Note: This update currently does not work on 1.21.5

Hello!
A fairly big technical change to share with you all today.
A rework to the custom crafting system which makes it much more customisable and flexible for both server owners and players.

Recipe Menu
A new menu allowing you to see the recipes of all the vendrick items. Right click certain items to be shown a menu with all that item's recipes.

Spoiler: Note

You will need to run /ven refresh on existing items for them to have this functionality

Recipe File
A new JSON file which holds all the plugin's recipes. in this file you can edit, add and delete recipes for any plugin item.
You'll need these

Spoiler: PLUGIN ITEM ID'S

VEN_ETERNAL_STAR
VEN_VENDRICK_HATCHET
VEN_GROWTH_SWORD
VEN_ETERNAL_FRAGMENT
VEN_ESSENCE_OF_ETERNITY
VEN_TRUE_ETERNAL_HATCHET
VEN_SHATTER_SPINE
VEN_NUTRIMENT_OF_THE_INFINITE
VEN_SHATTER_STICK
VEN_TRADE_LOC
VEN_D_TRADE_LOC
VEN_M_TRADE_LOC
VEN_PIE_CRUST
VEN_FLAMING_STAR
VEN_TIDAL_STAR
VEN_LUSCIOUS_APPLE
VEN_OVEN
VEN_NUTRIMENT_U
VEN_THE_CATALYST
VEN_FLAME_CORE
VEN_WAVE_CORE
VEN_VOLTAIC_CORE
VEN_VOID_CORE
VEN_VOID_CORE_FRAGMENT
VEN_VOLATILE_STAR
VEN_STORM_STAR
VEN_BALL_LIGHTNING
VEN_ENERGY_RIFLE
VEN_FUSION_CHAMBER
VEN_CATALYST_PART_A
VEN_CATALYST_PART_B
VEN_UNCHARGED_RIFLE
VEN_INFINIUM
VEN_ENCHANTED_INFINIUM
VEN_PLASMA_TORCH
VEN_DARK_STAR
VEN_VEN_CHEST
VEN_VEN_LEGS
VEN_VEN_HEAD
VEN_VEN_BOOTS
VEN_VENDRICK_TALISMAN

Please watch this tutorial video to fully understand both new systems.


Thank you for using Vendrick.
Any issues let me know.

Hello,
I took some time to patch out some bugs, there weren't that many


General Changes:

• Removed Tidal Vendrick's Tsunami Attack
  
  • Was causing too many issues for my liking
• Replaced Tsunami with Bubble Bomb
  • Also replaces Pig Bombs for Tidal Vendrick only
• Dark Vendrick's Flaming spirit's flame bomb attack has been reduced to 3 health
• Removed the message after hitting a mob with the energy rifle
• Increased the size of ball lightning during the Stormy Vendrick fight
• Switched the Pre Heated Oven and the Luscious Apple around
  • Crafting recipies and merchant trades have been changed to reflect this
• Introduced a slight gap between Vendrick's shatter attack

Please contact me on discord or via a conversation if you have any issues

3000 Downloads aswell, neat.

~ R

• Fixed issue where the stormy spirit's ball lightning would continue to fire after it had died
• Fixed issue where Dark Vendrick's rune timer would not start counting down again after attacking
• Fixed issue where pig bomb timers would float in the air if the pig had fallen from high up

Any issues let me know

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Hello!

Today I bring you the end to the distortion series. Dark Vendrick awaits.

But before we dive in to what's new.

▶ Dark Vendrick

Dark Vendrick is the newest and final distortion you must fight. He is much harder than the past 3 but brings the best rewards.

You require 3 of the new Void Cores to spawn him but these do not drop from mobs, you acquire these from defeating any distortion. Dark Vendrick himself drops a void core fragment that can be used to craft into Void Cores.

Dark vendrick brings 8 new items (apart from the cores). Including a brand new armour set. Each piece with its own special ability.


Each ability is editable in the config. But there's more on that below.

Each piece requires 2 pieces of Enchanted Infinium to craft. along with some extra Infinium. You craft these pieces like you would a regular armour piece. (The exact recipes will be on the GitHub wiki)

There is also another incredibly rare drop obtained from only Dark Vendrick.

▶ Config Changes

You are now able to change the enchants found on many of the items in the plugin to better suit your server's existing items.

This is how the eternal hatchet look in the default config. To add an enchant you add to the list under "enchants". You then add the name of the enchant and the level it has. Invalid enchants will not be added and invalid enchant levels will be defaulted to 1.

Here is a large list of all the new additions to the config.

Every item found in the new update also has translations available in lang.YML

▶ Extra Changes and Bug Fixes

• Extra changes
  • Flaming Vendrick's inferno attack has had its radius reduced from 6 blocks to 4 blocks
  • The material merchant can now convert Shatter Spines and Eternal Hatchets into Infinium (1:1 ratio)
  • Removed unbreaking from the Eternal Growth's Rose
• Bug Fixes
  • Attempted ANOTHER fix at the bug where Vendrick does not return to the fight after Pig Bombs (I think I got it this time though)
  • Fixed eternal star trade where it required 9 emeralds instead of 8

▶ The Future of Vendrick

I have made the decision for this to be the last public large content update for the plugin. This type of plugin doesn't give me a lot of wriggle room with updates as its always a gamble whether some servers like the changes and some servers don't. Along with that. The distortions gave me a clear roadmap of things to add, which also allowed the plugin to not be filled with unneeded content. Along with that, Now that the distortions are done. I do not know what else the plugin needs now. It's in a good spot right now.

I call it the last public large update as i am aware that there are servers who really enjoy Vendrick and may also want some extra features. I am 110% willing to make these for anyone who wants them. Only now, for a small fee. (This does not apply to existing donators for their first 2 orders). Bug fix patches will always be public and will continue to come when they're needed.

If you are interested in a custom Vendrick update. Please start a conversation with me or contact me on discord at Rain_stxrm#6917.

Well. That was a long one.
As always. Any issues let me know.
Good Luck!

Hello!

Today I'm releasing a rework to the loot system in the plugin
Here it is in a nutshell:

• The 1 in X system previously used has been changed to use percentages
• These percentages are set in the config under "item-chances" and has replaced "rare-chance" and "epic-chance"
  • Spoiler: Config

    Code (YAML):

    # Chance for drops after beating vendrick. 1 = 100%,  0.01 = 1%,  0.001 = 0.01%
    # Put the chance as 0 to prevent that item being dropped
    
    item-chances :
     - 0.15 # Emerald block
      - 0.11 # Eternal Fragment
      - 0.11 # Essence of eternity
      - 0.08 # Infinium
      - 0.05 # Totem of undying
      - 0.02 # Eternal Hatchet
      - 0.02 # Shatter spine
      - 0.01 # The catalyst
      - 0.007 # Pre-heated oven
      - 0.007 # Fusion chamber
• You are able to disable drops by setting the chance to 0
• This new system only takes 48 lines of code. The old one took over 200!

It works just as it did before, even better in fact. I hope you enjoy the new flexibility and less confusion around loot.

Also in today's update:

• Bug fixes
  • Fixed attacks happening at the same time (about time)
  • Vendrick no longer attacks people who aren't in the fight
  • You are now able to use the Energy Rifle when it is damaged
  • Made the drop messages found in lang.yml actually appear in the plugin
• Extra changes
  • Sounds now play based off the rarity of drop you get

That's all for now. Any issues let me know.
Oh and thanks so much for 900 downloads. 100 more to go!

Still here? Good. Check this out.

The last chapter in the distortion series. Coming soon.

• Fixed error with ball lightning
• Fixed not being able to spawn Vendrick if you renamed the star in the language file

Speaking of the language file...

• Added new options to lang.yml
  • Rare/Epic/Insane boss drops
  • Distortion descriptions at the bottom of distorted stars
  • Item rarity tiers
  • Flame/Wave/Voltaic cores and taglines

Made a python program to make adding to that file a much easier progress (It's on my github if you're interested) So this will mean more translation options coming soon.

That's all for now, any issues let me know.

• The portal can now be cleared after a reload/restart
• Ball lightning is no longer collectable once its despawned
• Fixed game breaking bug where the portal continues to spawn wraiths after Vendrick died
• Switched back to the original version layout
  • If this breaks the update checker let me know

That's all for now, any issues let me know

• Changed plugin version to make update checker work

Apologies for the double notif, still working how the update checker works. Hopefully should be good now

New changes

• Players in 45 block area of where the star was dropped are now told about the Vendrick fight when the ring appears
• A ring now appears when spawning Vendrick using the command
• Ball lightning is removed from a player's inventory when they die
• Ball lightning can now be shot when in a stack of more than 1
• The plugin now has an update checker (about time)

Bug fixes

• Removed command used for testing
• Fixed error related to item glow
• Fixed Stormy Vendrick's lightning storm attack from breaking attack skips for the remainder of that fight
• Fine tuned Growth spawning so they no longer stop in the middle of a block

That's all for now, any issues let me know!

Hello Everyone!

Been a good while since a major update but the time has returned so let's get right into what's new

> Visual Upgrades

• Updated the visuals of the plugin entities

• Items now glow in their respective rarity colour

• Ball lightning collectables now have particles

> New Commands

• Updated /ven i
  • Organised the items into 4 menus: All, Vendrick, Weapons and Materials
  • Added a search feature to find a specific item or a group of items
• /ven summon
  • Summon any of the plugin's mobs
• /ven refresh
  • If an item was made useless by it being outdated or losing durability, this command will revert it into its most recent state

> Config Changes

• Added "do-rifle-feedback" to config

> Bug Fixes

• Fixed being able to till dirt and break blocks using the energy rifle
• Fixed pretty game breaking bug where attacks from distorted Vendricks were unable to be skipped

> Extras!

• Added bStats to the plugin!
  • bStats is a lightweight extension used in tens of thousands of plugins which tracks stats such as player count and the amount of servers using Vendrick. All data collected is anonymous and can be disabled in your plugin folder.
• Vendrick now has it's own GitHub Repo! So if you're interested about the plugins inner workings check it out at https://github.com/Rainstxrm/Vendrick-Boss-Fight or click the link at the top of the plugin's main page.
• While I'm here I may as well tease the next update
  • 
  • There you go. Make of that what you will.

And there we go. Hope you all enjoy the new changes. Any issues let me know. Bye for now o/

A storm is brewing. The forecast says get ready for QoL features and a new chapter in the distortion series.

• New Distortion: Stormy Vendrick

The 3rd out of 4 distortions has arrived. Stormy Vendrick gives a whole new level to difficulty.

Vendrick summons his own hurricane around him that damages players who stand inside it. Every 7 seconds the storm either gets bigger or gets stronger.
Stormy Vendrick's attack this time round is "Lightning Storm".
It's also important to get ready to give him a taste of his own medicine. But I'll let you figure out how.

Stormy Vendrick brings many new items. These include a new material that drops from all distortions, a new special drop and a new insane tier item. The special drop only comes from Vendricks with difficulty of 4 and higher.
The distorted star that spawns him requires Voltaic Cores to craft which drop from phantoms by default

• Material Merchant

A new merchant has arrived, this one allows you to exchange between all materials at a 2:1 ratio. This should help organise the existing merchants better. This merchant can be spawned using /ven merchant m

• New Commands:

/venfight
A new command dedicated purely to managing the fight. You are able to skip attacks, stop the fight, start it without a star and edit Stormy Vendrick's hurricane.

/ven clear
Clears the plugins entities nearby to the player

OP's can run /venfight help for more information.

• Custom spawning locations

A new feature in this update is the ability to make your own locations for Vendrick to spawn at. Custom locations are set in the config or can be set using the command /ven add [name]

Note: Using the command will remove all comments from the config. This is an issue with the file and not the plugin

• Config Changes

use-locations
keep-inventory
M-trader-type
rifle-safe
voltaic-core-mob

• Lang file changes

Added translations for:
All the new items in the update

• Item Changes

Added a crafting recipe for the catalyst

You can also trade for it from the distorted merchant.

Changed the recipe for the distorted stars so that they only require 3 of their respective cores instead of 4.

Moved the text from ability usages from chat to the action bar

What is that ability?!

• Extra changes

Changed the colour of the plugin's prefix used in commands
Vendrick and any bossbar now get removed on a server reload

• And last but not least... Bug fixes
  • When obtaining a rare drop from Vendrick, the item is now dropped on the ground instead of vanishing
  • Made the Pre-Heated Oven unplaceable
  • Changed the lightning struck by the wraith portal to a lightning effect instead of actual lightning
  • Changed the way armour stands work so that the wraith portal isn't as crazy
  • Made eternal growths spawn in the air again
  • Stopped Vendrick giving you the bad omen effect if he was wearing a banner

And there we go! Good luck with the new fight. Any issues don't hesitate to let me know.

• Updated "lang.yml"
  • The file now contains every item
  • This includes its name, tagline and lore. Even custom enchants
  • You can change these to anything you want
  • Nothing plugin side will be effected. Drops and obtainment announcements will change to what the item says. The custom enchants will also still work

• Rework of Shatter
  • Its been an annoyance since day 1. The lasting soul sand and obsidian left by mainly Vendrick was a menace to server landscapes and more importantly. Protected areas. But not anymore.
  • Shatter now uses particles as its danger zones. This applies to both Vendrick's attack and the Shatter Stick
  • The attack itself has stayed the same, only the visuals have changed

• Fixed bug where leaving the server mid fight broke everything
  • How this stayed in the plugin this long I have no clue.
  • Leaving mid fight works the same way as dying. They will not be able to interact with the fight or receive rewards at the end

And arguably the most important change...

• Fixed the order of rare drop announcements post fight
  • You can pick your jaw from off the ground now

2 more projects are in the works but I can't tell you as it may Distort your ideas about it. Why? I must Keep It a secret.

As always, any issues let me know. Bye!

First one of the year, nothing massive just a few bugs to squish

• Bug Fixes
  • The Volatile star can no longer be placed
  • You can no longer pick up the blocks left by Tidal Vendrick's Tsunami attack.
  • Added more indication to the correct merchant command
• Other changes
  • Squid shields now glow
  • Eternal stars now show their own difficulty rating
  • Changed cooldowns of the Nutriment of the Infinite/Slightly burned Nutriment
    • NotI: 20 → 25 Seconds
    • SbN: 30 → 35 Seconds
  • Buffed Flaming Vendrick's Inferno
    • Damage: 4 → 8
    • Fire Duration: 3 → 4 Seconds

That's all for now. Any issues let me know.

Hello!
Get the squad ready. Vendrick is about to get a whole lot harder.

• Distortions

Distortions are new varients of Vendricks that offer a much harder challenge, but for a greater reward. Let's see how they work.


The easiest distortion. Flaming Vendrick

Distortions are spawned using new types of star. Which requires 2 new drops to be crafted. They work the same way as regular Vendrick but they have their own unique quirks and gameplay elements to throw into the mix.


Distorted Vendricks drop more items at the end and have a higher chance to drop rare and special items. They also have a very small chance to drop a brand new rarity of item (More on that below).

This update launches the first 2 distortions. Flaming and Tidal.
More will be added in future updates.

• Item Tiers

Also in this update is a new actual tier system for items in the plugin.
Item tier range from:
Rare
Epic
Special
Insane
Your items will now show their tier in the lore.

• Distorted merchant

A brand new merchant designed to allow you to obtain the new stars. It is spawned using a new argument to /ven merchant. To spawn the original one you use 'e' and to spawn the new one you use 'd'.

Distorted merchants can use a different entity to spawn. This is set in the config

• Additional changes

Added more items to /ven i and gave it a more standard look.
Added "D-trader-type" to config.
Gave the plugin its own internal version so it should now show up as 1.8 in the console
Added Vendrick's new voice lines to Lang.yml

That's all for now. Hope you enjoy the update and good luck with the new fights!
Any issues, bugs, balancing issues, or new feature suggestions let me know!

Hey again! You all know the drill. Let's find out what's been changed.

Bugfixes

• The player's inventory will now be correctly returned to them after dying in the fight
• Eternal growths will now take projectile damage

QoL changes

• Players in creative will no longer be knocked back by the wraith portal
• Hitting pig bombs with projectiles now gives visual feedback to indicate they're invulnerable to them
• Updated the look of /ven i
• The lore of the Eternal star no longer mentions the fight is for 1 player

That's all for now. Any issues let me know.

• lang.yml

This is a new file that contains all the messages found in the plugin. You can change these messages to how you deem fit. This could be to translate to another language and so on. It follows the same rules as the config:

• Use & for colour codes
• Use {player} to put the player's name in the message

Read this before updating:
When the file is first added to the plugin it will be empty. Reload the plugin to fix this. Any changes to the messages will show up after a reload.

Any issues or if there are any messages I forgot let me know. Thanks!

Hello again! I'm back again with the biggest update yet for the plugin. Been long overdue I know but I hope you enjoy all the new features. There's been a lot changed so make sure to read the whole post. And don't forget to report any bugs you find. Thanks!

• Vendrick with friends

The boss fight now has working multiplayer support! Now everyone who fights Vendrick will get rewarded for it. So let's go over how it works and what's been added

Instead of Vendrick just spawning, a circle appears while he is being summoned. After 5 seconds those who are in the circle will be put into the fight. If no one is in the circle Vendrick will not appear and will laugh at you.

Only people who are in the circle when he spawns will be allowed to interact with the fight. This includes: Attacking Vendrick, Destroying the portals, Defusing pig bombs, and so on.

If Vendrick is killed, every player in the fight will be rewarded with sweet loot. And now every player needs to die in order for the fight to be lost.
Players who died will "lose" the fight meaning they are not rewarded and cannot interact anymore.

• Vendrick changes

The main man couldn't be left out of a huge update like this so he has his own set of big changes.

• Config changes
  • Vendrick's health is now customisable (vendrick-health). The interval attacks still happen at the same health percents
  • Vendrick can now be disabled (disable-boss)
  • The way the win message works has been changed that you can now put the player's name anywhere in the message
  • The chance for a rare and special drop can now be changed (This feature was requested by @avidyano, so if you have any ideas for a feature let me know!)

• Bugs squashed
  • Eternal fragments and the shatter spine can no longer be placed
  • The splash potion spawned when the portal is destroyed is now spawned on the portals location rather than the players
  • Attacking the portal now correctly launches the player back

That's all for now. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the update!

• Command aliases

/ven items and /ven reload now have their own aliases to make using them easier and quicker. You can use /ven i and /ven rl to use them now.

• Bugs Squashed

- The Nutriment of the Infinite will now work in the offhand (Thanks to @avidyano for reporting this)

- Trying to spawn an invalid merchant will now just not spawn it

• The Eternal Merchant will now work after a server restart.
• After destroying the wraith portal, a splash potion of healing is now splashed

Any issues let me know

• Eternal Merchant

The eternal merchant is a new NPC that offers all the crafts but in trade form! Server OP's can spawn one in using the new command /ven merchant. They can also be removed by using /ven mremove.
By changing "trader-type" in the config you can have the merchant be any entity you want. Trades range from special items to the eternal star. You are also able to trade between frags and essence at a 2:1 ratio

• Special item announcements

Now, whenever a player crafts or trades for a special item. Everyone on the server is now flexed on informed of their achievement. This is toggleable in the config (announce-special).

• Shatter stick cooldown fix

There has been an attempted fix at the bug where the shatter stick cooldown would persist for all players. If it hasn't been fixed let me know

• Crafting or trades?

You can now choose whether you allow players to craft the special items. This option is found in the config as "can-craft"

• The person who spawned Vendrick will now keep their inventory if they die in the fight
• Fixed issues with cutscenes and titles appearing when they weren't supposed to
• Vendrick can no longer use his 2 random attacks until his first attack interval (75% health)
• Players in creative mode no longer get knocked back from Vendrick's shatter attack
• Portal wraiths and their portal now get removed if the player dies during that attack

That's all for now, any issues let me know.

• Fixed Nutriment's lore to not mention it as "berries"
• Fixed Nutriment not having a cooldown once eaten

• Vendrick will no longer be teleported to 30000000, 0,30000000 once the player dies, he is now just removed from the world (Don't ask.)

• Custom enchants (Shatter, FotG) are now numbered like other enchants

Does this mean upgradeable versions will exist? Yes. Yes, it does.

Apologies for going dark for a month, whoops. But I have been working on other fun projects that, with a little bit of luck, could see full releases. So keep an eye out

• Replaced the "Eternal Growth" attack with a brand new attack!

In its current state, Vendrick's Horde attack is boring, no threat to the player whatsoever, and is bland and uninteresting. This attack has been removed from Vendrick's default attack set and has been replaced with a new more dangerous attack that has solved most of these issues.

• Pig bombs have realized they are in fact bombs, not pigs and have stopped moving around to portray this fact in an authentic way

• Added "DoGrowths" to config

The attack is still gameplay so it's still included in the plugin if you want to use it (for whatever reason). Setting this to true or false will make Vendrick attack using the horde as a random attack. It no longer happens at 75% health.

Enjoy the new attack and let me know of any issues, bugs, or suggestions you may have!

• Added "ShowCooldown" to config

ShowCooldown determines whether the shatter stick's cooldowns messages should display to the player. Its default is true.

• Added new infinite food item: Nutriment of the infinite

Crafted using 2 fragments, 2 essence and a golden apple
The item is infinite and buffs the player but has a 20-second cooldown.

• Updated the commands to use arguments and remade /ven items to give you the item by clicking on it instead of having to drag out only one.

Commands use /ven as a base now. /ven help shows you what the commands do. /ven is still only available to OP's

• Fixed being able to pick up the eternal star from the ground and still have Vendrick spawn. Effectively allowing for the fight to be canceled

In addition to this, Vendrick's time to spawn has been increased to 5 seconds to allow for ample cancel time.

• Added a config.yml file
• Added a message that displays to the whole server once a player defeats vendrick

The config file has 3 areas for you to change: The win message, whether it should show to everyone, and the damage the shatter stick deals.
Names and default values are included. I plan to add more options to the file but for now, this is just a test of the feature.

If any issues arise please report them!

• Fixed an issue where certain plugins could cause issues with the bossfight
• Attempted to fix the known issue with the "The Hoard" attack
• Updated the look of the "Pig Bombs"

• (Version 1.041 and 1.042 are incredibly minor fixes of things I left in by accident during testing)

(Quick note, please keep reporting every error and bug you find, I'm genuinely learning so much fixing them!)

Removed command used in testing from plugin