Piglin Proliferation

Zombified Piglins now keep the equipment and appearance of the Piglin type they were converted from:

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Fig. 1: This Zombified Piglin was clearly a Brute in its past life.

Each piglin type has a corresponding zombified piglin variant, and they can spawn naturally as well as being created through zombification. By default, these are:

• Piglin, holding either a sword or a crossbow
• Piglin Brute
• Piglin Alchemist _(new Piglin type from this mod)_
• Piglin Traveler _(new Piglin type from this mod)_

Zombified Piglins can now actually use any ranged weapons they're holding - you don't want to anger them!

Configuration

In the config, you can:

• Disable this feature entirely- Tweak the spawning chances for Brute, Alchemist and Traveler variants

Data Pack

• If you want to make a zombified variant for a modded Piglin type, you can use a resource pack to add a new overlay skin under assets/piglinproliferation/textures/entity/piglin/clothing_[piglinid], where [piglinid] is the namespaced in-game ID of the modded piglin
• If you want them to spawn naturally, make a datapack that modifies data\piglinproliferation\data_maps\entity_type\zombified_piglin_variants.json and follow the format below:
• `{

"values": { "minecraft:skeleton": { // the texture file for this would be named "clothing_skeleton" "weight": 100, "item": "minecraft:diamond_axe" // spawns with a diamond axe in it's main hand } } }`

• If you're going to copy and paste this, remove the comments (aka the // fields)
• By default, Bygone Nether's Piglin Prisoner and Piglin Hunter have textures in this format and will thus keep their clothing when zombified. They will not spawn naturally unless put in a datapack manually.
• Make sure the mob id exists in game before putting it inside the field

Piglin Brutes now have a special attack, making them more dangerous than ever before:

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Fig. 2: A Piglin Brute charging at the player. If you're not careful around them, they can knock you to your doom...

Inspired by the arm brace on their vanilla texture, Piglin Brutes now carry a Buckler, a specialised shield which they use in a new charge attack; they rush towards their enemies at high speed and try to bash into them, dealing massive damage and knockback if they land a hit.

If you defeat a Brute in combat or raid a Bastion chest, you can get a Buckler of your very own! It lets you charge forward for 0.75 seconds, during which you cannot turn, jump, or be knocked back. Bashing into an entity while charging deals 6-8 Attack Damage and activates your Critical Aura (exclusive to players), which ensures that your next attack is a critical one. However, you can't charge in water - this was implemented to avoid overlap with Riptide Tridents.

Full details can be found in-game by hovering over a Buckler item and pressing Sneak:

Enchantments

The Buckler has exclusive enchantments! Both of these replace Critical Aura with a different, unique ability.

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Fig. 3: A nether enchanting setup, perfect for the Buckler.

• Turning (Levels I-V): Each level increases your turning speed and charging time but decreases the shield bash's attack damage. At max level, you have complete turn control for 2 seconds but only deal 1-2 damage. _Disables Critical Aura gain after shield bashing._
• Bang! (Levels I-III): Shield bashing creates an explosion instead of a regular attack, which is larger at higher enchantment levels. It deals heavy damage to any entities in the area, but that includes you! It also decreases the Buckler's durability a lot faster than usual, so be careful how you use it... _Disables Critical Aura gain after shield bashing._