Mobs Use Shields, Eat Food and Crit You

Overview

This mod makes hostile mobs much smarter and more challenging! Mobs can now use shields to block your attacks, jump while fighting to land critical hits, and eat food to heal themselves when they're low on health.

Features

• Shield Blocking: Mobs holding a shield in their offhand will actively block incoming attacks, reducing damage by up to 60%
• Critical Jump Attacks: Mobs will jump during combat to land critical hits on you, just like players do
• Self-Healing: When a mob's health drops below 40%, they'll eat any food they're holding to restore health

How to Use

This mod works automatically once installed on your server! Here's what to expect:

1. Give mobs shields: Use commands or loot tables to give mobs shields in their offhand

   • Example: /summon zombie ~ ~ ~ {HandItems:[{id:"minecraft:iron_sword",Count:1b},{id:"minecraft:shield",Count:1b}]}

2. Give mobs food: Mobs will eat food from either hand when low on health

   • Example: /summon zombie ~ ~ ~ {HandItems:[{id:"minecraft:golden_apple",Count:1b},{id:"minecraft:shield",Count:1b}]}

3. Watch them fight: Mobs with gear will use it intelligently in combat!

Tips & Tricks

• Zombies and skeletons are great candidates for shields - they're common and dangerous enough already!
• Golden apples give mobs more healing than regular food
• The critical hit jumping happens more often when mobs are close to their target
• Combine this with mob gear loot tables for an epic challenge

Known Limitations

• Mobs need to already have shields or food in their hands - this mod doesn't automatically give them items
• Some mobs like Creepers and Ghasts won't benefit from shields or food since they attack differently
• The mod is server-side only, so vanilla clients can connect without issues