Duskfiend

Duskfiend

You’ll hear it before you see it.

Somewhere far away, a cry echoes through the night, and you can hear it from more than 200 blocks away. That’s the only warning you get. The Duskfiend is out, and it’s looking for you.

It hunts you

Once it finds you, the cry stops and the hunt begins.

• It watches you from the dark. It stands perfectly still about 25 blocks away. All you can see are two glowing eyes.
• Look straight at it and it’s gone. The next moment it’s somewhere else, where you’re not looking.
• Look away and it gets closer. You never see it move.
• It knocks on your door if you hide inside, three slow knocks.
• You hear footsteps behind you. You turn around, and nothing’s there.
• If you’re with friends, it picks whoever is most alone.

Then it attacks

When it’s close and you aren’t looking, it screams and comes at you.

• Your vision goes dark.
• It’s fast: it runs, leaps at you, and jumps over 2-block walls.
• It breaks through wooden doors, trapdoors, fence gates and glass.
• It’s careful: it dodges your sword swings, jumps aside from arrows, and backs off after a hit before coming back.

How to survive

• Light is your only real weapon. Catch it in bright light and it shrieks and flees, but only for 3 nights. Then it comes back.
• Iron doors stop it.
• Walls 3 blocks or taller keep it out.
• Sneaking makes you much harder to notice.
• Sunlight burns it, so you just have to survive until morning.

Rare, and you never know when

It only shows up on some nights, so most nights are quiet. You never know which night it will come.

Details

• Works in multiplayer
• Only one Duskfiend in the world at a time
• No messages on screen, only sounds and darkness
• Its own sounds and animations
• Spawn egg in Creative for testing

How to install

1. Download the .mcaddon file
2. Open it, and Minecraft imports it automatically
3. In your world settings, turn on both packs (Behavior and Resource)