shapeshifting

Shapeshifting Mod Overview

• Mobs now have a chance to drop an Essence Book when they die (no drops from babies or misc entities). Each book is tagged with the slain mob’s identity; using it transforms you into that mob’s form.
• While shapeshifted, your max health, movement speed, attack damage, and survival perks mirror the captured mob. Fireproof mobs grant fire resistance, aquatic mobs grant water breathing and Dolphin’s Grace, monsters grant night vision, and flying-style mobs grant slow falling.
• The effect persists across death and relogins. Using another Essence Book swaps you to the new form; drinking the Elixir of Humanity returns you to your default body.
• Craft the Elixir of Humanity with a glass bottle, milk bucket, ghast tear, and golden apple (shapeless recipe). Both items appear in the Ingredients and Combat creative tabs.
• Visual naming on Essence Books shows the bound mob, and tooltips explain whether a book is empty or which mob it contains.

Tips & Notes

• Shapeshifts adjust attributes and provide survival effects but do not replace player models; armor and held items remain visible.
• The mod respects vanilla mob loot rules; disabling mob drops will also disable essence drops.