Undead Horse Variants

NOTE: Entity Texture Features and Entity Model Features are both required for this datapack/mod to function correctly.

Install As Mod

Either...

1. Download the correct version and drop the JAR file into your mods folder, OR-
2. Install the mod via Modrinth.

Install As Datapack

1. Download the correct version and place the main ZIP file into your world's datapacks folder.
2. Place the resources ZIP file into your resource packs folder.

If you placed the files in the correct locations but it still isn't working, try running the "/datapack enable..." command and make sure that the required resource pack is enabled.

Uninstallation

To fully uninstall this mod/datapack and remove all traces of it...

1. Type in this command: "/function uhv:uninstall"
2. Remove the mod/datapack from the folder you put it in during installation, or uninstall it via Modrinth.

The commands listed below can be used to configure certain features.

/function uhv:config/snowstorms

Toggles whether or not lightning can strike during thunderstorms in snowy biomes. By default, this is toggled ON.

/function uhv:config/arid_storms

Toggles whether or not lightning can strike during thunderstorms in arid/dry-weather biomes. By default, this is toggled ON.

/function uhv:config/drw_swimming

Cycles through three options:

1. Drowned horses allow players to ride on them while underwater.
2. Drowned horses will swim if a player is riding on them while in deep water.
3. Drowned horses will kick players off upon being submerged underwater.

By default, option one is enabled.

/function uhv:config/non_drw_swimming

Cycles between two options:

1. Zombie, husk, & living horses will kick players off upon being submerged underwater.
2. Zombie, husk, & living horses are able to swim while a player is riding on them.

By default, option one is enabled.

/function uhv:config/randomized_attributes

Toggles whether or not undead horses the maximum health and movement speed of undead horses will be randomized upon spawning. When toggled off, you're also able to choose whether or not to reset the stats of currently spawned undead horses.

When toggled off, you will also be given you option to reset the maximum health and speed stats of all undead horses to the default values.

/function uhv:config/gameplay_bonuses

Toggles whether or not undead horses will receive gameplay bonuses when certain conditions are fulfilled.

Turning off gameplay bonuses will not affect the fire resistance given to wither skeleton horses.

/function uhv:config/debugging

Toggles debug mode. If enabled, certain information will be logged in chat as well as in scoreboards. This primarily includes lightning strikes and undead horse spawning.

For most of the undead horses, they each have a 1.125% chance to spawn while on easy or peaceful. On normal difficulty, this percentage is boosted to 2.75%, and on hard it's 4.5%.

The exceptions to this rule are the bogged horses, wither skeleton horses, and husk horses.

Bogged horses have two different spawn rates:

If lightning strikes in a swamp, mangrove swamp, or mushroom fields biome, the chances are the same as previously mentioned. However, if lightning strikes a mushroom, mushroom block, or mycelium and it is not in a mushroom fields biome, a bogged horse will always spawn.

Wither skeleton horses have a 100% chance to spawn whenever lightning strikes a ruined portal.

Husk horses have a 2.25% chance on easy or peaceful, a 5.5% chance on normal, and a 9% chance on hard. This is to account for the less frequent lightning strikes in the dry-weather biomes where husk horses can spawn.

In vanilla, it actually isn't possible for lightning to strike in snowy or arid regions, however, this data pack changes that. It's now equally as likely for lightning to spawn during thunderstorms in snowy regions as in rainy ones, however, it's only half as likely for lightning to strike while in a dry-weather biome.

If you don't want to change the vanilla weather patterns at all, this feature can be toggled by using "/function uhv:config/snowstorms" and "/function uhv:config/arid_storms".

The secondary requirements for the other undead horses are as follows:

• Drowned horses spawn in ocean, river, and beach biomes.
• Stray horses spawn in snowy areas.
• And zombie horses will spawn anywhere.

The map held by the drowned can lead to an ocean monument, buried treasure, or ocean ruins.

The map held by the husks can lead to a desert temple, a mineshaft, or a desert village.

When the horsemen first spawn, the map will check if the first option can be found within 50 chunks and has not yet been generated. If not, it'll check the second option, and if that fails, it'll check the third option. If all three options are unviable, the map will be left empty.

Drowned horses will only create a boardwalk in these two situations:

1. They're a trapped horse which hasn't yet been approached by a player.
2. A drowned horseman is currently riding on them.

Any boardwalks created will be destroyed if either the drowned horse or their passenger dies.

If a player swims close below a drowned horse, the boardwalk will be removed, allowing the drowned to attack and preventing the player from being trapped underwater.

Initially, I wanted the drowned horsemen to ride their horses underwater, however, drowned will always use their swimming animation while underwater — even if they're riding another entity. This looks incredibly silly, hence the decision to give them platforms instead of allowing them underwater.

I'm anticipating that once the Mounts of Mayhem game drop is released, drowned will be updated to prioritize their riding animation over their swimming animation. If so, this mod/datapack will be updated as well, finally allowing drowned horsemen to ride underwater as I originally wanted them to.

If underwater horsemen are ever implemented, the boardwalks will remain as a toggleable option but will not be the default.

Husk Horse -> Zombie Horse -> Drowned Horse:

Submerge the horse underwater for 45 seconds. After the first 30 seconds the horse will begin to shake. Once 15 more seconds pass, they will be converted.

Drowned Horse -> Zombie Horse -> Husk Horse:

Use a sponge to dry out the horse. Each conversion requires 3 sponges. If the horse enters the water, the amount of sponges needed will be reset.

Skeleton Horse -> Stray Horse:

The horse needs to stand in powder snow for 22 total seconds. After the first 7 seconds they'll start shaking, and after the next 15 seconds the conversion will be completed.

Skeleton Horse -> Bogged Horse:

While in a swamp, submerge the horse underwater for 45 seconds. After the first 30 seconds the horse will begin to shake. Once 15 more seconds pass, they will be converted.

Skeleton Horse -> Wither Skeleton Horse:

Feed your horse a wither rose. They'll begin to shake and emit particles. After 7 seconds, the conversion will be completed.

• Zombie horses and skeleton horses both receive a level 1 speed boost during the night. Night lasts from the moment that undead stop burning (12,542 ticks) until they start burning again in the morning (23,460 ticks).

• Drowned horses have been given level 3 depth strider and a level 1 speed boost while in ocean, river, or beach biomes, as well as when they're in water. If submerged, they get a level 2 jump boost effect as well, useful for scaling steep underwater dropoffs.

• Husk horses receive a level 2 speed boost while in the desert or on sandy terrain. This includes all variants of sand, sandstone, and terracotta.

• Stray horses have been given level 1 frost walker as well as a level 1 speed boost while on snowy or icy terrain. They also won't sink in powder snow!

• Bogged horses receive level 3 depth strider as well as a level 2 speed boost while in swamp biomes or on certain types of terrain. This includes mushroom blocks, mycelium, mud, rooted dirt, podzol, moss, farmland/crops, and everything mangrove related.

• Wither skeleton horses have been given level 2 soul speed as well as applying a level 1 wither effect to any entites within 16 blocks which attempt to attack the player currently riding on them.

If you're not a fan of these bonuses, that's fine too: just turn them off by using "/function uhv:config/remove_bonuses".

Doing so will remove almost all gameplay bonuses — however, certain "inherent" abilities will not be removed. These abilities include wither skeleton horses being immune to fire & withering as well as stray horses & skeleton horses being immune to freeze damage.