Haunted Encounters

What it does

• Replaces hostile mobs (zombie, skeleton, creeper, ghast, blaze, enderman, breeze) with ghostly variants that keep the same roles but can phase through walls, burn in sunlight, and seek shade.
• Ghosts drop XP and minimal loot (none for zombies/skeletons) and use custom sound events/animation hooks for idle/attack/death cues.
• Silph Scope item lets you reveal a ghost’s true form: using it on any ghost converts it into a random Ghost-type Cobblemon Pokémon (can be shiny) that can then be battled or captured.
• Cleanse Tag can now be placed as a block; when placed it repels ghosts within a roughly 20×20 area and stops them from spawning. Breaking or picking it back up returns the Cleanse Tag.
• Poké Balls cannot capture ghosts directly; thrown balls fizzle on contact and warn the thrower.

Usage notes

• Craft Silph Scope with amethyst shard + spyglass + Cobblemon Cleanse Tag, then use it directly on a ghost to spawn the Pokémon.
• Place a Cleanse Tag block by using the Cobblemon Cleanse Tag item on a surface; interact with an empty hand to pick it back up.
• Ghosts behave like their original mobs (melee, ranged, explosive, teleporting, breeze wind attacks) but will burn in daylight, avoid sunlight, and are pushed away from nearby Cleanse Tags.

Implementation highlights

• Custom ghost entity types mirror vanilla AI, gain no-clip movement in darkness, and handle sunburn/repulsion through shared helpers.
• Entity replacement runs on server entity load, swapping eligible hostile mobs for their ghost counterparts while respecting Cleanse Tag repel zones.
• Cleanse Tag tracking is stored per-dimension so repel zones persist while blocks remain placed.
• Silph Scope leverages Cobblemon species/type data to select Ghost-type Pokémon, keeps XP from the original ghost untouched, and supports creative-use without consuming the item.

Limitations / future ideas

• Ghost visuals and sounds rely on resource packs; default models are placeholders.
• Cleanse Tag repel radius is fixed (10 blocks manhattan); configurable settings could be added later.
• Ghost projectile/attack effects use vanilla projectiles for now; bespoke particles or damage types could enhance flavor.