Project Hero

Project Hero 0.13.18 -- APOKOLIPS INVASION: the Darkseid Raid + random-power serums

=== NEW RAID: APOKOLIPS INVASION === An endgame co-op raid for up to 8 heroes. It never starts on its own -- you open the way.

HOW TO START

• Craft a Boom Tube Beacon: Nether Star + 4 Supervillain Tokens + 2 Echo Shards + 3 Crying Obsidian (rematch recipe: Nether Star + 4 Omega Shards + 4 Crying Obsidian).
• Use it. Every survival player within 48 blocks joins the raid (max 8), the sky burns Apokolips red and a 64-block arena opens. Others can still join until Darkseid is down to half health -- then the roster seals.
• Leave the arena and you are pulled back after 6 seconds. Flight is NEVER disabled.

THE INVASION

• Wave 1: Parademons pour through Boom Tubes.
• Wave 2: Parademon gunners join -- they hover level with flyers and lead their shots.
• Wave 3: Elites and Brutes lead the final assault.

DARKSEID -- LORD OF APOKOLIPS

• He steps out of a giant Boom Tube. 3,000 HP (+600 per extra hero).
• Shielded by FOUR MOTHER BOXES around the arena. Right-click a box and stay next to it for 10 seconds to disrupt it. Leave one alone for 90 seconds and it OVERLOADS: he heals, it explodes, Parademons pour out and the ground burns.
• PHASE 1: fists and a two-handed hammer, the Godly Ground Slam (the ring on the ground is its reach -- it hits flyers 10 blocks up), OMEGA BEAMS that curve after you (blocks stop them, sharp turns make them overshoot), the Omega Barrage (circles where you are AND where you're running), Darkseid's Grip (break line of sight -- and your team can free a gripped ally by hitting him hard), the Omega Teleport, the Apokoliptian Charge and Boom Tube reinforcements.
• PHASE 2 (60%) -- OMEGA EFFECT: faster, stronger, and the OMEGA BEAM SWEEP -- a knee-high beam that turns a full circle. Jump it, fly over it, or hide behind blocks.
• PHASE 3 (25%) -- OMEGA RAGE: the arena burns, two sweep beams, and OMEGA ANNIHILATION every ~45 seconds: one hero is marked, Darkseid charges for 5 seconds -- hit him hard enough (the boss bar shows how close you are) to stagger him for a big damage window. Fail and an arena-wide Omega blast hits everyone (cover halves it).
• Dying isn't the end: respawn and return after 25 seconds. The raid is only lost if every hero is down at once.
• After 15 minutes he SOFT-ENRAGES instead of wiping you: stronger every few minutes, more Parademons, and Mother Boxes switching themselves back on.

REWARDS (for every official participant)

• Darkseid's Omega Core (guaranteed) and 1-3 Omega Shards (likely) -- crafting materials.
• Mother Box (rare): sneak-use to attune, use to Boom Tube home -- any dimension, 2 minute recharge.
• Darkseid's Omega Relic (very rare): 24 charges of homing Omega Beams. Nobody gets Darkseid's powers.
• Advancements: Anti-Life (defeat Darkseid) and Apokolips Falls (defeat him with no Mother Box overloads).
• Custom Darkseid and Parademon models. Everything is tunable in config/projecthero_darkseid.json.

=== NEW: RANDOM-POWER SERUMS === Drink one and it grants a random power you don't have yet:

• Mutagenic Serum -- a random Experimental power.
• Heroic Serum -- a random Hero-Tier power (any of the 10 heroes, or the Symbiote).
• Prismatic Serum -- ANY power at all. They add to your powers like stacking one (a mutation needs a free slot, a hero power takes a Primary slot). If nothing new can be granted, the serum isn't used up.

=== GUIDE & MENUS ===

• Guidebook: new "Apokolips Invasion (Darkseid)" chapter under World Events; the random serums are in the Mutation System chapter.

• Superheroes creative tab: all the new raid items, Darkseid/Parademon spawn eggs and the three serums.

• Admin: /projecthero raid start|end|advancetimer darkseid.

• 410 automated tests pass.