Earthbounds

Rubro

Rubro is a neutral feline-like creature made of Redstone and Stone/Deepslate. It can sometimes be found near Redstone Ore veins and deposits underground.

Rubros tend to look for Redstone Ore to scrape with their claws, in order to charge themselves. Charged Rubros develop an innate sense of smell, meaning they will kill any foreign creature that’s not made of Redstone. Additionally, they can tell if you’ve recently mined Redstone, meaning that no matter what you do they will try taking it off you through their hostility.

A hostile Rubro will quickly pounce at you, followed by them hitting you where your shield can’t reach with its tail (They tend to aim at your feet – this means you might be able to avoid this attack by jumping at the right time). 

Rubros are completely neutral to players who are holding Redstone in either hand. Think of it as some “sign of peace”, which however is broken if you even dare touching their precious ore.

Fun fact: Rubros despise witches! They can’t stand the waste of Redstone they go through when making potions.

Carboranea is a passive spider-like mob made of Coal and Diorite. They are quite rare, and can be found exclusively in their Coal Dens, above ground in Savanna and Mountain biomes.

They are simple creatures who like staying warm. This means that they will follow other warm-blooded creatures like yourself. They do that until they find a source of heat stronger than your body, in which case they will stay near it until they decide they are warm enough.

When particularly hot however, they tend to cool down by releasing small Coal Chunks, which are extremely hot and will harm anyone who touches them.
These hot coal chunks are way more useful than you may think: furnaces quickly pick up adjacent chunks of coal, and will use them as fuel.  With some effort, an automated system to provide furnaces with infinite fuel can be created thanks to Carboraneas. 

A Carboranea can also be fed with Blaze Powder, and may mate if it and its partner are hot enough. Though, it’s been observed that they can do so only once every three days for some reason.

Fun fact: Carboraneas really love lava: as soon as they find some, they will dive in straight away. 

Q: I noticed I cannot leash Carboraneas or Rubros, how can I bring them to my base?
A: Rubros are not meant to be befriended, but Carboraneas can be carried around with a lava bucket.

Q: I found a weird ore underground which just drops itself… What’s that about?
A: That… You will find out soon 😉

Q: Rubros keep killing me any time I reach the Deepslate layer of the world… What should I do?
A: Rubros do not like other beings that dig Redstone or who smell like.. themselves. Hold some Redstone in your hand and you will probably be fine… Just hope that they don’t notice if you mined Redstone Ore in the past 5 minutes or so :/

Q: Why can’t I block Rubro’s attacks with a shield?
A: You can only block a Rubro’s pounce. Its “spin attack” can be avoided by jumping when their tail is about to hit you.

Q: Why isn’t the Carboranea I found producing any coal chunks?
A: It probably means its environment is not warm enough. Provide it with heat-providing blocks and it will begin heating up. Keep in mind though that in colder biomes, the Carboranea will take longer to reach critical temperatures!

Q: Does Earthbounds work in multiplayer?
A: Yeah, the mod works great in multiplayer.

Q: Can you make a <1.18 version/Can you port the mod to forge?
A: No. That would require a LOT of time and effort since I am alone developing the mod. I’d rather focus on expanding the mod further for the current version.

Q: Can I include Earthbounds in X modpack?
A: Of course! Make sure though to credit me, similarly to how you’d credit other mod creators in the modpack.

Q: Can I make a video on Earthbounds?
A: Yup, make sure to credit the author (me) appropriately though! And maybe shoot me a DM with the link so I can take a look 🙂