Better Vanilla Dragon Fight

A lightweight Fabric mod that has various configurable options to enhance the Ender Dragon Fight whilst keeping the Vanilla feel of Minecraft. For servers, no installation is needed on the client.

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Features

• Dynamic Health Scaling: The Ender Dragon's max health increases with each eligible player in The End.
• XP Distribution: Split dragon kill XP equally among all players and scale XP payouts based on player count.
• Enhanced Towers & Crystals: Cage every end crystal, replace small towers with bigger ones, and apply a crystal healing multiplier.
• Tower Shulkers: Spawns Shulkers on the sides of the end towers.
• Cage Mining Fatigue: Localized mining fatigue around end crystals to make breaking cages more challenging.
• End Crystal Regeneration: The dragon can regenerate end crystals when perching.
• Initial Spawn Delay: Optionally delay the very first dragon spawn and show a countdown on players’ XP bars.
• Client Config: Fully integrates with Mod Menu for an intuitive settings screen.
• Broadcast Messages: Optional announcements when a scaled dragon appears.
• In-Game Reload: /bettervanilladragonfight reload to reload config without restarting the server.

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Configuration

After first launch, a config file will be generated at:

/config/bettervanilladragonfight.properties

You can configure:

enableMod=true                          # Enable or disable the mod
scaleWithOnePlayer=false                # Whether scaling starts with the first player
countCreativeModePlayers=false          # Include creative players in scaling
baseDragonHealth=200.0                  # Base health of the Ender Dragon
additionalHealthPerPlayer=100.0         # Health added per eligible player
enableBroadcast=true                    # Enable broadcast when dragon spawns

# Initial Spawn Delay
enableInitialSpawnDelay=true            # Delay the first dragon spawn in The End
initialSpawnDelaySeconds=60             # Time (in seconds) before first dragon spawns
showSpawnDelayCountdown=true            # Show countdown above XP bar during delay

# End Towers & Crystals
healDragonMultiplier=10.0               # Multiplier for how much crystals heal the dragon
cageAllEndCrystals=true                 # Generate cages on every end crystal
disableSmallTowers=true                 # Increases the size of the smaller towers
enableCageCover=true                    # Covers cages with additional blocks

# Shulkers
enableShulkers=true                     # Spawns shulkers on the towers
shulkersPerTower=3                      # Number of shulkers to spawn per tower

# Cage Mining Fatigue
enableCageMiningFatigue=true            # End crystals apply mining fatigue to nearby players
miningFatigueLevel=2                    # The level/amplifier of the mining fatigue effect
miningFatigueRange=6.0                  # Radius in blocks where players receive mining fatigue
miningFatigueDuration=5                 # Duration in seconds of the mining fatigue effect

# XP
splitXP=true                            # Splits dragon XP equally among players instead of dropping orbs
baseDragonXP=12000                      # Base XP given for the first dragon kill
additionalXPPerPlayer=3000              # Additional XP for each extra player on the first kill
respawnDragonXP=500                     # Base XP given for respawned dragons
additionalRespawnXPPerPlayer=200        # Additional XP for each extra player on respawned kills

# Perch End Crystal Respawn
perchRespawnsEndCrystals=true           # Dragon respawns crystals when perching
endCrystalsRespawned=4                  # Number of crystals to respawn per perch
halfNextEndCrystalsRespawned=true       # Halves the number of crystals respawned on subsequent perches
perchRegeneratesCages=true              # Regenerate cages along with respawned crystals

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Commands

Command	Description
/bettervanilladragonfight reload	Reloads the mod’s configuration

Requires permission level 2 (OP status).

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Compatibility

• Minecraft: 26.2
• Fabric Loader: Latest stable version for your Minecraft version
• Fabric API required

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Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader on your server.
2. Install Fabric API on the server.
3. Place the bettervanilladragonfight-vX.X.X_X.X.X.jar into your server's mods folder. (Note: The first version number is the mod version, and the second is the Minecraft version, e.g., v1.0.0_26.2.0)
4. Start the server once to generate the config file.
5. Modify the config if desired and reload with /bettervanilladragonfight reload.

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License

MIT License - free to use, modify, and distribute.

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Authors

Original mod by ZephByte

Overhauled by H3LiiiX