Herobrine Awakens

The mod adds a new boss mob called Herobrine who restlessly intrudes into personal space of randomly chosen players. Rumor has it that he is allied with illagers to boot. Herobrine is completely neutral initially, but can be engaged in combat. Keep in mind though, that every action has consequences…

Only one Herobrine can exist in each world and will not come back once defeated without certain actions or use of commands. However, you should prepare for a really bad time as he will not go down in a fight that easily and is capable of escaping when things get unfavorable. Moreover, Herobrine grows angrier and upgrades his equipment every time he loses a battle.

Several new advancements are added to track your progress in the mod. Defeating the Pursuer for good rewards the victor with a new consumable item that grants massive boost to health as long as the user remains alive. However, whether to fight Herobrine or to cooperate with him is up to you. Offering particularly rare items using Altars he sometimes builds may earn his favor, providing smaller, but more consistent benefits.

Herobrine is a fast and strong boss capable of teleportation. He is difficult to defeat alone without high-tier gear and consumables. His behavior can be divided into two stages: Observation and Combat. Herobrine becomes more challenging every time you win a battle against him, gaining better equipment and new abilities.

During Observation stage Herobrine teleports to a random player and warps away if either the players are too close or too far or enough time passes. This behavior changes once you sufficiently aggravate him. Be careful as provoking Herobrine too much will eventually make him curse all players.

Combat stage begins once Herobrine is provoked. The easiest way to do so is to attack him. Breaking an Altar without Silk Touch or getting certain advancements (“Eye Spy” and “The Next Generation”) also count as a provocation. Herobrine is initially unarmed and fights using bare fists. He is capable of dodging incoming attacks through teleportation. Inflicting wounds adds new moves to the list such as summoning reinforcements, placing TNT (can be disabled through “mobGriefing” game rule) and more. Herobrine will escape every time he takes enough damage (around 1/3 of his health). Keep in mind that he will instantly restore all health lost in last battle if you fail to make him escape. He also slowly regenerates health when away from players.

Defeating Herobrine for good rewards the victor with powerful consumable item that increases player health by 20. The buff stays until the player dies, in which case the item reappears and can be picked up once again.

Herobrine may occasionally build Altars once he is done observing a player. Disturbing him or running away cancels the action. Said Altars can be used to make offerings to Herobrine. However, he is not interested in mere diamonds and other such resources. What Herobrine seeks are unique treasure items that can be found throughout the world. Uncommon items such as Heart of the Sea increase reputation by 2, rare items such as Music Disc increase reputation by 5, epic items such as Enchanted Golden Apple increase reputation by 10. The rarity of item is represented by the color of its name. Golden Apple, Enchanted Golden Apple and new soul items heal Herobrine (by 5%/20%/50% of max health depending on rarity). Because Golden Apple can be crafted easily, it counts as uncommon while Herobrine is at full health. Reputation initially starts at 0 and can go between -50 and 25. The value is shared by all players in the world and affects Herobrine behavior. Certain reputation changes are announced through chat. For example, “you feel alarmed” message means that reputation went below 0.

Once reputation reaches the highest value, Herobrine will begin bringing gifts for players, such as Iron Ingots, Emeralds or Diamonds. Move close to Herobrine to claim the gift. Once reputation reaches the the lowest value, Herobrine will curse all players in the world. Hostile illagers spawn around players while the curse is active. Making an offering lifts the curse.

New block: Altar

Altars are occasionally placed by Herobrine on even terrain. They can be used to make offerings. Breaking an Altar requires Diamond Pickaxe or better. In addition, the block itself drops only if the tool is enchanted with Silk Touch (Obsidian and Red Wool blocks are dropped otherwise). Altar self-destructs if an offering would increase reputation to the maximum without healing Herobrine, revealing a hidden Obsidian Dagger enchanted with Soul Rend.

New enchantment: Soul Rend
Soul Rend is a unique enchantment. It is not available by normal means and can only be found on Obsidian Daggers hidden inside Altars. Kill any monster mob except Silverfish and Endermite for a chance to extract its soul. The chance is the same as for Rabbit Foot drop and can be increased with Looting. Killing a boss monster is guaranteed to extract a special soul instead.

New enchantment: Storm Calling
Storm Calling is a unique enchantment. It is not available by normal means and can only be found on Herobrine’s prized Obsidian Sword. Use right click on a solid block to strike lightning on top of it at the cost of 50 durability. This can only be done in the Overworld and only on blocks that can see the sky. The attack is instant in rainy weather, but has a short delay in clear weather.

New status effect: Tranquility

Tranquility effect can be obtained through new potion item. Tranquility prevents monster mobs from spawning within 48 blocks of source player. This includes regular spawning, mob spawners and more. Herobrine does not observe players under the effect. However, Tranquility also prevents him from bringing gifts at maximum reputation. Provocative actions still make Herobrine appear (for example, when Altars are destroyed) and so does staying near players without the effect.

New weapon: Obsidian Dagger

Obsidian Dagger is an uncraftable weapon. It has low durability and damage, but is the only source of Soul Rend enchantment. It can be found by interacting with Altars. In addition, Obsidian Dagger can be used to craft a new Altar when combined with some Obsidian, Red Wool and Redstone.

New weapon: Obsidian Sword

Obsidian Sword is an uncraftable weapon. It has the same damage as Diamond Sword, but better durability. This sword enchanted with Storm Calling is a special weapon of Herobrine and he will not use it unless you offer him something truly blasphemous. Win a battle against Herobrine to claim it.

New item: Crystallized Soul

This soul can occasionally be extracted from monsters using a weapon enchanted with Soul Rend. It can be used to craft Bottle of Souls and in place of Soul Sand and Soul Soil. It can also be offered on Altar as an uncommon item.

New item: Warped Soul

This special soul can be extracted from boss monsters using a weapon enchanted with Soul Rend. It can be used to craft Bottle of Souls and in place of Soul Sand and Soul Soil. It can also be offered on Altar as an epic item. In addition, Warped Soul is powerful enough to revive Herobrine.

New potion item: Bottle of Souls

This is your main reward for allying with Herobrine. Bottle of Souls is a potion that grants Tranquility effect for 8 minutes. Unlike regular potions, it is created using Crafting Table similarly to Honey Bottle. The potion can be crafted using both types of souls and only exists in regular bottle form (splash and lingering versions as well as tipped arrows are not obtainable).

New food item: Herobrine’s Heart

This is your main reward for defeating Herobrine. Consume it to gain +20 health. The item is dropped on death even after being consumed. Make sure to pick it up in time to regain the buff!

New advancement tab
There are 16 brand new advancements of various types that will guide you through the mod (including two hidden challenges). Can you get them all?

Note: because this mod is based on one of my older projects, Herobrine is called Pursuer internally. That is why all game rules and commands listed below begin with word “pursuer”.

Game rule: “pursuserRestTime”
The minimum interval in ticks between appearances of Herobrine.

Game rule: “pursuerChanceMultiplier”
Multiplies base spawn chance of Herobrine by specified amount of times. Very high values such as 1000 make him appear near players almost instantly once he is done resting.

Game rule: “pursuerAltarChance”
The chance for Herobrine to build an altar if other conditions are met. The first altar in each dimension is always guaranteed.

Game rule: “pursuerHealingInterval”
The time in ticks Herobrine needs to regenerate one percent of lost health when away from players.

Level 2 command: “pursuerstatus”
Displays the status of Herobrine (e.g. “Herobrine is resting”) and current reputation.

Level 3 command: “pursuer-data-dump”
Displays the values of global variables. It can be used for testing purposes or as advanced version of “pursuerstatus”.

Level 3 command: “pursuer-hard-reset”
Resets all global variables. Doing so reverts Herobrine to his initial state (equipment level, reputation, health and more).

New forge tags: “pursuer_soul_drop_excluded”, “pursuer_warped_soul_eligible”, “pursuer_tranquility_effect_excluded”, “pursuer_healing_items”
If you are a mod maker, you can expand these tags to make your projects compatible with mine. The first tag is used to exclude monster mobs from being able to drop souls. The second tag makes monster mobs drop Warped Soul instead of regular one and makes the drop guaranteed. The third tag prevents monster mobs from being affected by Tranquility (such as bosses). The final tag is used to mark items capable of healing Herobrine.