Mo’ Witch Arsenal

WitchMoArsenal

WitchMoArsenal makes witches more flexible, dangerous, and configurable. Instead of being locked to the vanilla potion set, witches can use the potions and effects you define in a JSON config.

The mod is server-side in spirit: it changes witch behavior and does not add new blocks, items, or screens.

Features

• Replace or extend the vanilla witch potion list.
• Configure splash potions thrown at enemies.
• Configure potions witches drink on themselves.
• Let witches drink milk to clear effects.
• Optional support behavior: witches can throw potions at nearby mobs.
• Supports both potion ids and effect ids.
• Custom effect potions are tinted with the effect color instead of using the default purple color.
• Config reloads when a world/server starts.

Examples

Make witches throw levitation:

{
  "potion": "minecraft:levitation",
  "weight": 1,
  "condition": "always",
  "duration": 200,
  "amplifier": 0
}

Make witches buff creepers with speed for 20 seconds:

{
  "potion": "minecraft:swiftness",
  "weight": 2,
  "condition": "ally_type:minecraft:creeper",
  "duration": 400
}

Make witches heal undead allies with harming when they are low:

{
  "potion": "minecraft:harming",
  "weight": 4,
  "condition": "ally_undead_health_below_half"
}

Config

The config file is created after the first launch:

config/witchmoarsenal.json

Main sections:

• replaceVanilla: use only configured potions or mix them with vanilla behavior.
• splashPotions: potions thrown at enemy targets.
• drinkPotions: potions witches drink on themselves.
• milk: milk-drinking behavior.
• supportThrows: optional potions thrown at other mobs.

Potion Entries

Potion entries are used in splashPotions, drinkPotions, and supportThrows.potions.

Fields:

• potion: potion id or effect id, for example minecraft:harming or minecraft:levitation.
• weight: random selection weight. Higher means more common.
• condition: when the entry can be used.
• duration: optional duration override in ticks. 20 ticks = 1 second.
• amplifier: optional amplifier override. 0 = level I, 1 = level II.
• ambient: optional effect flag.
• showParticles: optional effect flag.
• showIcon: optional effect flag.

If potion is a normal potion id, the vanilla potion data is used. If duration or amplifier is set, WitchMoArsenal converts it into a custom potion effect with the configured values.

If potion is an effect id, WitchMoArsenal creates a custom potion effect and colors the potion from the effect color.

Conditions

General target conditions:

• always
• target_far
• target_close
• target_health_above_half
• target_health_below_half
• target_missing_effect

Self-use conditions:

• self_health_below_half
• self_on_fire
• self_underwater
• self_missing_effect

Support conditions:

• ally_health_below_half
• ally_health_above_half
• ally_missing_effect
• ally_undead_health_below_half
• ally_type:<entity_id>

Examples:

• ally_type:minecraft:creeper
• ally_type:minecraft:skeleton
• ally_type:minecraft:zombie

Witches will not throw an effect at a target that already has that effect.

Support Throws

Support throws are disabled by default. Enable them in the config:

"supportThrows": {
  "enabled": true,
  "cooldownTicks": 80,
  "range": 12.0,
  "throwRange": 8.0,
  "approachSpeed": 1.0,
  "requireLineOfSight": true,
  "onlyHostileMobs": true,
  "potions": []
}

Behavior notes:

• Witches only support other mobs when they are not currently attacking a target.
• If the support target is too far away, the witch walks toward it first.
• If requireLineOfSight is enabled, witches will not throw through blocks.
• Before throwing, the witch stops and turns toward the target.
• Other witches are ignored as support targets.

Milk

Milk behavior is enabled by default:

"milk": {
  "enabled": true,
  "cooldownTicks": 200,
  "drinkingTicks": 32,
  "condition": "self_has_effects"
}

Milk conditions:

• always
• self_has_effects
• self_has_harmful_effects

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1
• Fabric Loader
• Fabric API

License

MIT