Rite Of Returning

Crown of the Spider

• Crown of the Spider now uses the Curios head slot.
• Removed the custom Rite of Returning crown Curios slot.
• Added Curios head item tag support.

Broadsword tentacles

• Broadsword tentacles now retract back to where they grew from after attacking.

Accursed respawn

• Accursed players now immediately respawn instead of getting the normal death screen.
• Non-Accursed players still get the normal death screen and the Begin Accursed Life button.

Shadow Symbiote mob

Added a new mob:

Shadow Symbiote

Features:

• Invisible.
• Emits tiny shadow particles.
• Runs from normal players.
• Does not run from spirit players.
• Can only be bonded by a player in spirit form.
• Right-clicking it in spirit form despawns it and sends:

The symbiote binds to your soul.

Shadow Symbiote spawning

• Shadow Symbiotes spawn anywhere at light level 0.
• Added spawn injection for Overworld, Nether, and End biome tags.

Symbiote bond

• Bond is permanent.
• Persists through death.
• Persists through form changes.
• Cannot be used with the Crown of the Spider.

Symbiote passives

Players with a symbiote:

• Become invisible while crouching.
• Emit small smoke particles while crouched.
• Undead mobs become passive.
• Iron Golems become hostile.
• Villagers run from the player.

Symbiote hunger

If the symbiote does not kill a mob with tentacles for 5 minutes:

• Drains all player mana.
• Blocks mana regeneration.
• Takes half the player’s health.
• Mana regen stays blocked until the symbiote kills again.

Symbiote R ability

Added an R ability:

Shadow Symbiote Tentacle Burst

Originally added as:

• 5 tentacles.
• Grows from the ground.
• Attacks nearby hostiles.
• Retracts after striking.

1.0.32 — Symbiote emergency defense + bigger GUI

Symbiote emergency defense

When a bonded player reaches 25% health or lower, the symbiote releases a defensive shadow explosion.

Effects:

Nearby players: Blindness V
Symbiote player: Speed V
Symbiote player: Regeneration I
Duration: 10 seconds
Cooldown: 5 minutes

Added config values

Added config options for:

• Emergency cooldown.
• Health threshold.
• Radius.
• Blindness duration/amplifier.
• Speed duration/amplifier.
• Regeneration duration/amplifier.
• Particle count.

GUI size update

Made the ritual GUIs bigger:

Old: 224x202
New: 256x230

Updated:

• Ritual Brazier GUI.
• Return Altar GUI.
• Ritual buttons.
• Brazier slots.
• Return Altar slots.
• Player inventory spacing.

1.0.33 — Registry crash fix

Fixed the crash when clicking world selection.

Cause:

• Shadow Symbiote biome modifier was using multiple biome tags in one biomes list.

Fixed by splitting it into:

shadow_symbiote_overworld_spawns.json
shadow_symbiote_nether_spawns.json
shadow_symbiote_end_spawns.json

Symbiotes still spawn in:

Overworld
Nether
End

And still require:

Light level 0

1.0.34 — Hollow Bargains GUI + symbiote improvements

Shadow particles

• Shadow Symbiote particles made slightly larger.
• Shadow mob smoke particles made slightly larger.

Crouch invisibility fix

• Fixed symbiote crouch invisibility not working.
• Symbiote invisibility now applies after curse-state refresh so it does not get overwritten.

Symbiote passive tentacles

Changed passive tentacles to:

Every 30 seconds
6 passive feeding tentacles
16 damage

Symbiote R ability slot

• The symbiote R ability now takes up the R ability slot.
• When bonding, the symbiote reserves R permanently.
• If R had a Hollow Bargain and F is empty, the old R bargain moves to F.
• If both are full, symbiote overwrites R because it is permanent.

Altar of Hollow Bargains GUI

Added a GUI for the Altar of Hollow Bargains.

The GUI shows possible powers:

Soul Vigor
Hollow Mend
Death Ward
Shadow Step
Soul Sight

Added buttons:

Roll to R
Roll to F

Rules:

• Player chooses whether the rolled ability goes to R or F.
• If the chosen slot is full, the roll is refused.

Altar item model

• Added a custom item model/icon for the Altar of Hollow Bargains.

Config values added

Added:

passiveTentacleCooldownTicks = 600
passiveTentacleCount = 6
activeTentacleCount = 5
tentacleDamage = 16.0

1.0.35 — Tentacle origin changes

Changed symbiote tentacle origins:

Passive symbiote tentacles

• Passive feeding tentacles now come from the player.

R ability tentacles

• R ability tentacles still come from the ground in a circle around the player.

Targeting rule

• Each tentacle can only claim one target.
• No two tentacles should target the same creature.

1.0.36 — Symbiote targeting fix

R ability fix

• Fixed the R ability only making 2 tentacles.
• It now creates the full ring of 5 tentacles every cast.
• If fewer than 5 targets are nearby, extra tentacles still appear and retract without hitting anything.

Passive tentacle targeting

Passive symbiote tentacles now target:

All nearby mobs/entities

Instead of only hostile mobs.

They still ignore:

Tamed animals
Tamed horses
Tamed Spider Pals
Allied mobs
Already-claimed targets