Berserker (Upcoming)

Berserkers are the Hyper Evolution of Chargers, belonging in the Hyper Evolved tier.  They are blind yet highly mobile and powerful melee combatants.

Spawning

• Hyper Evolved from a Charger when it obtains at least 7 Evolution Points and its 10 minute Evolution timer expires. Once it does, it will Hyper Evolve into a Berserker.

• Can be spawned by Challenge Watchers as a special mob during a Challenge Raid.

• Can be spawned by the Reinforcement System.

Unique Behavior

• Berserkers are capable of visibly wearing Armor in their head, chest, and legs slots. When a Berserker Hyper Evolves naturally from a Charger, it will keep any head, chest, and legs slot Armor the Charger wore. When a Berserker spawns via any other means, it'll retain the same values as Infected Adventurers do for spawning with Armor and a name.

• Berserkers are blind and cannot see targets like other Spore Mobs.

  • Very similarly to Wardens, Berserkers will listen for sound events from target-able entities within a 20x20 block area around themselves. Projectile sound events take priority over mob sound events. Berserkers will not detect other Spore Mobs making noise (walking, breaking blocks, etc.). If hearing a sound, a Berserker's ears will vibrate (this visual has a 5 second cooldown) and it will run on all fours (shrinking its hitbox to allow it to fit in 2 block high gaps) towards where the sound occurred. As it runs, it checks every 10 ticks within a 2 block range of itself for any target-able entities. If the Berserker finds any, it'll target and attack them as normal. If the Berserker reaches the location, it will wave its arms, feeling for any target-able entities within the 2 block range. Berserkers will forget noises they hear after 5 seconds have passed without a Berserker reaching the location of the sound origin.

  • Berserkers check every second for any target-able entities that are currently touching their hitboxes. If a Berserker finds any, it'll target and attack them.

  • If a target-able entity damages a Berserker, it'll immediately target and attack them.

  • If a Berserker is unable to deal damage to its current target for 2 seconds, it'll deaggro its target.

  • Berserkers are unable to have a Search Position.

• Every time a Berserker attempts to wander to a new location while idle, it'll fire 2 to 6 'echo projectiles' in random directions from its body. Additionally, when reaching the location of a sound signal, there's a 30% chance a Berserker will fire 3 echo projectiles. Echo projectiles travel slowly in the direction they were fired in and last for 6 seconds. If an echo projectile comes in contact with a block or a living entity, there's an X% chance it'll disappear and notify the Berserker of the location, causing the Berserker to run towards where the echo projectile hit, utilizing the same AI as when it hears a sound normally (see above). The chance depends on what the echo projectile hit (20% chance for blocks and 100% chance for living entities).

• If a Berserker's health is depleted to 50% (55 health (x27.5 hearts)), it'll be in a constant state of charging for as long as it's at or below 50% health. While charging, Berserkers are always on all fours, their move speed is increased from 0.20 to 0.30, they have a step up height of 2 (meaning they don't have to jump to go up blocks that are 2 blocks tall), and, when dealing melee damage to a target, will destroy all blocks (with a hardness of 3 or lower) within a 2 block range of the target.

• When pathfinding, if a Berserker is unable to reach a location due to a height restriction of 2 blocks, it's capable of crouching, reducing the height of its hitbox in order to reach the desired location or target.

• Berserkers are immune to suffocation damage.

• The minimum amount of true damage Berserkers can deal to a target is 25% of their base melee damage (5 damage (x2.5 hearts).

Behavior

• Berserkers 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.

• Berserkers inflict Mycelium Infection I for 30 seconds when dealing melee damage.

• Capable of breaking blocks with a hardness of 3 or lower.

• Cannot ride Boats.

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

• Berserkers have a 5% chance to drop a Scent upon death unless they are freezing.

• Berserkers will create Nests. Though, they function slightly differently (see Hyper Evolved page).

• Can fall from up to 8 blocks before taking fall damage.

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

• Melee attacks of Berserkers have an AOE.

• Berserkers can see targets through walls if they are closer than 10 blocks.

• Able to utilize Kill Points to grant themselves buffs.

• Present a weakness to the cold.

• Berserkers are not influenced by Horde Mentality; they are blind and lone hunters. However, Infected, Evolved (excluding Chargers), Bairns, Scampers, and Gastgebers will attempt to pair up with them.

• Berserkers can be Linked.

• Are affected by the Despawning System.

• Will despawn during Proto World Modifier if they are at least 256 blocks away from a player.

• Are not affected by Vanilla Despawning.

• In regards to Frostbite, have a Body Heat of 3 and Enum Percentage of 5%.

Related Advancements

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Drops

• Armor Fragment (80% chance for 6 - 12)

• Claw Fragment (80% chance for 5 - 15)

• Mutated Fibre (70% chance for 5 - 16)

• Mutated Heart (50% chance for 1)

• Spine Segment (15% chance for 1 - 3)

• Experience Points (5)

• Naturally-spawned Equipment (8.5% chance with random durability)