Hollow Steve v1.0.0 Fabric 26.1.2

Initial release of Hollow Steve, a Minecraft horror stalker boss progression mod.

Added

• Added Hollow Steve, a horror stalker boss entity that watches, haunts, and hunts players.
• Added horror progression starting from Day 1.
• Added Day 1 and Day 2 haunting phase:
  • Hollow Steve can appear as an apparition.
  • Hollow Steve can stare at the player.
  • Hollow Steve can vanish when seen.
  • One early Day 1 apparition can hit the player once before disappearing.
• Added Day 3+ hunting phase:
  • Hollow Steve begins attacking for real.
  • Hollow Steve can chase players.
  • Hollow Steve uses long-arm melee attacks.
  • Hollow Steve can vanish and teleport.
• Added 10-phase boss progression:
  • Hollow Steve becomes stronger after every death.
  • Hollow Steve gains more health, damage, speed, reach, and aggression.
  • Phase 10 acts as the final form.
• Added persistent world state:
  • Kill count tracking.
  • Daily spawn lock after Hollow Steve dies.
  • Permanent defeat after 10 kills.
• Added ambient horror anomalies:
  • Fake footsteps
  • Breathing
  • Whispers
  • Growls
  • Glitch-like sounds
  • Smoke particles
  • Soul particles
  • Darkness and slowness effects
• Added cinematic spawn effects:
  • Smoke bursts
  • Soul particles
  • Portal particles
  • Growls
  • Heartbeat sounds
  • Darkness pressure
• Added cinematic vanish effects.
• Added cinematic death and final death effects.
• Added GeckoLib model, texture, renderer, and animations for Hollow Steve.
• Added animations for:
  • Idle
  • Walk
  • Chase
  • Stare
  • Attack
  • Hurt
  • Spawn
  • Vanish
  • Death
  • Final death
• Added anti-cheese behavior:
  • Hollow Steve can destroy boats and similar abuse setups.
  • Hollow Steve can punish hiding behind simple block setups in later phases.
  • Hollow Steve retaliates heavily against mobs that attack him.
• Added player recovery pause:
  • If Hollow Steve kills the player, he vanishes.
  • Hollow Steve pauses haunting for 2 minutes before returning.
• Added reward progression after Hollow Steve deaths:
  • Totems of Undying
  • Healing potions
  • Speed potions
  • Night Vision potions
  • Milk buckets
  • Enchanted netherite armor
  • Powerful enchanted netherite sword
  • Enchanted bow
  • Arrow stacks
  • Enchanted golden apples
• Added final win condition:
  • Kill Hollow Steve 10 times.
  • Trigger final death.
  • Permanently end the Hollow.
• Added admin/debug commands:
  • /hollowsteve status
  • /hollowsteve reset
  • /hollowsteve summon
  • /hollowsteve apparition
  • /hollowsteve soundtest
  • /hollowsteve setkills <0-10>

Notes

• Current loader support: Fabric.
• Required dependencies:
  • Fabric API
  • GeckoLib
• Minecraft version: 26.1.2.
• Java version: 25+.
• Planned loader support: Forge, NeoForge, and Quilt.
• License: All Rights Reserved (ARR).
• Modpacks are allowed as long as the mod is unmodified and credited as Hollow Steve by zynwro.