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FEATURES

MOVEMENT HAZARD FEATURES

levitation

When standing on ore blocks, the player is given the Levitation effect

platefire

Pressure plates have a slight chance of catching fire when you step on them

slowslab

Slabs and stairs slow you down

zapwater

Water electrocutes you, unless in a boat or under Dolphin’s Grace

zombietrade

If the player opens the trading UI, the relevant villager becomes a zombie after trading is complete

forestfire

Leaves and ice catch fire when you walk on them

snowspeed

Snow makes you go fast

endspeed

End stones make you go fast

tallgrass

Tall grass, ferns, and dead bushes give you poison and slowness on contact

lavalaunch

Touching lava causes you to launch a short distance into the air and gives Haste

sandattack

While standing on the following blocks, sand will constantly fall from above: sand, red sand, sandstone, red sandstone, gravel, end stone

witherrose

All flowers (and berry bushes) give the Wither effect on contact now, or when picked up

classiclava

Lava spreads further in the overworld and the Nether

fall

Taking fall damage causes you to suffer the Slowness and Confusion effects for a bit

axolotl

When an axolotl dies, the nearest player (within 32 blocks) also dies

ghastlava

Ghast fireballs erupt into lava on contact (the lava spawned by this is immune to **classiclava** effects, for reasons of sanity)

temperature

Biomes in extreme temperatures will damage the player if they’re not well-dressed.

• Extremely cold biomes will damage the player. They can protect themselves by (1) wearing any chestplate + leggings, or (2) holding a warm object like a campfire in their hand.
• Extremely hot biomes will damage the player. They can protect themselves by (1) not wearing any heavy (i.e. non-leather) armor, (2) holding a cool object like an ice block, (3) wearing an umbrella hat, or (4) staying in the rain or snow.

spillage

When a bucket item is dropped for any reason, its contents will spill on the ground

eggshells

The block two cubes below the player is constantly being turned to lava (unless the player is standing on sand or gravel)

redstoneworld

Mobs drop redstone dust, picking up redstone dust deals a small amount of damage

snowball

Snowballs have reverse knockback

boatbomb

If a boat hits the ground hard enough, it explodes

escalation

If a player has four distinct potion effects, they begin to levitate in the air

encumbrance

Jumps may fail if you’re overencumbered; the chance of a jump failing starts at 0% and is cumulative, based on the following penalties

• +0.03% for each nonempty inventory slot, excluding armor and shield slots
• +0.1% for each leather armor item being worn
• +0.25% for each armor item that is not leather currently being worn
• +10% if the player is Slowed
• +5% if the player is Confused
• +1% if the gods are currently angry

sweetdreams

After lying in a bed, the player cures all status effects and is then given three out of five of the following:

• Slowness 2
• Confusion 1
• Blindness 1
• Mining Fatigue 5
• Regeneration 5

rainwater

Players deplete oxygen in the rain, unless wearing an umbrella hat

cactuskick

Looking at a cactus causes the player to be kicked

fishhook

When you pull a fish hook in, you’re launched in that direction

birchglare

If you’re near a birch tree and not staring at it, you take damage

CUSTOM SPAWNING FEATURES

weepingangel

Armor stands will chase you when you’re not looking at them, and armor stands will rarely spawn in place of some mobs; armor stands can be crafted into wooden slabs

chickens

Chickens explode when any damage (even fatal damage) is dealt to them for any reason

• The following passive mobs are always replaced with chickens: cows, pigs, llamas, donkeys, horses, sheep, mules, and parrots

ghasts

Ghasts spawn in all dimensions

ghastburn

Ghasts instantly burn in daylight

ravagers

Half of hoglins turn into ravagers

moss

Moss generates in all overworld chunks and spreads rapidly

cakes

Cakes spawn in the wild and, when eaten, grant one of several random effects; the more cakes you eat in a short period of time, the worse the effect will be

• Eating the last bite of a cake causes it to explode

dripstone

Dripstone stalactites randomly generate in the wild, and dripstone will fall if the player walks below it; dripstone can be used in place of flint to craft arrows (the latter recipe is inverted)

phantoms

Every player will always have a phantom pursuing them, and phantoms are immune to fire damage

mimics

Chests will spawn in the wild which, if opened, will kill you

witherskele

Wither skeletons spawn with full diamond armor

endcrystal

Ender Crystals spawn with Blaze spawners beneath them

ak47

Pillagers spawn with a crossbow called “AK47” which has Quick Charge V

drowned

Whenever a fish spawns, a Drowned spawns alongside it; Drowned zombies always spawn with leather helmets

namedzombie

Some zombies spawn with custom names

trader

Wandering traders can trade basically any item in the game

• The following are the only items blacklisted from consideration: Command blocks (all three types + minecart), “Thing” banner pattern, structure blocks/void, jigsaw blocks, light blocks, mob spawners, barriers

zombiespeed

Zombies move slightly faster

llamahunter

Llamas are always angry at the nearest player, and llama spit has drastically increased knockback

witherbow

Wither skeletons have a 50% chance of spawning with a bow rather than a sword

catbat

Cats turn into bats when killed by the player, and bats turn into cats when killed by the player

witches

Phantoms have a small chance of turning into witches; witches do not take fall damage

zombiedrowning

When a zombie drowns, it turns into a Giant, not a Drowned

pigs

Pigs and striders always spawn with saddles; when a pig is ridden, it gets Speed 100, and when a strider is ridden, it gets Slow 2

parrots

Parrots automatically tame themselves to belong to the nearest player, a parrot on a player’s shoulder launches that player into the air

funhat

Zombies and skeletons sometimes spawn with custom hats, which drop when they’re killed

killerrabbit

All rabbits spawn as The Killer Rabbit

angrygolem

Iron golems are always angry at the nearest player, have Speed 1 and Regeneration 1, and ride spiders (does not apply to player-crafted golems)

slimesplit

When slimes die, they split into larger slimes; if a sufficiently large slime dies, it does not split into anything

expirationdate

When a player eats bread, there’s a 10% chance that a small slime spawns near them

wardensummon

If you spend more than five seconds in total darkness, a Warden will appear near you

allays

Allays automatically bond to the nearest player and have an infinite supply of flowers

johnny

Breeding animals sometimes spawns a Vindicator named “Johnny”

solidswap

Lava running on water creates obsidian, while water running on lava created cobblestone

piglins

Piglins accept diamonds, not gold for bartering; piglins give enchanted armor as a result of bartering

sheepcolor

When shearing a sheep, the color of wool dropped is randomized

fishsanctuary

If a fish is drying out, it will create water to survive

endermangod

Endermen can only be damaged by a player’s bare fist

bouncyprojectile

Arrows duplicate and bounce off of blocks when they hit them

blood

Whenever a player takes damage, redstone wire is placed at their feet

apache

Bees have a chance of spawning named “Apache”

feastupontheweak

When a player dies, nearby entities get Regeneration

EGG FEATURES

eggs

Almost any mob (or diamonds) can spawn from an egg

eggarrow

Skeletons will fire eggs in addition to arrows

eggdrop

Several mobs will drop eggs when killed

POKEBALL FEATURES

pokeball

Poké Balls of different types can be crafted and thrown to capture mobs

• Poké Balls can be crafted with redstone in the center, a brick above it, and iron nuggets on the other three sides of it.
• Great Balls can be crafted like Poké Balls but with an iron block in place of the brick. They have 1.5 times the success rate.
• Ultra Balls can be crafted like Poké Balls but with a netherite ingot in place of the brick. They have 2 times the success rate.
• Master Balls can be crafted with redstone in the center and netherite ingots in all eight other positions. Master Balls never fail (note that boss mobs cannot be captured, even by Master Balls).
• Net Balls are crafted like Poké Balls but with string in the top two corners. Net Balls work better on aquatic and insect mobs.
• Dive Balls are crafted like Poké Balls but with kelp in the top two corners. Dive Balls work better when the targeted mob is physically under water.
• Dusk Balls are crafted like Poké Balls but with coal in the top two corners. Dusk Balls work better at night in the overworld.

COOKIE FEATURES

freecookie

Every player gets a free cookie at dawn and at dusk

cookies

Eating a cookie gives the player one of several effects at random

parrotcookie

Feeding cookies to parrots causes them to duplicate

BLOCK DROP FEATURES

dirtstacks

All blocks have a chance of dropping 64 dirt instead of the intended drop

• The following blocks have a higher chance of dropping dirt: iron, coal, lapis, gold, diamond, emerald, copper, nether quartz, nether gold, ancient debris

silverfish

All stone/cobble/stone brick/deepslate blocks have a chance of spawning a silverfish and potentially several more nearby

stronghold

As silverfish, but stone bricks have a 100% chance of spawning several silverfish

bees

All wood blocks have a chance of spawning bees in all nearby wood blocks

• Effect is negated if the player is using a wooden axe

nodrops

The following blocks will never drop anything: crafting table, furnace, blast furnace, smoker, bed

endermites

End stone will always spawn an endermite when broken and will not drop itself as a block

netherrack

If you destroy any common nether blocks or moss blocks, all nearby common nether blocks (or moss blocks) will be destroyed; these include: netherrack, nylium (both kinds), soul sand, and soul soil, nether bricks, moss blocks

bedrock

The following blocks transform into bedrock when mined: leaves, ice blocks, wart blocks, warped wart blocks, diorite, andesite, granite, basalt, blackstone

doordrop

Doors break after some number of uses, and doors don’t drop anything when broken

buttondrop

Buttons and levers break after some number of uses; buttons and levers don’t drop anything when broken

glass

Breaking glass gives you the Unluck effect for seven years

shufflelog

When logs or planks are broken, a random log/plank type is dropped

amethyst

When amethyst blocks are broken, they have a small chance of dropping golden apples

melompkin

Melons and pumpkins have several facets interchanged

• Carving a pumpkin gives melon seeds, not pumpkin seeds
• Crafting a melon slice gives pumpkin seeds, not melon seeds
• When a melon block is broken, it drops a pumpkin block
• When a pumpkin block is broken, it drops melon slices

mossrevenge

When a moss block is broken, small chance of small slime to spawn

nylium

Looking at nylium transforms it into primed TNT

CUSTOM RECIPE FEATURES

stonetools

All recipes which produce stone tools are disabled

dirtrecipe

Nine sticks can be crafted into dirt

chainmailrecipe

Lava buckets can be crafted into chainmail armor

blazeeye

Flint and steel + an ender pearl crafts a Blaze Eye, which can be used in the Nether to find a fortress

BLOCK GROWTH FEATURES

enddirt

Dirt placed in the End turns into a Shulker

overgrowth

Several crops turn to a random log if not harvested within ten minutes of maturing

• The following crops are affected: beetroots, carrots, cocoa, nether warts, potatoes, sweet berry bushes, and wheat

bamboo

When bamboo grows, it has a chance to spread in a random place in a 32x32x32 box of the original bamboo

grassspread

Grass spreads slower than normal

RANDOM EVENT FEATURES

pufferfish

Pufferfish randomly rain from the sky on all players, with 15 seconds of notice given

• Pufferfish are not damaged by drowning, dryout, or fall damage
• Pufferfish have one health and explode on death (blocks are not damaged)
• The explosion is larger if the pufferfish is underwater

minecraftrivia

Every few minutes, the game asks a trivia question

• Those who answer correctly are rewarded with an item related to the question
• Those who do not answer are struck by lightning
• Those who answer incorrectly suffer no penalty but gain no reward

spatialrend

Players will be teleported to each other’s positions at random intervals

kamekschaos

Kamek swaps the positions of items in your own inventory

heavyrain

Anvils rain down on everyone continuously for a bit

sandstorm

Sand rains down on everyone continuously for a bit

sandblaster

A giant blob of sand falls on everyone at random

prisonersdilemma

Two players are given the opportunity to SPLIT or STEAL a bounty

cataclysm

Blocks near players are replaced by magma and Nether blocks

serverfire

Blocks near players catch fire at random

MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES

anvil

If you stand still for more than ten seconds, an anvil will drop on your head; anvils can be smelted into iron nuggets

witherarrow

If the player is hit by a skeleton, stray, or wither skeleton arrow in the Nether, they get the Wither effect

blazepower

Blazes will spawn evokers

torches

The following blocks drop if you look at them: torches, redstone torches, soul torches, lanterns, and soul lanterns

pumpkins

Wearing a pumpking on your head protects you from **zapwater** and **torches** but gives you slowness and mining fatigue

explosivearrow

Explosive arrows can be crafted from arrows and gunpowder, and player-thrown tridents explode on contact

dragonbomb

The Ender Dragon drops TNT at regular intervals; the Ender Dragon is immune to explosion damage

chargedcreeper

Killing a charged creeper always drops a diamond

gravestone

Whenever a player dies, a gravestone appears at the site of death

demand

At dawn, a demand is made by the gods; if that demand is not met, then players cannot sleep that night

• Sometimes the event will be replaced by a Bowser event. Bowser events are challenging, but they reward success and do not punish failure (you can always sleep the night after a Bowser event, even if you failed it).

goddesshoe

Netherite hoes can one-shot any enemy in the game except the Dragon and the Wither

oldage

A player who reaches level 100 dies of old age

shieldsurf

If you hold out your shield and point it down at the ground, you can absorb any amount of fall damage or lava damage, at the cost of shield durability instead

butterfingers

If you open an inventory (excluding your own inventory), the item you’re holding in your main hand will be dropped.

deathscoreboard

A scoreboard on the right side of the screen shows the number of times each player has died

silverfishburn

Silverfish burn in daylight

witchattack

Witches will sometimes throw parrots and allays at you instead of splash potions

unfinished

If you start mining an ore and then stop, it gets mad and turns to cobweb

parrotdeath

Parrots get tiny gravestones when they die

chestshuffle

When you attempt to open a chest, a different nearby chest might accidentally be opened instead

enderchest

When a player opens an ender chest, they see the ender chest inventory of whoever died most recently

learning

When a player dies, all other players gain a level

doctordances

If a full Minecraft day goes by with no one dying, every player receives a small reward taken from a random pool

grievingwidow

mobGriefing is off by default; if a player dies for any reason, it turns on for ten minutes

villagerdeath

Villagers drop leather

bucketroulette

Any bucket without a custom name will randomly change its contents every eight seconds

pillagerdeath

Killing a pillager summons slimes

carefulhands

When you mine a block, there’s a small chance the game will treat it as though you had Silk Touch

banishment

Every time a player dies, there’s a small percentage chance that they respawn in a special superflat world instead of the regular one; dying returns them to the regular world

sinkhole

There are random 1x1 holes in every world

obsidianwall

3-block high obsidian walls spawn in a grid shape in the overworld

nice

Y=69 never generates anything at world generation time

IDEAS (UNIMPLEMENTED)

• Wolves?
• Fishing?
• Polar bears?
• Illusioner?
• Blindness
• More **bedtime** conditions
• Wither skeles drop skulls more often if you’ve killed the dragon
• Wither is a boss rush?
• Bone blocks?
• Killing one vector saves everyone
• Can we make the lava haste force you to move forward?
• Lore on items when things happen?
• Exploding bed always fatal to whoever placed it?

HATCRAFTER’S IDEAS

• Polar bears have Haste 3
• Every hostile mob has a very small chance of dropping a random item
• Shearing a sheep gives you 2x the wool
• Shearing a sheep creates an explosion that only damages the player and knocks them back
• Eating food has a slim chance to give the player another random food item
• Every in-game day, all players will use the same skin as a random player
• Vex will occasionally transform into strays
• Turtle shell and chainmail are the only craftable helmets
• When the player takes damage, they might drop redstone
  • Excludes damage from fire, lava, poison, and wither
• Redstone torches drop redstone
• Creepers spawn with 2 minutes of a random status effect
• The world starts with an 80x80 world border. At noon, the world extends by 16 in all directions
• Bedrock change
  • **bedrock** only applies to leaves and glass
  • All blocks have a chance to transform into leaves when mined
  • Blocks which **bedrock** formerly applied to have a higher chance of transforming into leaves
  • Bedrock can now be mined… veeeeery slowly
  • When bedrock is mined, the player is teleported 72 blocks down (Tempting the Void)
• Leaf blocks have a small chance to drop emeralds
• Zombies sometimes spawn with a stick with one of the following enchantments
  • Wand of Flame: Fire Aspect I
  • Wand of Force: Knockback II
  • Wand of Slicing: Sharpness III
• Items destroyed by Curse of Vanishing instead become a random item
• Dimension Chain - Whenever a player dies, a random player in a different dimension has a 35% chance to die as well
• Stardew Slime Loot - Slimes have an increased loot pool. They may drop the following (see chat)
• Mundane potions can be crafted into gold nuggets
• Gold nuggets can be eaten for nutrition. They act like sweet berries
• When a player dies, their game is set to a random language
• When a phantom dies, there’s a small chance a random boat will spawn
• All gold tools and armor are significantly buffed and better than netherite.
  • Whenever you take damage, all gold items you are carrying have a small chance of breaking
    • This effect can also destroy gold ingots, nuggets, blocks, and apples
  • Whenever a gold item loses durability, that specific item has a small chance of breaking
• When a player harvests beetroot, small chance a rabbit will spawn
• When a player damages a zombie pigman, there’s a small chance of another zombie pigman spawning
• Pigs sometimes drop brown mushrooms
• When the gods are pleased and once per night, if all online players type a special phrase, then all non-boss mobs will be killed. (Purging ritual)
• Naming a rabbit causes them to stop being a killer rabbit.
  • Named chickens and pufferfish won’t explode
  • Named axolotls don’t take anyone with them
• Sometimes Bowser will issue a challenge to the players, rather than the gods. Bowser’s challenge is much harder than god challenges, and Bowser will not punish you for failing. But he will reward you for success. Purging ritual cannot be done on Bowser nights.
• If the gods are pleased multiple nights in a row, some effects are disabled.
• If a player is sprinting, there is a small chance an egg is thrown at the player’s crosshair
• If a player is wearing iron, gold, diamond, or netherite armor in every slot, they gain 1 slowness. This applies even if the player is mixing their gear.
• Players may be forced to ride nearby saddled pigs
• When a skeleton shoots an egg, there’s an increased chance that the mob spawned will be a saddled pig named dinnerbone
• All mobs named Dinnerbone gain levitation