Dark Doppelganger Changelog

Unreleased — Shadow Altar Update

Added

• Added the craftable Shadow Altar block.
• Added a custom block model and texture for the Shadow Altar.
• Added a crafting recipe using Obsidian, Eyes of Ender, Crying Obsidian, and a Lodestone.
• Added support for placing a Shadow Orb on top of the altar.
• Added a five-second summoning ritual with particles, sounds, and a floating rotating orb.
• Added a config option that controls whether the altar only works in The End.
• Added safe Doppelganger spawning beside the altar.
• Added Shadow Orb recovery when an active altar is broken.

Changed

• The Doppelganger is now summoned through the Shadow Altar.
• The player who places the Shadow Orb on the altar is the player copied by the Doppelganger.
• Doppelganger summoning now uses the player’s UUID to preserve the correct summoning target.
• The summon command and altar now use the same shared boss creation logic.
• Creative mode players no longer consume or duplicate Shadow Orbs during the ritual.

Removed

• Removed the old Shadow Orb throwing behavior.
• Removed the old requirement to throw the Shadow Orb into the void.
• Removed the old End void detection summoning system.

Configuration

[summoning]
# When true, the Shadow Altar can only summon the Dark Doppelganger in The End.
altar_end_only = true