Umbral Tether

A Void-bound charm that pulls you back from death at a price.

Umbral Tether is a single-use charm that cheats death for you. Hold it in your hand, and when a hit would kill you, the Tether shatters and pulls you back to the living instead. If you know the Totem of Undying from Minecraft, this works the same way, with a dark Hytale twist.

How it works

• Keep an Umbral Tether in your hand.
• When a hit would kill you, it cancels the death, shatters and revives you with 50% health.
• Each Tether is used up in one save and doesn't stack.
• There's a 10-second cooldown between saves.

The price of a second chance

Coming back from the Void changes you:

• Invulnerability (10 seconds): you can't be hurt while you recover.
• Swiftness (20 seconds): you get +50% movement speed to get away.
• Void Sickness (1 minute): you take 20% more damage, and a slight purple tint falls over your vision until it wears off.
• Energy fog: a swirling purple mist surrounds your character while the effects last.

Visuals and sound

• The ring glows and pulses, with light travelling from the ring into the crystal.
• A low hum plays while you hold the Tether, and an ominous heartbeat plays every time you equip it.
• The death save has its own sequence: the crystal absorbs energy, cracks, and bursts.
• Press R to inspect it. 

How to get one

Crafting: at a Tier 2 Workbench, in the Tools tab:

• 3x Purple Crystal Shards
• 1x Essence of the Void
• 1x Essence of Life

Drops:

• Hostile mobs have a 5–10% chance to drop 1–2 Tethers.
• Void creatures have a 10–30% chance.

Admin commands

These need the umbraltether.admin permission.

Installation

1. Download the jar.
2. Put it in your UserData\Mods folder (or your server's mods folder).
3. Restart Hytale and enable the mod for your world.

Requires: Hytale 0.6.0 or newer.

Feedback

Found a bug or have an idea? Leave a comment and I'll take a look.

Made by AstroMods.
ENJOY!