Verfalldrache

Verfalldraches are corpse tar-based dragon-like Air Calamities. They primarily utilize ranged attacks but are capable of melee. They heavily utilize procedural animation.

Spawning

• Has a ~38.3% chance to spawn from a Womb (created from a Parent Signal that occurred at or above Y=90) when it reaches 100 biomass or is killed at Age 3.

• Has an ~11.1% chance to spawn from a Womb when it reaches 100 biomass (or is killed at Age 3) and the 30% incorrect spawn roll hits (~3.3% chance overall).

Unique Behavior

• Assuming a Verfalldrache's wings are intact, they are capable of flight. They have a specific method of flight, which goes as follows: Verfalldraches will first flap their wings to gain height. They will then glide for a second towards their target to gain momentum and lose some altitude. They then flap their wings again, and this process continues, which is how they fly. When a Verfalldrache is within range of their current target, they will perpetually fly in a circular motion around their target about 8 blocks above the target for as long as they have that target.

• Verfalldraches have three different heads: their main Corpse Tar Head in the center, an Electric Head on their left, and a Sonic Head on their right. The heads of the Verfalldrache have a 32 block follow range and can target entities independently from their parent Verfalldrache. Each head has its own unique abilities. Upon a head performing its attack and being within 12 blocks of its target, the head will stretch to be as close to the target as possible.

  • The Corpse Tar Head will build up 1 'tar' every second, with a cap of 35 tar. When having a target within 16 blocks, the head will rapidly fire corpse tar projectiles every second that deal 5 damage (x2.5 hearts) and inflict Ignitable I for 10 seconds. If a projectile hits a block, a cluster of Tar Pools will be placed in a 4x4 block area of where it landed. These projectiles consume 1 tar.

    • Once a Verfalldrache's Corpse Tar Head has built up 30 tar, the Verfalldrache will be capable of performing its fire trail ability. Upon having enough tar and a target that is at least 35 blocks away, the Verfalldrache will quickly fly in the direction of their target while their Corpse Tar Head rapidly spits out corpse tar projectiles downwards. As this happens, their Electric Head's sparks will ignite all the projectiles. Once these projectiles hit the ground, they will create large patches of fire in a 4x4 block range of each projectile. The Verfalldrache will continually do this ability until it has flown around 20 blocks past where its target was or it collides with something.

  • The Electric Head, when having a target, will build up its charge meter. It increases by 0.2 every tick. If the Electric Head loses its target, its charge will slowly drain by 0.1 every tick. It can have a maximum charge of 20. Upon reaching 10 charge and still having a target that's within 32 blocks, the Electric Head will shoot out a large bolt of electricity, which consumes all charge and deals 15 (x7.5 hearts) lightning damage, as well as setting the target on fire for 5 seconds. This bolt does x3 damage to Iron Golems.

  • The Sonic Head will build up to a sonic shriek attack every 10 seconds. The shriek functions similarly to a Warden's, being impossible to dodge (passing through blocks) and bypassing most forms of armor. It has a range of 24 blocks and the shriek does 5 damage (x2.5 hearts).

  • The hitboxes for the heads of the Verfalldrache have their own personal health, which is 35% of their parent Verfalldrache's health (105 HP (x52.5 hearts)). If the health of a head is fully depleted, it and the corresponding neck will be severed, spawning the correlating Verfalldrache Head entity (see below) and the Verfalldrache loses the abilities of the head that was severed. This can occur to all three heads. If a Verfalldrache loses all three of its heads, its body will resort to dealing simple melee damage. If the heads' parent Verfalldrache heals to 100% health, any heads that are severed will be regenerated, granting the Verfalldrache the abilities of the severed head(s) back.

• The hitboxes for the wings of the Verfalldrache have their own personal health, which is 25% of their parent Verfalldrache's health (75 HP (x37.5 hearts)). If the health of a wing is fully depleted, it will become torn, and between 3 to 9 Wing Membranes will be dropped from the wing, in addition to the Verfalldrache losing its flying capabilities (only one wing needs to be torn for this to happen), forcing it to walk normally (though, Verfalldraches are capable of running surprisingly fast). This can occur to both wings. If the wings' parent Verfalldrache heals to 100% health, any wings that are torn will be healed and untorn, granting the Verfalldrache its flight back.

• Verfalldraches are capable of performing Spore Bursts (explained in-depth on the Calamities page). The positive effects they'll grant to allies is Speed I, Strength I, and Resistance II, all for 30 seconds. The negative effects they'll give to targets is Mycelium Infection II, Weakness II, and Slowness II, all for 30 seconds.

• Verfalldraches have three possible custom death messages, being "<player> was eaten by Verfalldrache", "<player> was crushed by Verfalldrache", and "<player> was dismantled by Verfalldrache".

Behavior

• Verfalldraches are hostile to most non-Spore mobs, with the exceptions being Animals and Fish (unless Should attack Animals is enabled via the Config) and mobs included in the Mobs Not Targeted blacklist within the Config.

• Verfalldraches inflict Mycelium Infection II for 30 seconds when dealing melee damage.

• Capable of breaking blocks with a hardness of 5 or lower.

• Verfalldraches are immune to negative effects that are not above amplifier I.

• Cannot ride Boats.

• Can perform short dashes in liquids to pursue a target.

• Verfalldraches are influenced by Parent Objectives and Redirection.

• Verfalldraches can become Rooted.

• Verfalldraches can summon Scents in combat (different from Spore Bursts).

• When below half health, Verfalldraches can summon Vigils in combat.

• Can communicate targets and Search Positions with other Spore Mobs, very similarly to how Linked Mobs do.

• Upon death, Verfalldraches place a variety of Biomass Blocks and Human Remains where they died, as well as Corpse Pieces.

• Verfalldraches can be affected by the Womb Crafting System.

• Can fall from up to 28 blocks before taking fall damage.

• Verfalldraches have 1.0 knockback resistance, meaning they can't be knocked back by attacks.

• The melee attack of Verfalldraches deals 3 knockback.

• Melee attacks of Verfalldraches have an AOE.

• Verfalldraches have a step up height of 1.5, meaning they don't have to jump to go up blocks that are 1.5 blocks tall.

• Able to utilize Kill Points to grant themselves buffs.

• Verfalldraches granting themselves Regeneration with Kill Points will receive it for 30 seconds. If below 50% health, it'll be Regeneration II as well.

• Present a weakness to the cold.

• Verfalldraches are not influenced by Horde Mentality; they exist as commanders. However, Infected and Evolved will attempt to pair up with them.

• Are not affected by Vanilla Despawning.

• In regards to Frostbite, have a Body Heat of 5 and Enum Percentage of 2.5%.

Related Advancements

• Meet the Team

• How NOT To Train Your Dragon

Drops

• Airborne Reforged Biomass (1 per Corpse Piece)

• Amalgamated Heart (50% chance for 1)

• Armor Fragment (100% chance for 5 - 20)

• Cerebrum (70% chance for 2 - 7)

• Mutated Fibre (100% chance for 33 - 75)

• Mutated Heart (70% chance for 3 - 7)

• Spine Segment (56% chance for 8 - 17)

• Tumor (100% chance for 2 - 5)

• Wing Membrane (100% chance for 12 - 35)

• Experience Points (50)

Lore

• All Calamities are created to resemble a specific fear of humans in order to make them more intimidating. The Verfalldrache is meant to resemble the fear of large flying monsters, such as dragons.

Verfalldrache Heads are slow combatants with various abilities that belong in the Calamity Limb tier. They heavily utilize procedural animation.

Spawning

• If the head hitboxs' personal healths of a Verfalldrache (35% of their parent Verfalldrache's health) is fully depleted, they will be severed and fall off as a Verfalldrache Head.

Unique Behavior

• Unlike most Calamity Limbs, Verfalldrache Heads are actually capable of movement; they can slowly slither on the ground. They can also target and attack living entities.

• The health and armor of Verfalldrache Heads is 20% of their original parent Verfalldrache's health and armor, that being 60 HP (x30 hearts) and 3 armor (x1.5 bars). The damage is 50% of the original Verfalldrache's damage, that being 5 damage (x2.5 hearts).

• All three Verfalldrache Heads can be severed, and each has its own unique abilities.

  • Corpse Tar Heads inflict Ignitable I for 10 seconds when dealing melee damage.

  • Electric Heads, when having a target, will build up their charge meter. It increases by 0.2 every tick. If an Electric Head loses its target, its charge will slowly drain by 0.1 every tick. Their charge has a cap of 10. Every 5 ticks, if there is a target within [X] blocks of an Electric Head, sparks will jump off the head and onto the target, shooting a small bolt that consumes 1 charge and deals 25% of a Verfalldrache's Electric Head's attack (3.75 lightning damage (x1.875 hearts)) to the target.

    • The range that sparks can jump off an Electric Head increases with its charge. The range is calculated by the following equation: [current charge value] x 3 + 4 (there is also some vector RNG involved).

  • Sonic Heads will build up to a sonic shriek attack every 20 seconds. The shriek functions similarly to a Warden's, being impossible to dodge (passing through blocks) and bypassing most forms of armor. The shriek does 5 damage (x2.5 hearts).

• Verfalldrache Heads can swim relatively fast in liquids.

• Verfalldrache Heads have a step up height of 1, meaning they don't have to jump to go up one block.

Behavior

• Verfalldrache Heads are hostile to most non-Spore mobs, with the exceptions being Animals and Fish (unless Should attack Animals is enabled via the Config) and mobs included in the Mobs Not Targeted blacklist within the Config.

• Will periodically place Big Mycelium Growths and Small Mycelium Growths in a 4.1 block radius around themselves.

• Verfalldrache Heads have 1.0 knockback resistance, meaning they can't be knocked back by attacks.

• Present a weakness to the cold.

• Are affected by Vanilla Despawning.

Drops

• Armor Fragment (100% chance for 3 - 14)

• Fang (100% chance for 3 - 12)

• Mutated Fibre (100% chance for 5 - 15)

• Tendons (70% chance for 6 - 12)