Fear of Anything

# **<span style="color:#e67e23">Fear of Anything</span>** ### **Customize Mob AI to make any mob fear any item, block, or player. The ultimate tool for mob control, automated farms, and creative base defense. Server-side, lightweight, and fully configurable.** *** ## Total Control Over Mob AI. You Decide What They Fear. Are you <span style="color:#b96ad9">tired</span> of predictable mob behavior? Do you want to build a truly unique base defense or design a complex, automated mob farm? From the creator of _Fear of Fire_, **Fear of Anything** evolves the concept into a powerful, universal tool that puts you in complete control of mob AI. This server-side mod allows you to create fear-based rules for **any mob** in the game, including those from other mods. Make Creepers flee from flowers, make Zombies run from players holding a golden sword, or even make a powerful modded boss retreat from a simple block of wool. With support for NBT data, block states, and now **stage-based trauma and breeding via datapacks**, the possibilities for creative mob control, automation, and gameplay design are truly limitless. Example datapacks (including trauma and breeding rules) are available here: **https://github.com/Sylsatra/firefearmod/tree/3.0.0-1.20.1/datapacks** *** ## Key Features * 🧠 **Customizable Mob AI:** The core of the mod. Gain precise control over mob behavior by defining what scares them. A must-have for modpack creators and technical players. * 🎯 **Target Any Mob (with <span style="color:#3498db">NBT Support</span>):** Add any mob from vanilla or mods to a fear group. Target all zombies, or only those with a specific name or wearing specific armor. * 🗡️ **Fear of Items (with <span style="color:#3498db">NBT Support</span>):** Make mobs flee from players holding an item, or from an item on the ground. This includes modded items and specific NBT data, allowing for unique tools like a "Creeper-Repelling-Stick." * 🧱 **Fear of Blocks (with <span style="color:#3498db">Block State Support</span>):** Designate any block as a source of fear. The system is smart enough to check for specific block states, like a lever being `powered:true` or a fence being `waterlogged:true`. * 📜 **Two Ways to Configure: TOML & Datapacks:** Use the classic `firefearmod-common.toml` for simple, global fear rules, or enable the new **intergenerational trauma** system to drive everything from JSON datapacks (perfect for packs and servers). * 🚀 **<span style="color:#2ecc71">Server-Side</span> & Lightweight:** The mod runs entirely on the server, so players don't need to install it. The AI checks are highly optimized for minimal performance impact, ensuring a smooth experience on any server. * 🕵️ **Optional Sound Attract Integration:** If the **Sound Attract** mod is installed, Fear of Anything will automatically use its FOV and stealth checks, so fear behavior respects stealthy movement and custom vision cones. *** ## New in v3.0.0 – Intergenerational Trauma & Breeding ### 🧬 Stage-Based Intergenerational Trauma (Datapack Driven) Flip on: * `INTERGENERATIONAL_TRAUMA_ENABLED` (default: `false`) …and you unlock a **stage-based fear system** controlled by datapacks: * Mobs now have **trauma stages per group**. Early stages are simple, later stages can be conditional. * Example: a cow fears fire-based blocks as stage 0. After being hit by a player, that cow – and any nearby cows – can unlock stage 1, where they now fear players. * Trauma can also spread and be inherited: * Experience: being hurt by certain sources. * Witnessing: seeing bad things happen nearby. * Inheritance: babies can inherit trauma stages from their parents. * The maximum stage per group is capped by: * `MAX_TRAUMA_STAGES_PER_GROUP` (default: `3`) All of this is defined in JSON trauma groups inside datapacks, so pack makers can ship complex behavior without touching the core config. ### 👁️ Smarter Visibility Modes for Fears The datapack system adds per-entity **visibility modes**: ```json { "type": "entity", "id": "minecraft:ocelot", "fear_override": true, "visibility_mode": "ALWAYS" } ``` * `visibility_mode: "ALWAYS"` The mob will fear the target **whenever it sees it**. In the example above, the mob will flee from ocelots on sight, and with `"fear_override": true` it will refuse to aggro that ocelot even if it is normally hostile. * Default (when `visibility_mode` is omitted) The mob only fears the target when **both can see each other** (mutual line of sight). This is great for more “duel-like” or social encounters. This lets you tune whether a fear is more like “prey vs predator on sight” or “panic only when we’re really staring each other down.” ### 🍼 Natural and Forced Breeding Systems (Datapack Driven) Using datapacks, you can now define **natural** and **forced** breeding rules per mob: * **Natural breeding:** Mobs of the same type within range can automati