Animalia Exotica

Animalia 0.3.0

A major hippopotamus-focused update introducing a powerful new semi-aquatic herbivore with territorial behavior, advanced swimming and diving mechanics, herd interactions, food behavior, custom sounds, and extensive movement and combat polish.

Added

• Added the Hippopotamus as a new semi-aquatic mob.
• Added natural Hippopotamus spawning in Savannas and Sparse Jungles.
• Added adult and calf models, textures, animations, a spawn egg, loot table, and localization.
• Finalized the Hippopotamus registry ID as animalia:hippopotamus.
• Added territorial behavior, including:
  • Warning stance
  • Chasing
  • Bite attacks
  • Stomp attacks
  • Aggressive behavior in water
• Added advanced water behavior, including:
  • Surface swimming
  • Diving
  • Walking along the bottom
  • Surfacing for air
  • Improved shore-exit handling
• Added feeding behavior:
  • Eating grass and seagrass
  • Eating melons
  • Healing from food
  • Temporary pacification through melons
• Added baby Hippopotamus behavior, including naturally spawning herd calves, parent-following behavior, and defensive retaliation when calves are attacked.
• Added Hippopotamus-related advancements.
• Added custom Hippopotamus sounds for idle, hurt, death, attacks, stomps, and animation-synchronized footsteps on land.

Changed

• Improved Hippopotamus movement, collision feel, knockback resistance, melee reach, chase turning, head tracking, and stability in water.
• Updated animal threat detection: Hippopotamuses now react to nearby non-ignored animals.
• Passive and herbivorous animals can now be excluded from Hippopotamus aggression through a datapack tag.
• Updated the mod version to 0.3.0.