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Ready Crossbow

Make the piglins and pillagers attack you directly. Who goes around with an unloaded crossbow? Any mob that uses a crossbow will just shoot you.

ReadyCrossbow 🏹

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ReadyCrossbow is a lightweight Minecraft mod that ensures enemies are always combat-ready. No more grace periods: if a mob spawns with a crossbow, they spawn with it locked and loaded.

🚀 Features

In vanilla Minecraft, mobs like Pillagers or Piglins need to charge their crossbows before their first shot. This mod removes that delay:

  • Auto-Charge on Spawn: Any mob spawning with a crossbow will automatically have a projectile loaded.
  • Instant Aggression: Combat encounters are more dynamic and challenging, as enemies can fire the moment they detect you.
  • Smart State Management: The mod forcefully updates the mob's AI state to "Ready to Attack" if they are holding a charged crossbow, preventing any "waiting" animations.

🛠️ Technical Details

  • Compatibility: Works with any entity implementing the CrossbowAttackMob interface (Pillagers, Piglins, etc.).
  • Performance: Extremely lightweight; logic only triggers during the spawn event and AI tick updates.
  • Platform: Built for NeoForge.
  • Requirement: Java 21 and Minecraft 1.21+.

💻 Installation

Use CurseForge or Modrinth apps to install the mod just search for "ReadyCrossbow" and download the latest version.

Manual Installation

  1. Ensure you have the NeoForge loader installed.
  2. Download the mod's .jar file.
  3. Place it into your Minecraft mods folder.

🥱 Additional information

Want to contribute?

Use this mod, and report bugs or suggestions by joining our Discord or directly on GitHub!

About Us

SteelCodeTeam is an independent development group composed of a core team of three people, plus many other occasional collaborators.

Stay tuned for the latest updates or install guides on our social media!

We sincerely hope you enjoy your trip with us! 🎉

The Ready Crossbow Team

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