SporeSRP Mod – Full Feature Guide v1.7.2

This document explains every system controlled by sporesrp-common.toml – covering Global Setting, Evolution, Mob Pools, Conversion, Adaptation, Support, Ecosystem Conversion, Mound, Tracking, Infected Biome, Evolution Points, Mound Support, Proto‑marked Mounds, Proto Skills, Proto Resurrection, Gastgaber Builder, Full Hivemind, Full Hivemind Skills, Full Hivemind Assault, Purification Battle, and HUD. As well as built‑in commands and enchantments.

Important: This mod will attempt to read and modify the configuration file sporeconfig.toml and sporedata.toml of the Fungal Infection: Spore mod. Please ensure that these files exist. The modification is performed only once during the first installation; a backup of the original file is created. If you later manually change the modified lines and wish to revert to the pre‑modification state, delete the marker files sporesrp_mound_modified.marker and sporesrp_data_modified.marker.

1. Global Setting

2. Evolution System

Accumulate “evolution points” by killing/converting entities to advance through phases; all mob attributes scale accordingly.

Higher phases make mobs tougher, but also reward more points and challenge. The cooldown prevents rapid phase skipping.

3. Mob Pools

Lists of entities that can be randomly selected for each rank:

• small – Infected humans, husks, drowned, villagers, witches, pillagers, players, hazmat, vindicators, evokers, etc.
• medium – Knights, griefer, braiomil, busser, thorn, jagd, scavenger, bloater, naiad, leaper, slasher, spitter, volatile, mephitic, gorgon, howler, stalker, brute, nuclea, protector, gargoyle, conductor, chemist, inebriater, saugling, vanguard, reaper, mound, umarmed, usurper, vigil, braurei, verva, delusioner, reconstructor, hivetumor.
• large – Inquisitor, brot, grober, wendigo, ogre, hvindicator, hevoker, proto.
• boss – Sieger, howitzer, stahl, hohlfresser, gazenbreacher, kraken, leviathan, hindenburg, verfall.
• organoids – Special entities (Mound, umarmed, usurper, vigil, braurei, verva, delusioner, reconstructor, proto, hivetumor) excluded from certain conversion mechanics.

4. Conversion System

Converts low‑health vanilla/other mobs into spore creatures.

5. Adaptation System

Mobs gradually gain damage reduction against the damage type they receive.

6. Support System

Mobs have a chance to call reinforcements when killed or injured.

7. Ecosystem Conversion

Spore mobs actively convert nearby blocks into infected variants.

8. Mound System

Mounds are naturally spawned, upgradable structures that serve as spore outposts.

9. Tracking System

10. Infected Biome System

Proto and Mound entities expand infected biomes.

11. Evolution Points

Point gains and penalties – include phase‑based multipliers and 60‑second intervals for periodic rewards:

Phase Point Multipliers:
phasePointMultipliers = [0.2, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0]
These multiply all periodic and kill/convert points based on the current phase – higher phases yield more points.

12. Mound Support (Level‑based Reinforcements)

Mounds automatically summon reinforcements based on their level (1–4).

• levelUpIntervalTicks – Upgrade interval (6000 ticks = 5 minutes)
• scanIntervalTicks – Scan interval for checking conditions (40 ticks) – even if cooldown is over, the mound won't scan every tick.
• supportConfigs – Format per level:
  level:range:minSmall:maxSmall:minMedium:maxMedium:cooldownSeconds:spawnScent(0/1)
  Examples:
  • Level 1: range 15, no small/medium, cooldown 250s, spawns Scent
  • Level 2: range 20, 1–2 small, cooldown 15s, no Scent
  • Level 3: range 30, 1–3 small + 1 medium, cooldown 15s
  • Level 4: range 40, 2–3 medium, cooldown 15s

13. Proto‑marked Mounds

Proto entities actively mark and maintain a set number of Mounds.

14. Proto Skills

Proto possesses five active skills, with a dynamic behaviour switch based on the number of nearby large‑pool mobs.

The threshold (largePoolThreshold) determines whether Proto uses Verva‑focused skills or switches to Delusioners – now set to 7.

15. Proto Resurrection (Death Defiance)

When Proto is killed, it can trigger a powerful counter‑attack, reviving itself and rallying nearby allies.

Mechanics:

• Upon death, Proto checks for nearby LargePool and Boss entities within checkRadius.
• If the count is at least largePoolThreshold, Proto revives with healthPercent of its max health.
• Nearby fungal allies are recalled (speed boosted) and non‑fungal enemies are pushed away.
• Proto gains a short duration of high‑level Resistance.

16. Gastgaber → Builder Conversion

A rare transformation of the Gastgaber entity into a Builder, which collects points and constructs structures.

How it works:

• When a Gastgaber spawns, it has a spawnChance to become a Builder.
• Builders wander and absorb nearby mobs (Small/Medium/Large) to accumulate points.
• Once maxPoints is reached, they build a random structure from the list, consuming all points and entering cooldown.
• They periodically call nearby fungal allies to assist them.

17. Full Hivemind

When enough Proto entities exist and the evolution phase is high, a Full Hivemind can emerge – a superior, unified consciousness commanding the swarm.

Mechanics:

• When the number of Proto entities reaches minProtoCount and the current phase is at least minPhase, one Proto will transform into a Full Hivemind.
• The Full Hivemind has enhanced health (×1.5) and bonus armour.
• It possesses its own set of skills (see next section), distinct from regular Proto skills.

AI Behavior:

Upon spawning, the Full Hivemind generates four tower structures on the surface, one in each cardinal direction (north, south, east, and west). Inside each tower resides a mound named Watcher. As long as any Watcher exists in the world, the Full Hivemind is completely invulnerable to all damage.

Once active, the Full Hivemind begins its core excavation routine:

• Mines a 5×5 area directly beneath itself every 3 seconds, continuing until it reaches Y = -10.
• At that depth, it switches to hollowing out a sphere with a radius of 50 blocks.
• After the sphere is fully excavated, it constructs a three‑layer dome with thicknesses of 1, 2, and 3 (from innermost outward).

In addition, the Full Hivemind possesses significantly stronger stats and a much longer targeting range than the regular Proto, making it a formidable late‑game threat.

18. Full Hivemind Skills

The Full Hivemind uses a similar but upgraded set of five skills, with adjusted cooldowns and ranges.

All skill parameters are configurable under [full_hivemind_skills].

19. Full Hivemind Assault

The Full Hivemind periodically generates assault points based on player activity and time, triggering a wave‑style attack when enough is accumulated.

Mechanics:

• Assault value increases passively over time and when players kill fungal mobs.
• When the accumulated value reaches a threshold, a Full Hivemind Assault triggers near a distant player.
• During the assault, waves of enemies spawn; it ends after maxDuration or when all enemies are defeated.
• After completion, a cooldown period begins.

20. Purification Battle (NEW in v1.7.2)

A new end‑game mechanic where players must hold a position to purify the land, pushing back the fungal infection.

Detailed Mechanics

Overview

The Purification Battle is a defensive event triggered by the player after constructing a specific multiblock structure and placing a beacon on the designated mineral block base. The battle lasts approximately 18 minutes, divided into four phases, each spawning waves of enemies. To succeed, players must defend the beacon and remain within the holding area until the timer expires. Failure occurs if the beacon or the Purification Core is destroyed, or if no player remains in the holding area for an extended period.

Triggering the Battle

To initiate the battle, the player must build a fixed structure:

1. Place a 3×3 base of mineral blocks (iron, gold, diamond, or emerald blocks – any mix is allowed) on the ground.
2. Place a Beacon in the exact center of the base.
3. Place a World Purification Core anywhere within 8 blocks horizontally from the beacon (in any direction).
4. The core must have a direct line of sight to the sky – no solid blocks above it.
5. The area within 5 blocks horizontally from the beacon, and vertically from the beacon's feet up to 6 blocks above, must be clear of obstructions (torches are allowed).

Once everything is in place, place the beacon on the base – the battle begins immediately.

Phases and Waves

The battle consists of four phases, each with its own timer. When a phase timer runs out, the next phase begins, and all remaining enemies from the previous phase are cleared from the world.

Note: All phases exclude organoids – special entities such as proto, mound, verva, usurper, etc. – from spawning.

Wave Spawning

• Mobs spawn 20 to 40 blocks away from the beacon, on solid ground where they can stand.
• A new wave spawns every minute.
• The number of mobs per wave is determined by the current difficulty (see below) and increases over time, but is capped at 30 per wave.

Holding the Area

Players must remain within a defense radius around the beacon – this radius is 6 blocks by default (configurable via playerCheckRadius).

• If at least one player is within the radius, the battle timer progresses normally.
• If no player is inside the radius, the timer pauses and a 30‑second grace period begins.
• If no player re‑enters the radius within those 30 seconds, the battle fails immediately.
• During the grace period, a warning is displayed above the inventory bar every 5 seconds.

Difficulty Calculation

The number of spawned mobs depends on the current difficulty, computed as follows:

• Base difficulty = (number of players in the holding area) / 4, with a minimum of 1.
• If keepInventory is enabled (i.e., no item drop on death), an additional +2 is added to the base.
• A world difficulty multiplier is applied:
  • Peaceful / Easy: 0.6 (though Peaceful likely prevents spawns)
  • Normal: 1.0
  • Hard: 1.4
  • Nightmare (if available): 2.0

The final difficulty is:
Final Difficulty = (Base Difficulty + keepInventoryBonus) × WorldDifficultyMultiplier

• Extra mobs per minute = Final Difficulty × 0.5 + 1
• Base wave size = 4
• Actual wave size = Base + Extra × (minutes elapsed since battle start)
  (capped at a maximum of 30 mobs per wave)

All values are fully configurable in sporesrp-common.toml.

21. HUD Customisation

Allows pack developers to reposition the SporeSRP HUD elements on the screen.

Commands – /sporesrp difficulty

Switch the global difficulty multiplier for SporeSRP. Affects the phase‑based attribute bonuses given to infected entities.

Formula: Final = Base + (Base × (PhaseMultiplier − 1) × DifficultyMultiplier)

Affected attributes: Health, Attack Damage, Movement Speed, Armor, Knockback Resistance.

Usage: /sporesrp difficulty hard

• Takes effect immediately on all existing infected entities.
• Saved per world; persists across restarts.
• Requires operator permission (OP level 2).

Enchantments

1. Fungal Bane

Damage per level: +2.5, +5.0, +7.5, +10.0, +12.5

Conflicts: Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods

2. Frost Aspect

Important: Frostbite prevents the target from using the Adaptation system (damage resistance) while active.

Conflicts: Fire Aspect

3. Frost Shot

Conflicts: Flame (Bow) / Fire Aspect

Summary

SporeSRP v1.7.2 introduces the Purification Battle system – a new end‑game challenge where players fight to reclaim land from the infection – along with HUD repositioning for better customisation. The conversion system is re‑enabled, Proto and Full Hivemind skills have been rebalanced, and the Full Hivemind AI now includes tower-based invulnerability and underground excavation. Combined with evolution, adaptation, support, terrain conversion, resurrection, structure building, assault mechanics, difficulty commands, and enchantments, SporeSRP offers deep, configurable survival challenges. All values in sporesrp-common.toml remain fully customisable for pack developers.