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Arthropod Phobia Expansions

ArPhEx - The ultimate arthropod phobia horror+RPG mod with powerful "stalker" bosses + realistic arachnids, insects, centipedes, chelicerates, and non-arthropod worms. A hardcore mod with powerful enemies for those brave enough to face the challenge. 

MAJOR VERSION 4.0 CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS

Note that the real life versions of all these arthropods are largely harmless, passive, or even friendly towards humans, and this mod does not intend to accurately represent their behaviours.

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List of all configuration options: 

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Configurations

 

- GECKOLIB REQUIRED.

- To view any mob drops and item recipes ingame, I recommend the "Just Enough Resources" mod.

- For further configuration options, I recommend the compatible "In Control" mod
- Boss bars for boss/miniboss mobs available with the "MiniBoss Boss Bars" mod. 
- All mob spawns are uncommon, optimised as much as possible for a surprisingly lightweight/unobtrusive mod despite its intricate scale.

Suggestions, addons, and modpack additions welcome. My contact details are: v4ll4x@gmail.com or discord username vllaxa.

 

Many awesome modpacks include ArPhEx, like the Cave Horror Project and my new pack, Hellscape.

Plus, check out my other mods! The Obsessed (not released so far), MultiSummon, and more on the way!

 


STALKER BOSSES

Beware the thunder 

Truly overwhelming and ominous forces of nature - Survival will not be easy; these stalking, dweller-like boss entities are death incarnate, possessing advanced mechanics to terrorise and stalk you down from long distances. Ranged weapons (when possible) and high mobility recommended. Hallucination entities foreshadow their rare appearances, marked with a lightning strike. Also summonable, dropping powerful items on death. 

Demon lords originating from another dimension of pure suffering, manifesting as hybrid arthropod abominations.

SPIDER MOTH

Overworld-exclusive spawns during thunderstorms. Avoids spawning near players that have killed it at full power. Like the warden, this entity is something to run from, not try to kill until you become very strong.

Spider Moth Dweller Boss

[BOSS]

Multiple phobias combine to create a nightmarish creature with high mobility, similar to Mothman folklore.

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Moth

 

SCORPIOID BLOODLUSTER

Nether-exclusive spawns during rain+thunderstorm cycles. Avoids spawning near players that have killed it, or haven't warded off the Spider Moth twice.

 [BOSS]

An ominous flying demonic entity that can stalk you in the nether, adding a true horror element there. It is a hybrid of a scorpion and a mosquito.

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Scorpioid_Bloodluster

 

DRACONIC VOIDLASHER

End-exclusive spawns during rain+thunderstorm cycles. Avoids spawning near players that have killed it, or haven't warded off the Spider Moth twice.

Draconic Voidlasher

 [BOSS]

A horrifying demonic entity with telekinetic powers lurks in the end, following you with teleportations. This one is a hybrid of a tailless whip scorpion and a dragonfly.

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Draconic_Voidlasher


COMING SOON - THE TORMENTOR - An absolutely enormous wither storm-like eldritch horror boss. Join the Discord for images of this upcoming entity. 

 

CLICK FOR A LIST OF ALL SPAWNING INFO/BIOMES

Planned additions: An incredibly powerful wither-storm-like boss with spider moth pet and superpowered items as the reward for defeating it), along with two more bosses for an upcoming dimension. Major sound improvements planned, and general further optimisations to existing mechanics.

 

ARTHROPOD EXPANSIONS

This mod features a wide range of high-detail, realistic arthropod mobs, focusing on those likely to induce phobias. Nearly all of them are uncommon, but many of them are strong, so beware if you encounter them!

Next planned mob additions: Ant colony mechanics, scorpion miniboss, flying miniboss, ogre spiders. Continuously improving existing mobs. Arthropod-infested dimension in the works - will include dungeons, plus dungeons are planned for the overworld. Open to suggestions. 

CLICK FOR A LIST OF ALL SPAWNING INFO/BIOMES

 

CURRENT:

Most added mobs can climb walls. Some of them can spawn in large groups. Some are tameable, or spawn in special structures.


Crab Constrictor miniboss

Too big to fit in the image!

Crab Constrictor [MINIBOSS] 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Crab_Constrictor


Spider Reaper miniboss

Spider Reaper [MINIBOSS] 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Reaper


Centipede Evictor Miniboss

Centipede Evictor [MINIBOSS]

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Centipede_Evictor


Spider Prowler miniboss

Spider Prowler [MINIBOSS]

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Prowler


Spider Black Widow Miniboss

Spider Snatcher [MINIBOSS] 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Snatcher


Solifuge Skulker Miniboss

Solifuge Skulker [MINIBOSS] 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Solifuge_Skulker



 

Spider Larvae

Spider Larvae 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Larvae

Spider Flat

Spider Flat 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Flat

Funnel Web SpiderFunnel Burrow

Spider Funnel

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Funnel

Spider Goliath Tarantulas

Spider Goliath 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Goliath

Spider Brood

Spider Brood 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Brood

Spider Jump

Spider Jump

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Jump

Spider Lurker

Spider Lurker 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Spider_Lurker

Giant Centipede

Centipede Stalker 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Centipede_Stalker

Centipede Evictor Larvae

Centipede Evictor Larvae 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Centipede_Evictor_Larvae

Millipede Marauder

Millipede Marauder

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Millipede_Marauder

Moth Moonchaser

Moth Moontracker

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Moth_Moontracker

Locust Landscourge

Locust Landscourge 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Locust_Landscourge

Hornet Harbinger

Hornet Harbinger 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Hornet_Harbinger

Dragonfly Dreadnought

Dragonfly Dreadnought 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Dragonfly_Dreadnought

Butterfly Bewitcher variants

Butterfly Bewitcher 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Butterfly_Bewitcher

Mosquito Morbidity

Mosquito Morbidity

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Mosquito_Morbidity

Long Legs Fly

Long Legs Fly

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Long_Legs_Fly

Fly Festerer

Fly Festerer 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Fly_Festerer

Long Legs

Long Legs

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Long_Legs

Sun Spider Scorpion

Scorpion Striker

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Scorpion_Striker

Maggots

Maggot Larvae

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Maggot_Larvae

Cockroaches

Roach Riverspawn 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Roach_Riverspawn

Rhino Beetle

Beetle Bulwark

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Beetle_Bulwark

Beetles ticks and mites

Beetle/Tick/Mite

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/BeetleTickMite

Giant Ants

Ant Arsonist Variants

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Ant_Arsonist

Termite Tunnelers

Termite Tunneler Variants

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Termite_Tunneler

Silverfish Spectres

Silverfish Spectre 

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Silverfish_Spectre

 

Bloodworms

Bloodworm (only non-arthropod)

Wiki page:

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Bloodworm

 

ITEMS AND DETAILS

Information about the mod items and other details.

ArPhEx includes many items, just as crazy as the mobs that drop them!

You can find a list of all items from the mod on the wiki here, along with all information how to obtain them (recipes, drops, and so on):

https://arphex.miraheze.org/wiki/Items

 

This mod is too complex to fully describe here without overloading the page with information. The wiki provides extensive information about all mobs and items, along with guides. Here is a general overview, plus you can click any item to be directed to its wiki page.

 

Bosses can stalk you anywhere until you kill them, giving a terror effect (screen shaking). You should run the other way if you encounter one, unless you have extremely powerful gear (post-wither/dragon). They are powerful enough to kill wardens, withers, and other strong mod bosses, yet fully possible to defeat with vanilla (ideally ranged) weapons and craftable items that slow them down. Any naturally-spawned version will stalk you down, keeping at a distance until you look at them or walk too close. Once triggered, they run, fly, or teleport towards you aggressively, breaking select blocks in their way, or forcing their way towards you through walls even if they get stuck. If you don't have the powerful tools necessary to kill them, you can usually get rid of them by dying, escaping to another dimension, or running far enough away that they despawn. 

Some of the many powerful items include:

- Bane of The Darkness: Prevents stalker bosses from stealing your health, in addition to providing immunity to darkness effects and slowing the Spider Moth. Very crucial for fighting them - without it, you will have a serious challenge. Works just by being in your inventory.

- Mantle of Vitality: Provides immunity to wither, necrosis, and poison effects.

- Vitality Viewfinder: Hold right click while looking at any mob or player, and it will attempt to lock on and gradually reveal both their health percentage and their total max HP. Healthbars as an item! Or hit a mob with it in your off-hand to gauge your attack damage output as well.

- Silk Slinger and Tarantula Tether grappling hooks: Web slinger crafts from spinnerets dropped by black widow minibosses. Pulls you to walls and lets you hang from them, or pulls entities towards you. You can upgrade it to the more powerful tarantula tether, with double the range and power, plus automatic wall-climbing. You can also left click the top of a nearby block with either item to place a hook on the top, enabling you to rappel down from the block - you can pull yourself back up with spacebar or lock position with double jump.

- Crusher Claw weapon drops from the Crab Constrictor miniboss, providing a dangerous means of forcibly holding any entity in place and squeezing the life out of them. On holding right click, it slowly extends outwards until grabbing a targeted mob, preventing them from getting to you and dealing continuous damage.

- Formic Fireblaster flamethrower item can craft from "Scorch Charges", themselves crafted from "Burning Gland" items dropped by Ant Arsonist (fire ant) mobs, plus Chitin dropped by Millipedes and some beetles. When you hold right click, it blasts out fire, incinerating an unlimited amount of mobs at a time if they are right in front of you, or setting fire to the ground. Perfect for dealing with swarms of arthropods. If used continuously, it will need to cooldown periodically.

Ant Commander item can control worker ants in tamed colonies, directing them to build temporary defensive structures, mine stone, chop trees, and designate areas for them to stay in for these functions.

Weather Sensor item can toggle between two modes on right click - in thunder mode, it glows when a thunderstorm is happening, or in rain mode it glows when it is raining and not thundering.

- Bug Repellant item is craftable with an glass bottle, amethyst, and lapis lazuli. It slows and withers nearby arthropods when placed on the ground, lasting for around a minute. The more max-health the arthropod has, the less it will be affected. 

- Dagger of Dissolution: Crafts from one necrotic fang (drop from funnel web spiders and giant hornets) and one venomous appendage (drop from sun scorpions). Like those mobs, it gives a necrosis effect on hit, acting like the opposite of resistance by amplifying damage taken to the affected entity and making them temporarily more vulnerable to all attacks. 

- Potions of Necrosis brewable with water bottle and necrotic fangs or venomous appendages. Splash, lingering, and arrow variants available.

Necrosis (anti-resistance) damage mutiplier: 

damage amount * ( (effect level + 3) / 2.5 )) / (armour points / 5)

(additionally, armour points ignored unless they exceed 5)

 

Killing stalker bosses gives you powerful crystal and gem items that provide strength when held. They can craft into a wide range of even more powerful unbreakable items.

Alternatively, some minibosses give you shards that can craft into the same items, so even if you have the main bosses disabled in config, you can still get every item.

Killing the Spider Moth boss gives you an abyssal crystal that can craft with other items to produce legendary abyssal tools. These strong tools come with numerous special abilities and glow to warn when you are being targeted for attack. Killing the Centipede Evictor miniboss gives you Abyssal Shards.

  • The abyssal blade is an unstoppable weapon capable of acting as a powerful sword, shield, ranged weapon, mobility item, and general protection item. It has further abilities, like weakening, slowing, and withering enemies, plus providing immunity to withering, necrosis, and darkness effects when held. You can dual wield for extra abilities, or hold an abyssal crystal or dagger offhand for additional powerful abilities.
  • The abyssal pickaxe is an unlimited mining tool capable of breaking two blocks at a time. Right clicking activates the double-break ability temporarily. If you have a Bane of the Darkness in your inventory, the right click also gives a minute of night vision. Right click with the Abyssal Blade (or upcoming Abyss Ascendant - also upgrades the efficiency level) in your offhand while this pickaxe is in your main hand for the option to temporarily switch from a fortune enchantment to silk touch.
  • The abyssal dagger crafts from the dagger of dissolution, serving as an upgraded unbreakable version of that item dealing a higher necrosis level on hit (plus weakness). It glows when targeted like the other abyssal tools, and provides invisibility when attacked along with slowing the attacker. 
  • The block of abyssal crystal crafts from nine abyssal crystals, providing strength 2 to nearby players, more than a beacon.

Killing the Scorpioid Bloodluster boss gives you a fire opal gem that can craft with other items to produce powerful staffs with powerful mobility-based abilities. Killing the Spider Prowler miniboss gives you Fire Opal Shards.

  • The ascendant staff is an unbreakable staff that provides immunity to fall damage when held, along with an ability to float high into the air when right clicked. Left clicking fires projectiles that can give mobs levitation, making it an excellent defensive tool in multiple ways. Holding an ethereal staff in your offhand can boost the ascendant staff, enabling unlimited flight.
  • The ethereal staff is another unbreakable staff that gives you the power to literally walk through walls on right click (crouch to go down), along with providing strong immunity to suffocation when held. You can also use it to extend your jump distance. Hitting the ground places down a portal, then hitting the ground again teleports you back to the portal. Or hit a mob to teleport them to an active portal (portals are temporary) - only works on mobs with less than 100 max hp.
  • The hypnotic hellblaster flamethrower crafts from the weaker formic fireblaster, serving as an upgrade with more range, damage, faster cooldown times, and an ability to avoid damaging pets and items with airborne fire. It also gives fire resistance when held, but not when in lava.
  • The block of fire opal crafts from nine fire opals, providing saturation to nearby players so you no longer even need to eat.
    Combining the two staffs (ethereal in offhand) can provide potentially unlimited flight.

Killing the Draconic Voidlasher boss gives you a void geode that can craft with other items to produce epic gauntlet items with telekinetic abilities, among others. Killing the Spider Reaper miniboss will also give you void geode shards.

  • The force gauntlet is an extremely powerful and useful item that gives you multiple telekinetic abilities. On holding right click, you can pick up mobs and items from a distance, throwing them, moving them around, pulling them in (crouch ability), or pushing them away on left click. Matches telekinetic abilities from shows and films, most notably Star Wars.
  • The chaos gauntlet is another powerful gauntlet that gives you the power to control mobs. Right click towards a mob to activate/deactivate control on them, or left click towards a mob to set/unset it as a target. You can set multiple controls and targets at once! The amount of time you can control for is determined by the maximum health of the entity you are trying to control. Targets last for 15 seconds. In creative mode, this tool functions differently, setting control and target for unlimited durations, plus making the targets automatically aggressive towards the control mobs - enables mob battles! Hit the ground while crouching to remove all nearby chaos effects.
  • The Vengeful Voidseeker crafts from the Formic Fireblaster, serving as an upgrade that can fire long range Void homing projectiles that deal significant damage. Crouch while firing to control them manually instead, and they will continuously follow your look direction.
  • The block of void geode crafts from nine void geodes, providing an ability to survive attacks that would have otherwise killed you, instead teleporting out of the way if you are standing nearby (this has a cooldown).

There are many more items available too, not detailed here.

For example, the Judgement Blaster, Vortex Devastator, and Arthropod Antenna.

Creative-only WIP items include the Abyss Ascendant, Eternal Armour, and Spider Moth Summon.

 

Infernal Armour:

A powerful set of armour harnessing the power of the Abyssal Crystal and Fire Opal. Created through smithing "Infernal Ingots" with netherite armour pieces. These Infernal Ingots smelt from Infernal Shards, crafted with an Abyssal Crystal, a Fire Opal, 2 netherite ingots, and a scorch shard. The infernal armour provides a range of abilities, along with strong protection. All pieces enchantable and unbreakable. Helmet provides immunity to slowness and weakness. Chestplate provides strength and unlimited respiration. Leggings provide a speed boost, especially when sneaking. Boots provide total fall immunity, along with slow falling when sprinting.

The pieces also repulse enemies that hit you - the more pieces you wear, the further it will knock them back. With the full set, it also sets them on fire or gives them wither, plus weak attacks dealing 1 damage or less will not affect/knock you at all (fully blocked). Wearing any piece gives you fire resistance, but for fire resistance in lava you need the full set on. 

Infernal Armour

 

Umbral Armour:

A powerful set of armour harnessing the power of the Fire Opal and Void Geode. Created through smithing "Umbral Ingots" with netherite armour pieces. These Umbral Ingots smelt from Umbral Shards, crafted with a Void Geode, a Fire Opal, 2 netherite ingots, and a scorch shard. The umbral armour provides a range of abilities, along with strong protection. All pieces enchantable and unbreakable. Helmet provides immunity to levitation (crouch to remove) and poison. Chestplate provides a 50% chance to dodge otherwise-fatal blows via teleportation (void protection effect, with cooldown). Leggings provide jump boost, especially when sneaking. Boots provide total immunity to falling into the void, providing a strong levitation effect upon touching the void that you can use to escape - especially useful in the End dimension.

With the full set, you gain an extra ability: Void shield. This shield spins around you, knocking away and damaging any attackers that touch it. Plus, weak attacks dealing 1 damage or less will not affect/knock you at all (fully blocked).

Umbral Armour

  

Spectral Armour:

A powerful set of armour harnessing the power of the Void Geode and Abyssal Crystal. Created through smithing "Spectral Ingots" with netherite armour pieces. These Spectral Ingots smelt from Spectral Shards, crafted with an Abyssal Crystal, a Void Geode, 2 netherite ingots, and one ectoplasm (dropped by silverfish spectres). The spectral armour provides a range of abilities, along with strong protection. All pieces enchantable and unbreakable. Helmet provides immunity to blindness and nausea. Chestplate gives you an absorption effect every 10 seconds, providing you with two extra hearts that can regenerate even without food. Leggings provide a powerful sneak-triggered rechargeable ability to give all nearby entities strong slowness while gaining a burst of invisibility yourself. Boots provide a spectral walking ability, where you can walk on liquids and non-solid objects (but if you jump or crouch, it disables).

The set bonus is a powerful lifesteal ability where the more damage you deal to enemies, the more your health will regenerate. Plus, weak attacks dealing 1 damage or less will not affect/knock you at all (fully blocked).

Spectral Armour

 

There are still more weapons than these! Further weapons upgrades that I have not covered here, and there is much more to the mod. See the wiki for more information.

 

Summoning structures available for the stalker bosses - You need a Bane of the Darkness in your inventory. Then, simply place a block of soul sand atop a block of fermented spider eyes (for Spider Moth), block of scorpion flesh (for Scorpioid Bloodluster), or Block of Fly Flesh (for Draconic Voidlasher), and light it on fire:

Summoning altars for Terror Lords

Enjoy!

ArPhEx takes some inspiration from some of the craziest mods ever made, like Lycanite's mobs, Orespawn, and Chocolate Quest. Plus, takes inspiration from Terraria.

 

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