Midnight Madness

In the "Eternal Darkness, part 3" update:

Demons:

• General:

  • Updated textures, animations, and models of most demons.

  • Updated loot tables of most demons.

  • Regular Demons no longer gain buffs during the full moon.

  • Regular and Full Moon Demons no longer weaken during the day.

  • Fixed demons sometimes applying fear on themselves.

  • Demons now only inflict fear on humans and animals.

  • Attacks of most(!) demons are now synchronized with their animations and have different intervals, varying from demon to demon.

  • Added unique death messages for most(!) demons.

  • For technical reasons, demons are now immune to the Strength effect.

    (!) All demons except the Soul Weaver, Necromancer, and Underworld Guardian.

• Dark Wolf:

  • Damage reduced from 6 to 4.
  • Armor reduced from 2 to 0.

• Demon King:

  • Health reduced from 1000 to 900.
  • Damage reduced from 36 to 30.
  • Armor reduced from 20 to 16.
  • Knockback resistance increased from 7.5 to 9.

• Dreamcatcher:

  • Now applies a 6-minute Insomnia effect upon spawning.
  • The demon's presence now adds 5 seconds to the duration of Insomnia effect every second.
  • No longer applies Insomnia with attacks.
  • The demon no longer spawns until a certain day (6 by default, configurable).
  • Damage reduced from 10 to 7.

• Fallen King:

  • XP now drops upon killing the main demon, not its head.
  • Damage reduced from 9 to 6.

• Fallen King's Head:

  • Hitbox size increased.
  • Now drops 1 to 2 Dark Essence Particles.
  • Health reduced from 15 to 10.
  • Damage reduced from 3 to 2.

• Fiend:

  • Health reduced from 50 to 30.
  • Damage reduced from 9 to 5.
  • Armor reduced from 4 to 1.

• Hanged Man:

  • Movement speed reduced from 0.42 to 0.41.
  • Health reduced from 60 to 40.
  • Damage reduced from 7 to 5.
  • Armor reduced from 4 to 2.

• Imitator:

  • Health reduced from 60 to 50.
  • Damage reduced from 8 to 6.
  • Armor reduced from 4 to 2.

• Necromancer:

  • Armor reduced from 5 to 3.

• Reaper:

  • The demon no longer spawns in the world until a certain day (5 by default, configurable).
  • Health reduced from 90 to 70.
  • Damage reduced from 9 to 6.
  • Armor reduced from 4 to 3.
  • Fear aura range reduced from 9 to 6 blocks.

• Skeleton King:

  • Health reduced from 600 to 500.
  • Damage reduced from 28 to 25.

• Soulseeker:

  • Added comments from <???> that appear each time the Soulseeker steals a soul from a player.
  • Reduced hitbox size.
  • Movement speed reduced from 0.60 and 0.62 to 0.55 and 0.57.
  • Health reduced from 70 to 60.

• Soul Weaver:

  • Now leaps on the target when attacking, like normal spiders.
  • Health reduced from 36 to 30.
  • Damage reduced from 6 to 4.
  • Armor reduced from 3 to 1.

• Underworld Guardian:

  • Increased the explosion power of the "Ground Shake" ability.
  • The passive ability "Demonic Creature" now also ignites all units within a 4-block radius of the Underworld Guardian.
  • Removed the space check before the boss awakens. The Underworld Guardian now creates a powerful explosion upon spawning.
  • Health reduced from 700 to 600.
  • Damage reduced from 30 to 20.

• Underworld Horror:

  • Health reduced from 100 to 80.
  • Damage reduced from 13 to 10.
  • Armor reduced from 6 to 4.

The Underworld:

• Slightly darkened the sky in dimension's biomes.

Items:

• Updated textures for most items.
• 1 new item - Apotropaion:
  • Protects the wearer's soul from the Reaper and Dreamcatcher, preventing them from appearing.
  • When the item is triggered, a sound will be played, and a notification will appear in chat indicating that the Apotropaion has repelled one of the demons.
  • Item cooldown: 6 minutes (configurable).
  • Can be crafted at the Cursed Altar; the recipe is described in the Midnight Necronomicon (Other Rituals, page 3).
• Infernal Core:
  • This item now sets on fire if held in the hand for more than 5 seconds.
  • Incorrect item durability has been fixed, it is now 13 again.
  • Updated description.
• Soul Cage:
  • The item description now displays the type of souls contained within.
• Midnight Necronomicon:
  • Added a tool cycle for the recipe pages for the enhancement rituals on the Cursed Altar.

Blocks:

• Updated textures for most blocks.
• Cursed Altar:
  • Reworked block mechanics: the GUI is no longer tied to the Cursed Altar and is separate for each player (now functions like a Crafting Table).
  • Removed the soul energy mechanic. The Cursed Altar now requires a fixed number of specific souls for each ritual.
  • Added an "Open Recipes" button. Clicking this button will open the Midnight Necronomicon on the Cursed Altar page if the player has a regular or enchanted Midnight Necronomicon in inventory.
  • Fixed the appearance of invalid ritual recipe messages when there are no items on the altar.
  • Updated GUI.

Armory & Tools:

• Updated textures for most weapons and tools.
• Rebalanced all weapons and tools.
• Weapons and tools cursed with Souls are now called Cursed (e.g., Cursed Demonic Sword).
• Weapons and tools cursed with Dark Souls are now called Dark (e.g., Dark Demonic Sword).
• Weapons and tools cursed with a Horrifying Soul are now called Horrifying (e.g., Horrifiying Demonic Sword).
• Weapons and tools cursed with a Dragon Soul are now called Dragon (e.g., Dragon Demonic Sword).

Advancements:

• Fixed a bug when the "Dark Rituals" advancement was not awarded when crafting a Horrifying or Dragon Demonic tool.

Configuration:

• The "Midnight-Madness-Configuration" config file has been renamed to "Midnight-Madness-General".
• Removed the parameters controlling the soul food value for the Cursed Altar, as the soul energy mechanic has been removed.
• Removed the parameter controlling the buffing of regular demons during the full moon, as this mechanic has been removed.
• Added a parameter controlling the cooldown of the Apotropaion's ability (default value is 6 minutes).
• Added parameters controlling the day on which the Reaper and Dreamcatcher are joining the hunt for your soul.

Other:

• Improved the interaction between Fear and Fearlessness effects.
• Fixed a texture mismatch between the Fearflower and its item texture.
• Fixed some synchronization issues.
• Added new <???>'s chat messages.
• Updated the localization files.
• Other changes and fixes.