulty Calculation

Each player has their own Difficulty Score, based on the Minecraft days they have spent in the world in total (Dt) and the Minecraft days they have spent since their last death (Da). Both of these values are capped at 10.

The formula for the Difficulty Score depends on the world difficulty.

Easyː ROUND((Dt*Ds-4)/14), Difficulty Score is capped at 7

Normalː ROUND((Dt*Ds-2)/13), Difficulty Score is capped at 8

Hardː ROUND((Dt*Ds)/10), Difficulty Score is capped at 10

Mob Changes

Mobs can be given bonus points to some of their stats, these points are then randomized between 0 and their current value based on normal distribution and stat buffs are applied:

• Max Health: each point corresponds with +2 health, capped at +30
• Attack Damage: each point corresponds with +0.5 damage, capped at +7
• Movement Speed: each point corresponds with +2% speed, capped at +30%
• Armor: each point corresponds with +1 armor, capped at +7
• Armor Toughness: each point corresponds with +5 toughness, capped at +35

Mobs will use the Difficulty Score of the nearest player upon spawning.

General Mob Modifiers
Mob	Effects	Stat Points per Difficulty Score	Effects at Difficulty >=4	Effects at Difficulty >=8	Effects at Difficulty >=11
Zombie/Husk/Drowned		+1 Max Health +1 Attack Damage +1 Movement Speed	+1 Armor +1 Armor Toughness Can spawn with Axes	+2 Attack Damage +1 Movement Speed +2 Armor	Spawn a second Zombie/Husk/Drowned Double drop rate of worn gear
Skeleton/Stray		+1 Max Health	+1 Armor Toughness	15% chance for harming tipped arrow	Enchanted with a random level of power Double drop rate of worn gear
Spider/Cave Spider		+1 Max Health +1 Attack Damage +1 Movement Speed	+2 Movement Speed		+6 Movement Speed
Creeper		+1 Movement Speed	+1 Max Health per Difficulty Score above 3		+4 Armor
Magma Cube/Slime		+1 Max Health		+5% chance to grow to size 4	+10% chance to grow to size 4 +5% chance to grow to size 5
Enderman	If in The End: +4 Max Health +4 Attack Damage +4 Movement Speed	+2 Max Health +2 Attack Damage +2 Movement Speed	+2 Armor	+5 Attack Damage	+3 Armor +8 Movement Speed
Phantom	-50% Max Health if difficulty score <4			+2 Attack Damage 5% chance to grow 2 sizes	Spawns in swarms of 4, of which 2 grow one size
Wither Skeleton		+1 Max Health +1 Attack Damage +1 Movement Speed	5% chance to spawn with bow and wither tipped arrows	+3 Attack Damage	+5 Max Health +3 Attack Damage +2 Movement Speed
Piglin/Zombified Piglin		+1 Max Health +1 Attack Damage +1 Movement Speed		+4 Max Health	+2 Max Health +5 Attack Damage +5 Armor +1 Armor Toughness
Ghast	Does not gain any Stat Points		+5% chance to spawn another Ghast	+10% chance to spawn another Ghast	spawn another Ghast the chance to spawn another still applies
Blaze	-75% Attack Damage if difficulty score <4 This only affects the melee attack	+1 Armor		+5 Armor	+4 Attack Damage +2 Armor Toughness
Other		+1 Max Health +1 Attack Damage +1 Movement Speed	+2 Armor	+2 Armor	+3 Armor

Biome Specific Mob Modifiers
Biomes	Effects on any mob	Effects on Zombies/Husks/Drowned	Effects on Skeletons/Stray	Effects on Spiders/Cave Spiders	Effects on Creepers	Effects on Slimes	Effects on Endermen
Dark	+3 Max Health +3 Attack Damage +3 Movement Speed	+1 Armor Toughness +25% chance to spawn reinforcements 15% chance to spawn with an Unidentified Pickaxe	+2 Movement Speed	Spider: 5% chance on Invisibility	+1 Blast Radius
Burned Desert Savanna Savanna Plateau Windswept Savanna Badlands Wooded Badlands Eroded Badlands	+3 Movement Speed	50% chance of fire aspect enchantment Husk: -65% Max Health -25% Attack Damage Spawns in swarms of 7-12 Husks	40% chance of Flame enchantment	50% chance of Fire Resistance	25% shorter fuse (22 seconds)
Deep Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Deep Cold Ocean Deep Frozen Ocean	+1 Armor Toughness	Drowned: +4 Attack Damage
Flowering Sunflower Plains Flower Forest Lush Caves		-25% Max Health Drops a burnable 'spore' on death that respawns the mob after 8 seconds, respawned mobs only rarely drop another spore		Lush Caves: 50% chance to be replaced with 4 silverfish	15% chance to be invisible until lit 25% longer fuse (37 seconds)	15% chance to increase in size, twice	50% chance to be replaced with a slime
Growth Snowy Taiga Grove Taiga Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Dark Forest Mangrove Swamp	80% chance of projectile protection enchantment	-25% Max Health -15% Attack Damage Spawns in groups of 4	Spawns with melee weapons	Spawns another (cave) spider 50% chance to spawn a third		Grow 2 sizes Spawn 3 slimes one size smaller
Mountainous Snowy Slopes Jagged Peaks Frozen Peaks Windswept Hills Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Forest Stony Shores Meadow Stony Peaks Windswept Savanna Eroded Badlands	+2 Attack Damage	+2 Armor +2 Attack Knockback 40% chance of Knockback enchantment -100% chance to spawn reinforcements	30% chance of Punch enchantment	Jump Boost II
Reef Warm Ocean	50% chance of depth strider enchantment	40% chance to spawn with a Trident
Snowy Snowy Plains Ice Spikes Snowy Taiga Snowy Beach Grove Snowy Slopes Jagged Peaks Frozen Peaks Frozen River Frozen Ocean Deep Frozen Ocean	+4 Max Health -15% Movement Speed	Attacks apply: Slowness (0:15) at Difficulty Score of <=3 Slowness (0:30) at Difficulty Score of 4 - 8 Slowness II (0:30) at Difficulty Score of >=9	Stray: slowness III arrows
Toxic Swamp Mangrove Swamp Jungle Bamboo Jungle	-25% Attack Damage	Attacks apply: Weakness (0:15) at Difficulty Score of <=3 Weakness (0:30) at Difficulty Score of 4 - 8 Weakness II (0:30) at Difficulty Score of >=9	Poison II (0:05) and Weakness (0:05) arrows	Spider: spawns 3 cave spiders Cave Spider: attacks apply poison II and hunger instead of poison	Blindness Weakness Nausea	Applies Poison on landing, effect radius depends on size

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History

Version	Date	Change
1.19	22 Aug 2022	Released Combat Expanded