Ransom(A-90)

Ransomware

• Added a clearer game area boundary that appears as you approach it.
• Improved infection effects on players.
• The STOP sign now also appears on the player's model.
• Added a new coin collection animation.
• Added dangerous glitch blocks that deal damage and encrypt additional inventory slots.

New minigame — Ransom: Stealer

Unopened chests with naturally generated loot can be infected. These chests sometimes glitch — take a closer look before opening them!

Ransom scans the contents and forces you to complete key sequences to save the loot. Each item type is a separate round. A mistake destroys the items, and Ransom can suddenly change keys and throw in traps.

Saved items remain in the chest. Losing every round puts you at risk of a Ransomware attack. Closing the chest does not stop the game, and destroying it triggers Ransomware on the nearest player.

Ransom: Worm — Hijack

Mobs can now be hijacked by Ransom. Naturally spawned mobs have a 5% chance of being hijacked. They can also spread the infection.

• Zombie: slides quickly, watches the player, and sometimes freezes with a STOP sign.
• Drowned: swims quickly while keeping a motionless, glitching pose.
• Creeper: rises into the air, turns into a glitching face, and flies at the player. Its explosion spreads infection but does not destroy blocks.

More hijacked mobs will be added in future updates!

Ransom Hijack

Ransom can now gradually hijack the player. Glitch blocks and attacks from hijacked mobs increase the player's Hijack level. As it rises, interference gets worse: health and hunger displays become misleading, visual anomalies appear, and controls start malfunctioning at high Hijack levels.

The Hijack level decreases over time. Golden apples and killing hijacked mobs speed up recovery. It resets after death.

Configs and commands

• Added settings for Stealer and the chance of chest infection.
• Added an option to disable player Hijack and adjust passive recovery speed.
• Added a biome whitelist for Ransom encounters.
• Added commands to enable or disable natural Ransom encounters for individual players.
• Added commands to view and change the Hijack level, cancel Ransomware, and spawn hijacked mobs.
• /ransom chest lets you create an infected chest with a chosen loot table.