How It Works

AggressiveAnimals allows passive and neutral mob-types to become aggressive.

🚩 Only the mob-types listed in the default configuration file are supported:

• all passive mob-types except bats
• all neutral mob-types

There are two basic modes of targeting and attack:

• If always-aggressive: false (the default), mobs will target a player only if attacked by the player.
• If always-aggressive: true, mobs will target the player always if the player is within acquisition-range, or once targeted, within deacquisition-range.

Mobs will give chase and attack a targeted player, subject to the factors listed below. The player can escape attacks by moving outside the deacquisition-range, including leaving the world.

Whether an attack is engaged depends on a number of factors. All of these factors may be changed in the configuration, per mob-type.

• The attacker must remain healthy, above the configured attacker-health-threshold. So the player should fight back, if not prepared to run.
• Others of the same mob-type who are within group-aggression-range of the attacker may engage in a coordinated attack.
• Specific worlds may be enabled or disabled.

By default:

• Attacks will not result in death, but will leave the victim with attack-damage-limit half-hearts of health.
• Attacks will be waged only by adult entities.
• Managed NPCs will not engage in attacks. Recognized NPCs include those managed by Citizens, EliteMobs, InfernalMobs, and Shopkeepers.
• Named mobs will not engage in attacks.
• Tamed mobs will not engage in attacks.
• Players will be attacked regardless of movement status. Standing, sneaking, walking, sprinting, looking, sleeping, and gliding (flying) may be individually configured.
• If mobs belong to a (scoreboard) team, team members will not be attacked (as of 1.5.0).
• Aquatic mobs will attack only in water (as of 1.5.0).

All of these attributes may be changed in the configuration, either overall (defaults) or per individual mob-type.