Viking Raids

Viking Raids

Ever wanted your base to actually be in danger? This mod sends vikings after it.

Every week there’s a chance a raid is coming. If one is, you’ll see ravens circling over you first. Then at night you hear the war horn, and longships come rowing in from way out at sea. The vikings jump off on your beach and go straight for your stuff. They break down doors, go after your villagers, rob your chests and barrels, and set stuff on fire on their way out. If they make it back to their ships with your loot, it’s gone. So don’t let them.

The Hearthstone

Everything starts with the Hearthstone. Craft one (logs in the corners, gold ingots on the sides, a bed in the middle) and put it in your base. That’s what the vikings come for.

You can upgrade it with iron and Runestones. Runestones drop from raids you win. Every level gives you something good: healing near home, faster crops, cheaper villager trades, triple XP, and at max level a /hearth command that takes you home from anywhere. But here’s the catch: your Hearthstone’s level is the raid level. The nicer your home, the bigger the raids. Tier 1 is a single ship with about 10 guys. Tier 5 is five ships, 40 vikings, a thunderstorm, and a Jarl.

If it gets to be too much, you can lower the level again.

Who’s coming

• Adventurers: spear and shield, most of the raid. They’re after your chests.
• Archers: they shoot from cover, and from the boat too.
• Veterans: big two-handed axes and full Viking Mail. They loot too.
• Berserkers: fast, painted up, and they get way worse once you hurt them.
• The Jarl: about 3 blocks tall, with his own boss bar. His ship has a raven sail and lands last. He steps off with a lightning strike, and when he’s hurt he yells and buffs everyone around him. Kill him and you get his sword, his shield and his whole armor set.

Winning

Kill every raider and a Tribute Chest shows up next to your Hearthstone. It has that tier’s Runestone and loot that gets better each tier. Tier 5 can give netherite, and the Jarl’s head, which you can mount on a wall or wear. The first time you beat each tier you get a bonus on top.

Other stuff

• You can jump onto the longships and fight the crew right on the deck. If you catch a ship before it gets away, it stops.
• Fires burn out on their own, so you get scorch marks, not a burnt-down base.
• Villagers run and hide when the vikings show up.
• Every raider type has its own skin, and the weapons are real 3D models.
• Custom sounds: war horn, drums, creaking ships, ravens, and a rowing chant on the Jarl’s ship you can hear from really far away.
• Works with mobGriefing off if you don’t want your stuff broken.
• Works in multiplayer. Every player gets their own Hearthstone and their own raids.

Commands

/hearth works for everyone once your Hearthstone is max level.

The rest need cheats/op and are mostly for testing:
/vikingraid start [player] [tier], stop, retreat, roll, info, hearthstone <level>, troop <type> [tier], tribute [tier]

Requirements

Minecraft 1.21.1, NeoForge 21.1.259 or newer. Needed on both the server and the client.

If you find bugs or have ideas, let me know in the comments. This is my first mod, so feedback really helps.