Skills Overview

Skills are actions that mobs can perform in response to triggers. They allow you to create dynamic, interactive mob behaviors.

Skill Syntax

Skills follow this format:

<mechanic>{<parameters>} @<targeter> ~<trigger>

Example:

Skills:
  - effect:particles{p=flame;amount=10} @self ~onSpawn
  - damage{amount=5} @target ~onAttack

Components

Mechanics

The action to perform (damage, particles, sounds, etc.)

Targeters

Who/what the mechanic affects (@self, @target, @playersInRadius{r=10}, etc.)

Triggers

When the skill activates (~onSpawn, ~onAttack, ~onDamaged, etc.)

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Available Triggers

Trigger	Description
~onSpawn	When the mob spawns
~onAttack	When the mob attacks an entity
~onDamaged	When the mob takes damage
~onDeath	When the mob dies
~onInteract	When a player right-clicks the mob
~onShoot	When the mob shoots a projectile
~onEnterCombat	When entering combat
~onDropCombat	When exiting combat
~onTargetChange	When the target changes
~onSignal:<name>	When receiving a signal

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Common Mechanics

effect:particles

Spawn particles

- effect:particles{p=flame;amount=10;hs=0.2;vs=0.1} @self ~onSpawn

effect:sound

Play a sound

- effect:sound{s=entity.zombie.ambient;v=0.6;p=1.2} @self ~onSpawn

damage

Deal damage to target

- damage{amount=5} @target ~onAttack

message

Send a message

- message{msg="Hello, <target.name>!"} @target ~onInteract

potion

Apply potion effect

- potion{type=SPEED;duration=100;level=1} @self ~onDamaged

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Common Targeters

Targeter	Description
@self	The mob itself
@target	The mob's current target
@trigger	Entity that triggered the skill
@playersInRadius{r=10}	All players within radius
@nearestPlayer	Closest player
@location	A specific location

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Example Mob with Skills

FireDemon:
  Type: BLAZE
  Display: "&cFire Demon"
  Health: 80
  Skills:
    # Spawn effects
    - effect:particles{p=flame;amount=50} @self ~onSpawn
    - effect:sound{s=entity.blaze.ambient;v=1.0} @self ~onSpawn
    
    # Combat effects
    - effect:particles{p=lava;amount=5} @self ~onAttack
    - potion{type=FIRE_RESISTANCE;duration=100} @self ~onDamaged
    
    # Death explosion
    - effect:particles{p=explosion;amount=20} @self ~onDeath

Related Pages

• Mechanics - All available mechanics
• Targeters - Targeter reference
• Triggers - Trigger reference
• Conditions - Conditional skill execution