More Difficult Wither Storm

[1.0.0] - 2026-08-26

More Difficult Wither Storm 1.0.0 is the first major release of MDWS. It brings the mod's challenge systems, expanded Wither Storm progression, multiplayer modes, Corrupted World, practice battles, and Pet Wither Storm content together in one release.

Release Highlights

• Storm Escape — create a structured Wither Storm challenge with a protected preparation phase, configurable difficulty, revive limits, invulnerability time, Storm Points, and a dedicated results screen.
• Enhanced Mode — Storm Points can upgrade the Wither Storm from an Impulse Command Block to Chain, Repeating, or Rainbow tiers, increasing the length and danger of the final battle while improving its rewards.
• Gravity reversal — advanced final battles can reverse gravity inside the Wither Storm, with dedicated handling for player movement, entities, the camera, and combat.
• Multiplayer challenges — play Leader Escape, Non-Leader Escape, Hunter Escape, or Hunter Escape: Storm Avatar with lobbies, assigned roles, tracking items, revive rules, and mode-specific victory conditions.
• Playable Storm Avatar — a player can become the Wither Storm, grow by consuming blocks and entities, control tractor beams and head targeting, and gain phase-dependent attributes and abilities. This mode requires Identity, Identity2, or Woodwalkers.
• Corrupted World — explore a custom dimension with corrupted terrain, ores, building blocks, creatures, portals, and the escalating Chronic Wither effect.
• Practice Mode — train against the Withered Symbiont or enter a dedicated final Command Block battle with guided setup and supplied equipment.
• Pet Wither Storm — summon a passive miniature storm, bind it to an owner, feed it through seven growth levels, and unlock a persistent per-pet internal space with a Command Block Workbench.
• New equipment and rewards — added tiered Command Block books, universal equipment upgrades, the Enhanced Amulet, Wither Storm Skull, Enchanted Golden Apple Stew, Corruption Inhibitor, Small F-Bomb, Storm Ingot, Enhanced Flint and Steel, and other storm-themed recipes and blocks.

Improved / Fixed

• Fixed Command Block appearance synchronization throughout the entire Wither Storm encounter. Command Blocks exposed during phases 0–2, fake death, and the final internal battle now retain the selected Chain, Repeating, or Rainbow tier instead of incorrectly reverting to Impulse. This also applies to player-controlled Storm Avatars.
• Fixed player-controlled Wither Storms being unable to enter fake death and continue into the internal battle sequence.
• Fixed Storm Avatars sometimes receiving the Impulse form when the summoned storm used a higher Command Block tier.
• Fixed Withered Symbionts dropping an Impulse Command Block book when the active storm used the Chain, Repeating, or Rainbow tier.
• Fixed Small F-Bomb activation and explosion handling, including its interaction with the phase-7 Wither Storm and Formidibomb behavior.
• Fixed storm lightning rules and target handling.
• Fixed Command Block book ingredient tags so Chain, Repeating, and Rainbow variants are accepted by the appropriate recipes.
• Added the missing animated texture for the Rainbow Command Block book.
• Improved internal synchronization and cleanup across Storm Escape, Practice Mode, Storm Avatar, particles, rendering, and item events.

Compatibility

• Minecraft 1.20.1
• Forge 47+
• Requires Cracker's Wither Storm Mod 4.2.1–4.2.x
• Java 17