Tribulation - Difficulty Overhaul

# Tribulation — Difficulty Overhaul **_Survive what comes next._** !(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfizzle/tribulation/master/art/logo.png) **Also on (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/tribulation-difficulty-overhaul) and (https://github.com/rfizzle/tribulation/releases).** Visit the (https://tribulation.rfizzle.com) for the full feature list, config reference, and command guide. --- Tribulation is a difficulty overhaul for **Minecraft 1.21.1 (Fabric)**. It transforms Minecraft's flat difficulty curve into an escalating gauntlet: the longer you play, the further you explore, and the deeper you dig — the harder the world fights back. Every system is formula-driven, fully configurable, and persists across server restarts. **An overhaul, not a content pack.** No custom mobs, no new dimensions — vanilla mobs, vanilla mechanics, sharpened. Zero external dependencies beyond Fabric API. ## At a glance - Minecraft **1.21.1**, **Fabric** loader (0.16.10+), **Fabric API** required. - Required on the **server**; install client-side too for the level badge HUD. - Every system is **individually toggleable** through Mod Menu / Cloth Config or `config/tribulation.json` — hot-reload with `/tribulation reload`. - MIT licensed. ## Features ### Four-Axis Mob Scaling Mob stats are computed from four independent factors the moment a mob spawns: | Axis | How It Works | Cap | |------|-------------|-----| | **Time** | Your cumulative playtime advances a per-player difficulty level (0–250). Higher level = stronger mobs near you. ~1 level per hour of play. | Level 250 | | **Distance** | Beyond 1,000 blocks from world spawn, mobs gain bonus health, damage, armor, and toughness. The frontier is dangerous. | +150% | | **Height** | Deviation from sea level (Y=62) in either direction adds threat. Deep caves and tall mountains are deadlier. | +50% | | **Moon Phase** | On Overworld nights, a triangle curve peaks at the full moon and tapers to zero at the new moon — the same coordinates feel different week to week. | +10% | All four axes stack. On top of them, flat **level offsets** tied to *where* a mob spawns lift both its stats and its ability tier: a per-dimension offset keeps the Nether (+25) and End (+40) scarier than the late-game Overworld, per-biome offsets single out hostile ground (the Deep Dark is +30 by default), and per-structure **danger zones** turn landmark raids into a real gauntlet — ancient cities +30, end cities +25, nether fortresses and bastions +20, ocean monuments and trial chambers +15. Every offset is configurable and understands biome and structure tags, so modded content slots in. 21 vanilla mob types have individually tuned scaling rates and caps — zombies don't scale the same as skeletons or creepers. Modded hostile mobs are automatically supported with conservative fallback scaling (configurable per-namespace or per-entity). In multiplayer, choose which player level drives a nearby mob — the **nearest**, the **average**, or the **maximum** of the players in range. An optional **group health bonus** *(off by default)* adds +20% mob health for each extra player nearby, capped at +100%, so the crowd that ganks a mob doesn't also trivialize it. It touches health only — grouping up never inflates the XP those mobs drop. ### Tier-Gated Mob Abilities At 5 level thresholds (50/100/150/200/250), mobs unlock new behaviors that change how you fight them: - **Tier 1 (50)** — Zombies call reinforcements, creepers fuse in 0.75s, hoglins shrug off knockback - **Tier 2 (100)** — Skeletons trade bows for swords, spiders snare you in webs, drowned carry tridents, piglins pick up crossbows - **Tier 3 (150)** — Zombies break doors, spiders trample crops, wither skeletons sprint, zoglins walk through fire - **Tier 4 (200)** — Skeleton arrows burn, husks inflict Hunger II, vindicators resist damage, wither skeleton blades gain Fire Aspect - **Tier 5 (250)** — Zombies sprint, 25% of creepers spawn charged, spiders leap, zombified piglins aggro from far away Every individual ability can be toggled in the config. ### Elite Champions Once you pass level 50, roughly **5% of hostile mobs** spawn as Elite Champions — nameplated minibosses that carry one or two random **affixes** on top of their normal scaling. A champion has 1.5× health and 1.25× damage, drops **3× the XP** and an extra loot roll, and never appears on a boss. The five affixes each change the fight: - **Vampiric** — heals for half the damage it deals - **Explosive** — detonates on death, without scarring the terrain - **Repulsing** — a knockback aura keeps you at arm's length - **Thorns** — reflects 30% of the damage you land - **Regenerating** — steadily heals itself unless you keep the pressure on Every affix, the spawn chance, and the level gate are configurable. ### Blood Moon Every full-moon night in the Overworld has a **25% chance** to rise blood red. While a