Caving

A Bukkit/Minecraft (aka server-side only) plugin for quick and scary games

What's the most boring stuff in Minecraft? Oh it's easy: branch mining! And what's instead thrilling? Caving!

If you're like me, then you'll probably like this Bukkit plugin: Caving. It's an attempt to make Survival mode a little bit more challenging without going too far from Vanilla Minecraft.

At the moment it's tuned for a team for 2-6 people playing together and aiming at killing the dragon, but if it will be appreciated, I would work on a new, improved and more customizable version, suitable for a greater number of participants.

So what's happening here? Following is a list of all the changes I applied with this plugin.

Misc enhancements

• You cannot brew Fire Resistance potions, making the nether more dangerous
• You cannot wear pumpkins, making the End more dangerous

Empowered enemies

• Skeletons could sometimes spawn as a frightening variant, throwing explosive arrows at you. You can recognize them because they always wear mail helmets.
• Zombies could sometimes spawn stronger than the normal, performing really dangerous melee attacks. They wear mail helmets too.
• Spiders can paralyze, making you unable to move or jump for a few seconds. Hope there's no creeper around..
• Witches can sometimes throw dangerous harm potions to you
• Charged creepers can sometimes spawn naturally
• Ghasts can sometimes create lava with their projectiles
• Endermen can spawn as a "gorgone" version, which makes you blind and confused for a few seconds on aggro. This kind of Enderman could drop ender pearls, while standard ones could drop diamonds instead (so it's better to search for pearls in the huts - see below)
• Wither skeletons now applies a wither effect that lasts longer
• Pigmen works as always, but they can drop diamonds, so... what about killing some of them to make that chest you really want?
• Blazes are the same, but remember, you cannot brew fire res potions
• Silverfishes are not changed either, but they are a frequent encounter in warriors' huts (see below) Finally, the ender dragon now can gain health from the damage he causes to players

New combat mechanics

• Sneaky attacks: beware of this insidious attack that comes with no warning! A single zombie, skeleton or witch can spawn really close to you, even during the day! That's scary..
• Ambush: sometimes you will heard a noise behind you... that's probably an ambush! Now you have just a few seconds to prepare yourself to defend against a team of angry skeletons, zombies and endermen.. or you will die!

Warrior's Huts

In naturally generated caves, you will find easily the mysterious huts. These are easy-recognizable cobblestone buildings which contain a chest filled with useful stuff (armors, weapons, tools, enchantment books, ...even food!) and also ender pearls. You will have to search for them if you want to proceed to the dragon, but beware of the dangerous mob spawners inside.

For developers

This is my first plugin, so be patient. It's not the most efficient one and it contains several bugs (I am aware of this); I will probably find some time to improve it in the future. Nevertheless, I think it was a good way to start, because I explored many aspects of bukkit development, so I am proud of it in some ways.

Source code is available here

What not to do with this plugin

In the configuration file you can change every param of the plugin functionalities. Here is something you should not try if you want to last more than 3 minutes:

• Change spawn rate of all enhanced monsters to 100%
• Reduce time between ambushes and sneaky attacks
• Increase warriors' huts spawn chance
• Try to survive and enjoy your new "Super Hostile" (© Vechs) world