Wolf Additions: Tales of the Verdant Wind

INTRODUCTION

This mod adds several new custom enchantments and runestones that enhance your wolf companion's on-attack combat abilities. Each has its own unique effects and may even trigger custom skills depending on the situation. With that in mind, combining certain enchantments provides further buffs that benefit both you and your companion.

Moreover, this also introduces lore-related items that tie into the enchantments, hence the long title. Explore and deep dive into a new world where the Wind lies hidden in the Verdant place.

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BENEDICTION OF THE VERDANT MOUNTAINS

This is the core enchantment that will provide access to features that are related to the Verdant biomes, as well as the key to unlocking the full potential of other enchantments. It also gives +3 ATK Damage.

CORE FEATURES:

• Verdant Wind's Blessing: When your health drops below 30% (default), or when you get damaged and the damage is equal to or more than said threshold (damage is at least 1 and half a heart), it will grant Blessing of the Verdant Wind effect for 30 seconds and a temporary immunity for 10 seconds. This buff also applies to your companion when you have the enchantment and their health drops below said threshold. This buff is considered a skill.
• Benediction: If your wolf companion has the enchantment, you may want to give them a Totem of Undying and it will be automatically converted into a Benediction Stack. They will automatically use it to revive themselves when they get knocked down. The stack will also remain even if the armor is removed or destroyed during combat. Your companion can also share their stack through Revival by Proxy, this is enabled by default. (See below for details)

Revival by Proxy

When a player dies and the following conditions are met:

1. Share Benediction Stack is enabled
2. Player has no Totem of Undying in their inventory
3. Wolf has more than 1 Benediction Stack

The wolf will consume 1 stack to revive you. Additional information can be found in the Features Handbook.

• Passive: When wolf is about to get hurt and the incoming damage exceeds 50% of their max health, it will be entirely ignored (except if the damage comes from /kill command). This passive has a cooldown of 15 seconds. If wolf has the Havoc Runestone and the damage comes from an entity, reflect 50% of that damage (12 points max) to the attacker.

COMBAT: When holding a tool or weapon with a [VW] mark, hold *Crouch + Right Click to activate the buff. The buff provided depends on what tool you are holding — duration and amplifier are also increased when within the Verdant Biomes! (See image below)

Wolf Effect: MIGHT

Grants Amplified Might effect to wolf when they have target which boosts their Base ATK and lessens Fall Damage. On attack: Grant Absorption effect for a short period of time that can stack its amplifier and duration (max at 30 sec) each hit, on all enchantment level. Additionally, if wolf has a baby wolf nearby, base effects will be shared to them.

At level 3 or higher:

• When wolf is on fire, automatically extinguish self. Additionally, if wolf has a baby wolf nearby that is on fire, the effect will be extended to them as well.
• RUPTURE skill is unlocked.

At level 5 or higher:

• Forcibly remove Resistance effect from the target if present.
• Deal another separate instance of damage equal to 10% of your companion's max health.

RUPTURE: A skill that deals an additional instance of Bleeding damage when the target's health is below 60% of their max health — damage scales based on distance to owner. If the owner is not present, damage will scale to 180% of wolf's max health. The cooldown duration can be reduced if your companion has the Benediction of the Verdant Mountains enchantment. Additionally, when the target has the Strength effect, rewrite it to Weakness effect and maintain its original amplifier and duration. Otherwise, directly add the Weakness effect with a duration of 10 seconds.

Wolf Effect: BLOODLUST

On attack: Grant the Bloodlust effect to wolf. While the Bloodlust effect is active and wolf attacks: Weakness effect is inflicted to the target for a short period of time and the amplifier of the effect is based on the enchantment level. This also boosts the following: Base ATK, Attack Knockback, and Knockback Resistance.

At level 3 or higher:

• While wolf has Bloodlust effect and attacks: target's Speed effect is replaced with Slowness.

PARALYZE: A skill that is triggered when target is a player or if their health is more than 20 points. Upon trigger, target becomes paralyzed for a period of time.

DISCOVER MORE!

There are 7 more Wolf ATK Effects waiting to be discovered!

If you want to figure out which enchantment works best for you, request a handbook using the /totvw command to get an in-depth explanation on how each enchantments work and how it may affect other enchantments.

Where to acquire

All enchantments are available in the Enchanting Table. Some can be found in Ancient City chests, Trial Chamber vaults, and the new structures found in the Verdant Biomes.

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This mod also introduces its own resources (a new biome, items, and blocks) that may help enhance your experience in having a wolf companion as you journey together. With the new Verixium armor set, a light yet durable armor type, you can gain different attributes depending on the equipment type.

VERIXIUM MATERIALS

Obtaining the Verixium Ingot requires a bit of work.

Full Processing Chain

Ore → Chunk → Condensed → Shard → Powder → Ingot

1. Mine Verixium Chunk Ore (exclusive to Verdant Biomes) to get chunks
2. Combine 4 chunks in a 2×2 grid to get Condensed Verixium
3. Put Condensed Verixium in a stonecutter to get a Verixium Shard
4. Blast the shard in a Blast Furnace for Verixium Powder + substantial XP
5. Place a Diamond in the center of a 3×3 grid surrounded by Verixium Powder to get the Verixium Ingot

• Player armor — craft directly with Verixium Ingots, same pattern as diamond armor
• Wolf Armor — obtain the vanilla Wolf Armor and a Verixium Armor Upgrade Template, then use a Smithing Table
• Horse Armor — same process as the wolf armor, but start with Diamond Horse Armor instead
• Verixium Tools & Weapons — craft directly with Verixium Ingots using the same patterns as diamond tools and weapons.

Armor-set preview (Shader: Solas Shader)

RUNESTONES

Discover the ancient artifacts and gain new abilities!

⚙️ CONFIGURATION

Settings can be modified manually via the tales-of-the-verdant-wind file in your config folder or through Mod Menu.

Pressing the Left Bracket or [ opens a dedicated config screen for quick edit. Can be changed in the Key Binds settings under the Gameplay category.