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.
• Added a floating and rotating Shadow Orb during the ritual.
• Added ritual particles and sound effects.
• Added safe Doppelganger spawning beside the altar.
• Added Shadow Orb recovery when an active altar is broken.
• Added a config option to restrict altar summoning to The End.

Changed

• Ported the Shadow Altar system to NeoForge 1.21.1.
• The Doppelganger is now summoned through the Shadow Altar.
• The player who places the Shadow Orb is the player copied by the Doppelganger.
• The summoning player is tracked by UUID.
• The summon command and altar now use the same boss creation logic.
• Creative players no longer consume or duplicate Shadow Orbs.
• Failed summoning attempts no longer consume the Shadow Orb.

Removed

• Removed the old Shadow Orb throwing behavior.
• Removed the 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

• Set altar_end_only to true to restrict summoning to The End.
• Set altar_end_only to false to allow summoning in any dimension.