dragonfight mod in FTB Skies 2: Aero

This pack ships the dragonfight mod at version 4.7, using the file dragonfight-1.21-4.7.jar. It has been in the pack since 1.0.3 or earlier, so it isn't a recent addition.^[1]

Unverified The sources for this guide include no platform description and no in-jar guidebook for dragonfight, so this page does not describe what the mod adds or changes. The sources also do not show where the pack's quest book places the mod.

This mod works differently from most in the pack. It changes the Ender Dragon fight itself, so there is nothing to craft first. What you need to know before heading to the End is how the pack has set the fight up.^[2]

Unverified The sources here show no items, recipes or quests for this mod, so there is no crafting order to give you. The fight's settings live in config/dragonfight.json, and the values below are the ones the sources here show.

What to know before the fight

• The pack sets dragonDifficulty.dragonDifficulty to 2. A higher value scales up mob spawn amount, dragon damage and health, and crystal respawn intervals. Difficulty also already scales with the number of players in the fight, and this value is a static bonus on top.^[2]
• Mobs still join the fight. With spawnoncrystaldestroy.spawnoncrystaldestroy a phantom spawns when a crystal is destroyed at range. With spawnoncrystalrespawn.spawnoncrystalrespawn a blaze spawns when a crystal respawns. With spawnwhilelanded.spawnwhilelanded an enderman spawns while the dragon is sitting in the middle.^[2]
• disableDragonAreaSpawns.disableDragonAreaSpawns is true, so regular mob spawning on the Dragon island is disabled during the fight.^[2]
• explosionImmunity.explosionImmunity is true, so the dragon is immune to explosion damage.^[2]
• antiflightAbility.antiflightAbility is true, so the anti-flight ability is enabled.^[2]
• disableLightning.disableLightning is false, so lightning spawns are not disabled in the fight.^[2]

The dragonfight mod changes how the Ender Dragon fight plays out, and everything is driven by one config file. Below is what each setting does and what this pack sets it to.^[2]

Difficulty scaling

The big knob is dragonDifficulty.dragonDifficulty. The higher it is, the harder the dragon gets: it scales up mob spawn amount, dragon damage, dragon health and the crystal respawn intervals. The fight already scales with the number of players involved, and this value is a static bonus on top of that.^[2]

This pack sets it to 2, which is the mod's stated default. The description also says vanilla is 0, so the fight here is tougher than vanilla from the start.^[2]

Fine-tuning modifiers

On top of difficulty there are separate multipliers. The pack leaves all of them at 1, which is the default for each.^[2]

• dragonHealthModifier.dragonHealthModifier sets the dragon health modifier.^[2]
• dragonDamageModifier.dragonDamageModifier sets the dragon damage modifier.^[2]
• dragonXPModifier.dragonXPModifier sets the XP drop modifier.^[2]
• mobSpawnAmountModifier.mobSpawnAmountModifier sets the mob spawn amount modifier.^[2]
• crystalRespawnTimeModifier.crystalRespawnTimeModifier modifies crystal respawn time. Lower values make crystals spawn faster and higher values make them spawn slower.^[2]
• lightningExplosionDensity.lightningExplosionDensity modifies lightning and explosion density. Lower values give fewer of them and higher values give more.^[2]

Mobs that join the fight

The mod adds extra mobs at different moments of the fight, each with its own list. The pack uses one mob for each list.^[2]

• spawnoncrystaldestroy.spawnoncrystaldestroy is for when a crystal is destroyed at range. It is meant to be flying or ranged mobs that close the gap, and the pack uses a phantom.^[2]
• spawnoncrystalrespawn.spawnoncrystalrespawn is for when a crystal respawns. It is meant to be ranged mobs that ward players off from a distance, and the pack uses a blaze.^[2]
• spawnwhilelanded.spawnwhilelanded is for while the dragon is sitting in the middle. It is meant to be melee mobs that are not vulnerable to ranged attacks, and the pack uses an enderman.^[2]

If you want to edit these lists, entity NBT goes right after the entity type, like minecraft:zombie{}, and every quotation mark inside it needs a backslash in front.^[2]

disableDragonAreaSpawns.disableDragonAreaSpawns is true in this pack, which disables mob spawning on the Dragon island during the fight. That is the mod's default as well.^[2]

Dragon abilities and protections

• antiflightAbility.antiflightAbility is true, so the anti-flight ability is enabled.^[2]
• explosionImmunity.explosionImmunity is true, so the dragon is immune to explosion damage. Beds are always immune regardless of this setting.^[2]
• disableLightning.disableLightning is false, so lightning spawns stay enabled.^[2]
• printDragonPhases.printDragonPhases is false. Turn it on if you want the dragon's current phase printed in chat.^[2]

The mod also has its own death message for weak explosion damage: "Enderdragon blew <player> to smithereens".^[3]

Everything about how the dragon fight behaves is set in one file, config/dragonfight.json. Every option whose description names a default is set to that default in this pack, so the pack doesn't change any of those values. Here's what each option does and how the pack has it set.^[2]

Difficulty and scaling

The big one is dragonDifficulty.dragonDifficulty. The pack sets it to 2, which is the mod default. It scales up mob spawn amount, dragon damage and health, and crystal respawn intervals. The difficulty already scales with the number of players in the fight, and this value is a static bonus on top of that.^[2]

The individual multipliers are all left at 1 in this pack, matching their defaults:^[2]

• dragonHealthModifier.dragonHealthModifier sets the dragon's health modifier.^[2]
• dragonDamageModifier.dragonDamageModifier sets the dragon's damage modifier.^[2]
• mobSpawnAmountModifier.mobSpawnAmountModifier sets the mob spawn amount modifier.^[2]
• dragonXPModifier.dragonXPModifier sets the XP drop modifier.^[2]
• crystalRespawnTimeModifier.crystalRespawnTimeModifier modifies how long crystals take to respawn. Lower values make them respawn faster and higher values make them respawn slower.^[2]
• lightningExplosionDensity.lightningExplosionDensity modifies lightning and explosion density. Lower values give you fewer of them and higher values give you more.^[2]

Fight mechanics

• antiflightAbility.antiflightAbility is true, so the anti-flight ability is enabled (the default).^[2]
• explosionImmunity.explosionImmunity is true, so the dragon is immune to explosion damage (the default). Beds are always immune no matter what this is set to.^[2]
• disableDragonAreaSpawns.disableDragonAreaSpawns is true, which disables mob spawning on the Dragon island during the fight (the default).^[2]
• disableLightning.disableLightning is false, so lightning spawns are on (the default).^[2]
• printDragonPhases.printDragonPhases is false. If you turn it on, the dragon's current phase is printed in chat.^[2]

Extra mob spawns

The fight can spawn extra mobs at different moments, and the pack fills each list with a single mob:^[2]

• spawnoncrystaldestroy.spawnoncrystaldestroy is set to a phantom. These mobs spawn when a crystal is destroyed at range, and the list is meant for flying or ranged mobs that close the gap.^[2]
• spawnoncrystalrespawn.spawnoncrystalrespawn is set to a blaze. These spawn when a crystal respawns, and the list is meant for ranged mobs that ward players off from a distance.^[2]
• spawnwhilelanded.spawnwhilelanded is set to an enderman. These spawn while the dragon is sitting in the middle, and the list is meant for melee mobs that aren't vulnerable to ranged attacks.^[2]

If you edit these lists, the file's notes (descSpawnEntries) say that NBT goes right after the entity type, like minecraft:zombie{}, and every quotation mark needs a backslash in front of it.^[2]