Temporals Reformed - An Enemy Behavior Overhaul

Mods / Temporals Reformed - An Enemy Behavior Overhaul

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Tags:: Spooky Horror Creatures Tweak
Author:: Darthzz
Side:
Both
Created:
Aug 24th 2025 at 7:59 PM
Last modified:
3 days ago
Downloads:
12996: Recommended download (for Vintage Story 1.22.0-pre.1 - 1.22.6):
temporalsreformed-0.2.0.zip 1-click install

This mod takes an alternative approach to enemy balance to make them feel more individually dangerous, dynamic, intimidating, more reactive and less predictable. Yet, also, reduces ALL temporal mob spawnrates to roughly half and makes them require more darkness to spawn*. It also makes enemies react slightly less mindlessly, giving them slightly better self preservation and changing their aggression behavior. You can now for example, distract enemies through various means, or slip by some drifters (who aren't as aggressive) in caves instead of being harassed constantly. The goal of this mod is to make enemies feel much more individually intimidating without relying on massive groups or hordes.

In short, the vanilla enemy dynamics are completely inverted and flipped on their head to create a more "survival horror" adjacent vibe. Conserve resources, and don't fight unless you absolutely have to defend yourself!

As a bonus, for balance purposes, friendly locusts are now stronger!

Fan of the behavior changes, but not the damage, health and spawn changes? Or simply want more Combat Overhaul compatibility? Consider Temporals Lite instead!

(thumbnail art painted by me in Paint Tool Sai 2, follow me on other socials by the name Darthzz or Derethzz for more)

!!! This mod will make the game harder in some ways, easier in other ways. It is neither ultra-hardcore nor easy. !!!
(also be wary of latency, this mod might make that more dangerous in multiplayer unfortunately)

Some of these changes include:

Spoiler!

- ALL temporal mobs are a lot stronger, though with a certain nuance. Low tier mobs aren't as "far gone" yet and thus have a bit of "brains", and are therefore more cautious to make up for wherever they fall behind, while the later tiers become more feral, more brutish, less cautious. However, you won't see as many huge hordes anymore unless the rift activity is super high or you're at the very bottom of the world. Or heavier temporal storms. They also require more darkness to spawn than in vanilla. But to make up for this, enemies have MUCH stronger attack power and health, in some cases enough that full armor will still be realistically strong (and highly recommended), but not as totally impervious.

- Note, despite temporal enemy mob spawns being FAR fewer than in vanilla, you should still be wary during temporal storms and heavier rift activity, as well as the deepest layers of caves. You will still see a lot of enemies in those scenarios. Just not as much "1 trillion drifters in low rift activity swarm your house" type stuff compared to vanilla. Sometimes temporal mobs also have a chance to spawn as groups rather than individuals when the chance-to-spawn passes. There are also "summoner" scenarios you have to keep in mind as well. If you know, you know.

- Light matters more. Not only do they require more darkness to spawn, but are also even less aggressive in daylight, and more fearful toward manmade light sources of all kinds depending on the light strength. This typically also includes handheld light sources, a bright lantern for instance will be more likely to ward off foes compared to a dim bowl lamp. Their manner of fear will however vary per tier. The further their state has progressed, the more resilient they become.

- Temporal mobs will attack and react to some animal types, primarily Predators. They will attack and flee from a select few more creature types instead of being so fixated on the player all the time. This EXCLUDES farm type animals for the most part, as that could lead to too many unfair scenarios. But also, they have a chance to take meat from drops on the ground and from corpses. It is now a viable strategy to distract temporal enemies with meat. Whether or not they're actually "eating" it or instead taking it for some other mysterious purpose is open to interpretation...

- Enemies are more reactive to being pelted with ranged attacks, most of the time. They will either run far away, run to cover, make a big U-turn to charge straight at you, or even find a better path around to give you the element of surprise. Bigger crowds of enemies tend to also react when even just one gets hit. Due to limitations and core game jank though, this won't always happen unfortunately.

- Most temporal mobs are now more versatile in terms of terrain traversal. Shivers can climb any surface like locusts can, while Drifters and Bowtorns have higher stepheight. Stepheight handles how many blocks up a mob can walk over and requires a solid surface to stand on top, unlike true climbing, which is far less strict. This means mobs are better at escaping, reaching you in hard-to-reach positions, and also less prone to getting stuck in pits, unless it's a VERY VERY deep one.

- Enemy strength is somewhat evened out across tiers. What this means is that lower and higher tier strength is more smoothed out and less abrupt compared to eachother for the most part. This also means however that lower tier enemies will still be rather strong throughout the game. Since mob spawns are overall much fewer and more sparse than in vanilla, and since this is going for more of a survival horror adjacent focus, the point of this is to make all the mobs feel less like "fodder" that you just cut down on a whim and more like something you should be wary of at all times. Only fight if you REALLY have to.

- Drifters aren't quite as aggressive anymore, at least not the former half of their tiers. More highly irritable, and somewhat territorial, but in a very morose and downtrodden manner. They will largely wander around ignoring you unless you disrupt their personal space, which will provoke them into attacking. Hitting a drifter will also frequently cause them to flee (or sometimes just make them angrier), though it depends on the tier. This allows you to walk or run past them more easily instead of being interrupted so often while caving. They also throw rocks less often and are less accurate with them. However, the rocks are now slightly better at poking you through armor, while still doing low damage, giving their rocks more of a utility purpose rather than just being annoying. Drifters are also a lot more quiet now, you have to be right next to them to hear their grumbles. This makes them a bit less annoying, though potentially more sneaky. Drifters will also have a chance to charge at you and ram into you if you get close enough to irritate them, and they will also punch you in a very frantic manner, which includes a new left-handed punch attack. Higher tier drifters are much less tolerant of your presence, much more far gone, and much more willing to outright kill you. Be careful down there.

- Shivers are very erratic and unpredictable in behavior, and also overall more mobile. Their chance to either flee you or charge at you suddenly is much more unpredictable and dangerous. They also tend to circle around the player and stay close as long as you're within their line of sight, more or less, watching and observing you from various distances. Essentially, they'll frequently stalk their prey, sniffing out their approximate location from a certain distance before settling around a target range, though they'll only stick around so long before they decide to leave. Shivers can also now punch/swipe attack and mix it up with their bites, as well as occasionally lunging. They are also especially brutal now. Even lower tier ones will have the bite strength of a wolf, high tier ones even moreso. The last 3 tiers of shivers are now much more specialized into their own niches. Fight them only if you absolutely have to, they are seriously, absolutely and utterly VILE.

- Bowtorns, namely earlier tiers, are more carefully avoidant of the player, making them feel more strategic in behavior. Their melee attack is also much more dangerous and tends to pierce armor pretty reliably. But also, they have a new behavior, where they will charge at the player if they get too close, making them very dangerous to just beeline towards, and will often do this in a hit-and-run manner before backing off toward their target range they prefer to fire at you from. They are relentless, but not too relentless, and may give up and move on after a time. Sometimes, they may even hesitate. The higher the bowtorn tier, however, the more feral and "reckless" they get, and the more they're willing to take things up close and personal. Their endgame tier even has a pretty nasty strategic trick up its armless non-sleeve...

- Both Shivers and Bowtorns have a sort of "pack" or "squad" behavior where lower tier ones will prefer to stick relatively close to higher tier ones. Higher tiers will take on a sort of "leader" role.

- Locusts are slightly more aggressive and erratic, but also slightly more careful about their positioning and spacing. They're still the main swarmers and thus still have low HP, even if this mod is overall less horde-focused. Sawblades are also a bit more dangerous, be careful. Also, consider trying clockmaker's locust hacking ability, the hacked versions are much stronger now. :)

- Bells now only summon mechanical mobs (aka every locust variation), but can now summon sawblades. They also have less cooldown between summons, though their alert range is smaller. But also, they will now smack you in the face if you get too close.

Notes:

Certain story event related entities are uneffected, and will likely stay that way for now.

*Even though spawnrates are far reduced from vanilla, you may still see sizable quantities of mobs during temporal storms or while you're in the vicinity of other players, as well as a chance for variable Group spawns.

For now, this mod does not change mob loot, and deliberately may stay that way, keeping it compatible with other mods that change enemy loot drops. However, it does increase temporal stability gain upon defeating a mob. Your main reward is, otherwise, your own survival.

This mod isn't aiming to be ultra hardcore or anything like that, and I am trying to keep it relatively balanced around its core goal; to expand the nuance of temporal mobs, in a manner that opposes cannon fodder horde based design.

If you are struggling or simply curious about other strategies, consider these tips and tricks:

Tips and Tricks

- ONLY FIGHT IF YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO!!! You don't need to attack every enemy you see while exploring. You can often walk or run past enemies, distract them or find another route around them.
- You can run past and avoid most drifters as long as you avoid getting too close. If they start to chase you anyways, you can usually smack lower tier ones and they'll tend to flee depending on the circumstances. Might be better than spending durability and other resources on em most of the time. Their chance to flee depends on the tier though, of course.
- They fear the light, but will become more resilient toward your strategies the further their tier stage progresses.
- Consider bringing meat on your ventures, you can use it to distract enemies in some cases.
- Some enemies, especially bowtorns and shivers, will move on after a time when they are unable to attack their target, and will simply wander away a long distance.
- Do not engage Bowtorns in huge open spaces or fields, they will be very hard to catch up with and you'll doubly have a hard time avoiding being pelted to death.
- Similarly, do not fight in temporal storms out in the open. Consider instead a more heavily barricaded space with plenty of cover, and places to fall back to in case things go south.
- Ranged combat is your friend. You will want to stay a distance from certain attacks. A lot of enemies will flee in response to being pelted by arrows. (or bullets if you're using Firearms)
- Back away and/or jump to avoid most attacks, run further if you have to. Sometimes you need a lot more space between you and the enemy to not get shredded. Consider mixing jumping into this as, it will help bring you out of range of attacks.
- Prefer exploring caves during lower rift activity and during the day to minimize chances of experiencing The Horrors.
- Corner peeking around blocks is your friend. They force a space between you and the enemy and are heavily recommended when facing against shivers, who are horrifyingly dangerous in this mod.
- Since Bowtorns are much harder to catch up with, try chasing them into corners, into pits, or into water. But don't get too close. Their melee is much more dangerous now. Ranged combat is still very handy against them.
- Shields. Very, very highly recommended.
- With bells, prioritize Sawblades first, either by dispatching them quickly or creating as much space between you and them as possible when attacking the bell. Bells are also not particularly fond of water. :)
- If you see a Deepsplit... flee.

TODO:

- Eventual migration from JSON reliance into full C# conversion, which will allow for higher degree of control, including true config and new mobs. There's no knowing when it will happen, there is no deadline. It will happen when it happens.

This mod is very experimental and prone to drastic changes, but the core goal will remain: To make enemies more individually powerful, less spammy, less predictable and more terrifying, thus altering the combat to be less horde-focused and more focused on making foes more imposing even 1-on-1, to the point combat engagement will become a difficult decision you're more likely to engage in only when you really have to, more like a survival horror game.

Mod recommendations:

- This mod is very compatible with Darce's Drifters (which was used in the screenshots) and highly recommended to add an additional layer of variety.
- Consider Dana Tweaks, another highly compatible mod that also adds a new door-opening behavior for Drifters (but also allows vanilla door locks to protect you from that).
- Highly compatible with Rust Creatures Can Destroy Obstacles, though you might want to adjust a few things in the config for the best results. Just like Dana Tweaks, this mod also has a setting that allows mobs to open doors.
- Consider Creature Footsteps, it makes the game highly atmospheric all around and even includes new footstep sounds for temporal mobs.
- Should be compatible with Temporal Symphony, HOWEVER, you'll want to disable these settings in ConfigLib for best compatibility: Bell Rework, Bellhead Shivers, Open-Jaw Shivers and Riftweather Rework (Spawn Multiplier).
- Mods that alter enemy drops are highly compatible, for now. If enough people vote for it however, I'll instead update this mod to improve droprates itself.
- Mods that add new enemies outright will usually be perfectly compatible as long as they don't touch the same files as this mod.

(This mod mostly influences stuff from Vintagestory\assets\survival\entities\lore)

After a bit of testing, I can confirm this version of mod *is* compatible with Combat Overhaul for the most part, but some damage and health values might be a bit off, or at least might not display accurately since CO splits damage types differently. This may also make the combat easier, as CO melee generally does more damage than in vanilla, at least for slashing weapons. Keep that in mind considering a lot of times, Temporals Reformed will have caves with only a few enemies, a single enemy, or even none due to the lower spawns, so more damage = fighting is over far more quickly and enemy is easier to take down. On the flipside, you might feel like you're taking more damage than normal if you don't have all armor slots filled out. There are also console warnings when entering the game with both mods enabled, but it just means my mod will overwrite some of the values CO changes, especially with Bowtorns. In short: Combat Overhaul works with Temporals Reformed, but miiiight not be fully balanced.

TL;DR if you want to play this mod with Combat Overhaul, play the lite version instead.

Mod Version	Mod Identifier	For Game version	Downloads	Released	Changelog	Download	1-click mod install*
0.2.0	temporalsreformed	1.22.0-pre.1 - 1.22.6	221	3 days ago	Show	temporalsreformed-0.2.0.zip	1-click install
Small update. - Fixed Bell spawning, apologies for taking so long with this one. - Adjusted Bell melee attack to be more reasonable. - Made drifters more likely to engage in combat while still not being overly aggressive. - Made high tier endgame Drifters way more aggressive and resilient. Same with Shivers. - Drifter damage adjusted slightly, especially for latter tiers. - Drifters get more noticeably uncomfortable around the player and other targets at a certain range.
0.1.9	temporalsreformed	1.22.0-pre.1 - 1.22.2	2732	May 24th at 12:27 AM	Show	temporalsreformed-0.1.9.zip	1-click install
- Significantly improved Shiver hitboxes to be both easy to hit as well as still being able to fit through 1-block thin gaps. A win-win for everyone. - Fixed issue regarding Bell melee attack having behaviors it shouldn't have had and generally being wonky overall. - Slightly increased Shiver sound "mimicry" idle behavior frequency and added a new one
0.1.8	temporalsreformed	1.22.0-pre.1 - 1.22.2	356	May 20th at 8:07 PM	Show	temporalsreformed-0.1.8.zip	1-click install
- Shivers now have an extremely rare chance to mimic animal sounds. - Shiver stalking and hunting behavior rebalanced. You may still get an occasional relentless stalker shiver, but they're no longer guaranteed to stick around, and have a randomized duration of lingering before they get bored and leave. They will also flee much further, even moreso if they take damage, and are overall more likely to leave the scene. No more non-stop shiver stake-outs at your house, though you will still get that creepy feeling of being stalked and hunted from time to time. - Additionally, shivers spawn notably less often, but not to the extent of being too rare. Drifters will be the most "common" type of temporal mob in the mod overall, but still only spawn half as often as vanilla. - One specific type of lategame Shiver tier now has the ability to drag you toward themselves. - Staring behaviors between mobs has randomized cooldowns and durations now. - Enemies fear light more, and are more prone to avoid you when carrying a light source. - Enemy melee attack combos now have a chance to charge toward you, with shivers lunging. Enemy combos overall rebalanced, with more fair cooldowns and ranges paired with their new run speeds to make them more fair and avoidable, while still being likely to hurt you a lot. - Enemies are more likely to flee overall, especially when injured. Enemies can detect being fired at by ranged attacks from much, much further away. Self preservation between Temporal mobs is overall more likely. - Overall rebalance to Drifters, largely affected by the light fear related changes. They are a lot more likely to engage with combat depending on the light level, especially daylight, which even includes earlier drifter tiers. Higher tier Drifters will now trudge-walk toward you, and now only sprint at you after taking damage. - Drifter and bowtorn climbing completely removed in favor of higher stepheight. Where climbing can happen on any surface, stepheight only allows them to climb up surfaces if there's room to stand still on top, and they'll only climb up to a certain height. This overall makes them more intelligently maneuver terrain and get stuck less often. - Bowtorns are more hesitant and careful in earlier tiers, yet more careless and feral in higher tiers. They require less range to fire from the higher their tier, and become more and more prone to attacking in melee. Bowtorn seeking/pursuit range also varies per tier, and have more erratic target firing positions. The highest tier of bowtorns is incredibly dangerous now and demands extra preparation. However, bowtorn melee damage has also been rebalanced, so you should still have a chance to escape from later tiers even if unarmored. (trying to avoid true oneshots in the mod overall) - Bowtorns and Shivers hit-and-run more often (meaning they have a higher chance to back off after successfully landing a hit). - Shiver and Bowtorn run speeds overall rebalanced to be less annoying yet still significant enough to both keep them dangerous and wary. - Fixed annoying unintentional and unfair sliding behavior on all enemies. - Fixed and cleaned up entity tagging.
0.1.7	temporalsreformed	1.22.0-pre.1 - 1.22.0	1245	Apr 27th at 1:41 AM	Show	temporalsreformed-0.1.7.zip	1-click install
- Another quick fix, this time regarding Shivers having the wrong values regarding speed, HP and damage. They will still be extremely dangerous, but should be a bit more fair now.
0.1.6	temporalsreformed	1.22.0-pre.1 - 1.22.0	22	Apr 27th at 1:14 AM	Show	temporalsreformed-0.1.6.zip	1-click install
- Rebalanced Bowtorns to have less HP, and for Surface variants to deal a bit less damage. Didn't mesh well with their new behaviors.
0.1.5	temporalsreformed	1.22.0-pre.1 - 1.22.0	452	Apr 24th at 7:07 PM	Show	temporalsreformed-0.1.5.zip	1-click install
- Ported and fixed for 1.22 - Complete overhaul and reworking of how enemies approach, stalk and hunt down the player, especially regarding Shivers. Temporals are now more careful about their positioning, even when driven to aggression. All temporals are more capable than ever of sneaking up and taking you by surprise. - Shivers will not just stalk their prey, but also circle, juke and incrimentally advance on their enemies. If there is more than one Shiver, they'll form a "pack" of sorts and work in tandem, shifting their positioning in not-so-predictable patterns and each serving a different role depending on the situation. Their hunting behavior depends more on the tier type, the situation, the amount of light nearby, the time of day, etc. They'll "sniff out" your approximate location from a certain distance, before stopping a little ways away to watch and observe you. Both during and after that process, they'll effectively do whatever they want, so the manner they approach you (or not) can vary wildly. Be wary of these guys especially, even surface variants are incredibly dangerous. - Surface shivers no longer throw rocks. Given they're the most "common" type of Shiver you'll see, I found it obstructed their sort of "patient hunter" vibe and made them more annoying. So, rock throwing is relegated to deep and tainted shivers only, for now. - EXPERIMENTAL: Shiver hitboxes have been reduced to allow them to crawl through 1-block gaps. In practice, this comes with plus sides. They no longer get as stuck in certain cave systems, especially ones full of stalagmite/tite formations, they can crawl through doors, tight tunnels, tight hallways, "vents", and any other thin space you can think of, becoming more mobility-versatile overall. The downside is that they're slightly harder to hit, as you have to aim slightly lower and more toward the center. Whether I keep or remove this depends on feedback. - Certain Drifter tiers will "creep up" on you at a certain range, and start attacking when close enough, though whether they decide to do this or not varies. - Bowtorns react more hit-and-run with their melee attacks if you get too close. - ALL Temporal Enemies now have a slightly rare chance to play dead. Watch out! (note, whenever they decide to stop will look very awkwardly abrupt, not much I can do to fix this at the moment unfortunately) - Bellhead Shivers and Gearfoot Bowtorn seek to beckon their kin, and act a fair bit more like bossfights, somewhat. - The latter half of Drifter tiers is much more aggressive. Where the first three are more irritable-yet-cautious, the latter three don't behave quite the same. Doubleheads especially are quite brutal. - Locusts are slightly smarter but otherwise still the official swarmer type enemy of the game. - Most enemies now have a decent-ish chance of becoming less aggressive when on half HP or less. - A bunch of smaller tweaks and fixes
0.1.4	temporalsreformed	1.21.0-pre.1 - 1.21.6	2294	Jan 8th at 7:48 PM	Show	temporalsreformed-0.1.4.zip	1-click install
- Slightly improved shiver stalking behavior, including a reduction to (but still random) staring duration. Shivers should now follow behind their target a bit more closely. - Rebalanced bowtorns to be less annoying and more interesting to fight, and also should now also group up around "leaders" (low tier bowtorns will follow higher tier bowtorns) - Removed Bell climbing
0.1.3	temporalsreformed	1.21.0-pre.1 - 1.21.6	430	Jan 2nd at 8:53 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
- Changed maxLightLevel from 0 to 1. Light level 1 is nigh-pitch darkness, whereas light level 0 makes spawns require COMPLETE pitch darkness, which doesn't happen often, even in caves, which resulted in spawns being rarer than intended. So they should spawn as frequently as intended now.
0.1.2	temporalsreformed	1.21.0-pre.1 - 1.21.6	353	Dec 29th 2025 at 11:58 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
- Nerfed HP of early mob tiers to be less tedious and overly tanky, though they are still quite strong, don't worry - Increased spawns. Last version had spawns farrrrr rarer than intended.
0.1.1	temporalsreformed	1.20.12 1.21.0 1.21.1 1.21.2 - 1.21.6-rc.1	984	Dec 2nd 2025 at 4:07 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
Small update. No config yet. However, for now, there will be a second lighter version of the mod that only includes the new behaviors, without HP and damage changes. - Reduced spawn chances by half, what the mod was initially intending - Reduced light level from 1 to 0 - Slightly reduced surface mob HP - Slightly reduced Drifter attack range - Added more entity tags - Made bowtorns a bit less annoying
0.1.0	temporalsreformed	1.20.12 1.21.1 1.21.4	1204	Oct 10th 2025 at 1:36 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
Quick fix for an error that kept showing up, and a little bit of Drifter HP adjustment.
0.0.9	temporalsreformed	1.20.12 1.21.1 1.21.4	156	Oct 9th 2025 at 8:08 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
- Smoothened out tiers, HP and damage among mobs even further. Hopefully finalized, as I feel this one is pretty balanced with armor progression compared to previous versions. (Drifters are the slower yet tankier ones, Shivers are in between, and Bowtorns are the least tanky, though still considerably stronger than in vanilla) - Baiting enemies with meat as a distraction is now more effective and hopefully more worth using as a viable strategy. - Hopefully, HOPEFULLY fixed pathing issues. As much as I could, anyways... - Slowed down drifters and bowtorns slightly for certain tiers. - Extended cooldown on Shiver attacks, since they tended to wombo-combo you too reliably. - Drifters and Bowtorns can now melee attack while running. - Drifters will now slowly walk towards you at a certain distance.
0.0.8	temporalsreformed	1.21.1	460	Sep 30th 2025 at 6:06 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
Quick rebalance and tidying up some stuff. - Damage and damage tier curves are smoother for all mobs. - New climbing behaviors are now based on tier type for Drifters and Bowtorns. The last 3 tiers of Drifter cannot climb. (they got blade arms, after all) - Made corrupt drifters as aggressive as the latter two tiers, but with a slower approach speed until attacked. - Reintroduced climbing ONLY to surface bowtorns, and slowed down bowtorn flee speed slightly more overall. Also reduced tier of early tier bowtorn projectiles by 1. - Adjusted shiver speeds by tier slightly, but also, will have a chance to become slightly faster when repeatedly attacked.
0.0.7	temporalsreformed	1.21.1	149	Sep 29th 2025 at 11:48 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
- New and reworked behaviors that allow Drifters and Shivers to have a high chance to be aggressive and charge at the player when taking damage from a certain distance. If too far, will flee instead. Low to mid tier Drifters will now only charge at the player if attacked, but will still swing at you if too close. The final two tiers will charge at you if you get too close no matter what. - Smoothed out HP and damage tier values further for mob tiers. - Shiver aggressive range increased from 6 to 7. - Shiver seeking-to-feed behavior should look less silly now. - Drifter flee movement and animation speed slightly reduce. - Re-introduced Drifter climbing. Still figuring out what to do with it in regards to Bowtorn. - Gearfoot bowtorn melee seek charge speed reduced to be more latency-friendly.
0.0.6	temporalsreformed	1.21.1	239	Sep 27th 2025 at 7:49 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
Small update. HOPEFULLY fixed Bowtorns spawning way, way too much. I believe the reason was because Iaccidentally left a value over from a previous test I did, to see what would happen if I let them spawn at higher elevations at their max height. This in turn likely made higher elevation worlds see far more spawns by mistake. I've also replaced Bowtorn and Drifter climbing with higher StepHeight. This should prevent them from getting stuck on ceiling corners, and hopefully fix the egregious Bowtorn "moonwalk" bug.
0.0.5	temporalsreformed	1.21.1	271	Sep 24th 2025 at 5:19 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
- Smoothed out the damage balance and aggression curve between mobs even more. - Shivers now have an additional punch/swipe attack. - Shivers have a rare-ish chance to throw rocks at you like drifters. However, they do it even less often, it's rather inaccurate, and certain variations of shiver won't even do it at all. - Drifters have an additional left handed swing attack. - Stilt, Bellhead and Deepsplit shivers now branch off into their own niches instead of being linear tiers. Stilts specialize in brutal swipe attacks and can (sometimes) move very fast in water. Bellheads have intense knockback on their headbutts and have a very low chance to summon help. Deepsplits are the most aggressive of the bunch and will often charge and leap at you relentlessly, preferring to bite rather than swipe. - Gearfoot bowtorns have a pretty rare chance to call for backup. Backup will usually arrive roughly 30 blocks away, so you might not notice it if they pull it off depending on where you are. - Bells now have a melee attack. - Drifters are slightly less cowardly, though still aren't super aggressive as long as you avoid their personal space. - Nightmare and Double-Headed drifters are much more aggressive than other lower tier drifters and will actively start pursuing you if you get within their range. (roughly similar to shiver aggression range) - Temporal mob eating behaviors should be fixed now. Known issue: Bowtorns have a small-ish chance to start doing a "moonwalk" with certain actions, but this doesn't happen very often, can cancel out and you might not even see it in normal gameplay.
0.0.4	temporalsreformed	1.21.1	334	Sep 20th 2025 at 2:10 AM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
Another huge rebalance with some fun additions. - Drifter attacks completely overhauled. Halved damage compared to previous versions of the mod, in favor of much more vicious and rampant attacks. No longer will they remove 3/4ths of your HP in a single swing. Still, watch out for their new potential for combos. And also fear double heads. - All enemies now have a rare-ish chance to "eat" the corpses of prey they've killed. - Drifters, Shivers, and to an extent, Bowtorns can now lunge/pounce in melee range. - Shiver "stalking" behavior improved and made extra creepy. Now they will stare and watch the player at a certain distance. Drifters will also do this to an extent, but only if you're really close to them. - Bowtorns will sometimes hesitate to fire at certain medium-close-range distances. They also no longer run as fast in melee range as the previous version, though Gearfoots are still meant to be super dangerous. - Shivers stand up idle faster. - All enemies react a bit more when being fired at by ranged attacks, and will often run away, to cover, or even do a U-turn straight at you. And a couple much smaller adjustments.
0.0.3	temporalsreformed	1.21.1	154	Sep 18th 2025 at 11:03 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
New behaviors and rebalance update. Enemies require even more darkness to spawn. In vanilla the max light level to spawn is 7. Previous version was decreased to 4, and is now set to 1. Bowtorns: - New behavior: Will charge at you aggressively in melee range if you get too close and will repeatedly charge at you till you back off. - Lowered spawnrate a little more. - Refined HP values a bit more. Most are slightly tankier overall. Gearfoots especially. - Fleeing states adjusted to make them a bit better at repositioning themselves in ranged attacks. Drifters: - Now adopts the "stalking" behavior added to Shivers, meaning they'll wander circling around within relatively close vicinity of the player, but will also huddle closely with other nearby drifters as well. They should, however, give it up for a time after taking a bit of damage. - A bit more unpredictable in their aggression. Not quite as passive as before, but still more defensive than aggressive overall. - Throws rocks slightly more often, but still nowhere near as often as in vanilla. Shivers: - Lowered spawnrates a tiny little bit.
0.0.2	temporalsreformed	1.21.0	798	Aug 25th 2025 at 6:39 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
Updated to 1.21.0 Slightly adjusted Surface Drifter damage. Previously 6.2 damage, now reduced slightly to 6. Attack tier increased up to 3. (aka the ratio for armor being penetrated, losing durability, etc)
0.0.1	temporalsreformed	1.21.0-rc.7	142	Aug 24th 2025 at 8:24 PM	Show	temporalsreformed.zip	1-click install
- Released

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Darthzz , 3 days ago (modified 3 days ago)

little update

Changes

- Fixed Bell spawning, apologies for taking so long with this one.
- Adjusted Bell melee attack to be more reasonable.
- Made drifters more likely to engage in combat while still not being overly aggressive.
- Made high tier endgame Drifters way more aggressive and resilient. Same with Shivers.
- Drifter damage adjusted slightly, especially for latter tiers.
- Drifters get more noticeably uncomfortable around the player and other targets at a certain range.

Darthzz , Aug 3rd at 6:49 PM (modified Aug 3rd at 7:37 PM)

Yeah there are currently problems with Bells at the moment. I haven't played or modded Vintage Story in months and have been occupied by tons of other things lately, but I will try to get back to the swing of things soon. The upcoming update will first of course just be simple fixes and adjustments. After that there are other much bigger things I want to add, including two new creatures I had been working on before the hiatus.

Tidbury It doesn't really change the core of VS pathfinding behaviors too much, but the mobs do react differently depending on the distance between them and you/other targeted entities.

Ballsgod Most of that first bit is intentional, their aggression now depends on their tier/type. Each enemy is less abundant, yet stronger, though less aggressive early on, this is to make them less of an annoyance and more of an unpredictable agent that could decide to snap at any given moment. Sorta inspired by The Forest's enemy behaviors. Lower tier ones are "weaker" but not as "far gone" and thus more cautiously avoidant, only striking opportunistically, while higher tier ones are more "feral" and will be more relentlessly aggressive. Higher tier ones being passive or avoidant isn't intentional though, nor have I seen this demonstrated anywhere else. For now, if you want to configure something, you could prioritize adjusting the seekEntity tasks to make them more aggressive until an eventual config update.

Yochan, Aug 1st at 6:29 AM

Hello, im unsure if this was from this mod but my game went into a freeze for 2 hr in game. I checked the log something to do with a bell?

Crash Report

1.8.2026 14:01:58 [Warning] Shape game:entity/humanoid/seraph-faceless: Two or more animations use the same code 'aim-gun'. This will lead to undefined behavior.
1.8.2026 14:02:30 [Error] Task with code 'meleeattack' for entity 'game:bell-normal': failed to instantiate task, possible error in task config json.
1.8.2026 14:02:30 [Error] Exception: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
 ---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: maxValue ('-3000') must be a non-negative value. (Parameter 'maxValue')
Actual value was -3000.
   at System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowNegative[T](T value, String paramName)
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.AiTaskBase..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\opt-bld\Optimum-0.2.11-c4439c2f\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBase.cs:line 58
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskBaseTargetable..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\opt-bld\Optimum-0.2.11-c4439c2f\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBaseTargetable.cs:line 70
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\opt-bld\Optimum-0.2.11-c4439c2f\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\Tasks\AiTaskMeleeAttack.cs:line 39
   at InvokeStub_AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(Object, Span`1)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBehaviorTaskAI.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, JsonObject attributes) in VSEssentials\Entity\AI\BehaviorTaskAI.cs:line 46
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntitySidedProperties.loadBehaviors(Entity entity, EntityProperties properties, IWorldAccessor world) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 368
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntityProperties.Initialize(Entity entity, ICoreAPI api) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 247
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.Initialize_Patch2(Entity this, EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d)
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.EntityAgent.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityAgent.cs:line 164
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBell.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VSSurvivalMod\Entities\EntityBell.cs:line 17
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.SpawnEntity_internal(EntityProperties type, Entity entity)
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.SpawnEntity(Entity entity, EntityProperties type)
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemEntitySimulation.UpdateEvery100ms(Single t1)
1.8.2026 14:02:31 [Warning] An entity bell-normal failed to complete initialisation, will not be physics ticked.

Crash Report

1.8.2026 14:01:58 [Warning] Shape game:entity/humanoid/seraph-faceless: Two or more animations use the same code 'aim-gun'. This will lead to undefined behavior.
1.8.2026 14:02:30 [Error] Task with code 'meleeattack' for entity 'game:bell-normal': failed to instantiate task, possible error in task config json.
1.8.2026 14:02:30 [Error] Exception: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
 ---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: maxValue ('-3000') must be a non-negative value. (Parameter 'maxValue')
Actual value was -3000.
   at System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowNegative[T](T value, String paramName)
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.AiTaskBase..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\opt-bld\Optimum-0.2.11-c4439c2f\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBase.cs:line 58
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskBaseTargetable..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\opt-bld\Optimum-0.2.11-c4439c2f\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBaseTargetable.cs:line 70
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\opt-bld\Optimum-0.2.11-c4439c2f\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\Tasks\AiTaskMeleeAttack.cs:line 39
   at InvokeStub_AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(Object, Span`1)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBehaviorTaskAI.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, JsonObject attributes) in VSEssentials\Entity\AI\BehaviorTaskAI.cs:line 46
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntitySidedProperties.loadBehaviors(Entity entity, EntityProperties properties, IWorldAccessor world) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 368
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntityProperties.Initialize(Entity entity, ICoreAPI api) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 247
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.Initialize_Patch2(Entity this, EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d)
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.EntityAgent.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityAgent.cs:line 164
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBell.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VSSurvivalMod\Entities\EntityBell.cs:line 17
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.SpawnEntity_internal(EntityProperties type, Entity entity)
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.SpawnEntity(Entity entity, EntityProperties type)
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemEntitySimulation.UpdateEvery100ms(Single t1)
1.8.2026 14:02:31 [Warning] An entity bell-normal failed to complete initialisation, will not be physics ticked.

Tidbury, Jul 5th at 1:04 PM

Hello. Does this mod improve path finding and/or distance of pathfinding of mobs?

Ballsgod, Jul 4th at 7:18 AM

Im not sure if im doing something wrong, but almost all of the rust creatures dont really seem to attack that much? I was hoping they'd be more scary, but with how passive they are most of the time, theyve kinda just become easier to just ignore... I also noticed that baiting them with meat doesnt seem that effective either, aggroed or not; they just kinda run past it even if you loop them over it and otherwise take almost a minute to finally "notice" the meat right next to them.

Is there any behavioural configs to tweak this? I'd like them to be a bit more aggressive or atleast lock on from further away to stalk, because even the higher tier variants seem to prefer to just walk away to despawn, whether its day or night. Also sadly havent noticed them be affected by light at all... ive atleast seen them do everything described on here once, stuff like the summoning and meat-eating, but they're just overwhelmingly doing NOTHING most of the time, which sucks cuz this is a really cool sounding mod i wanna use so bad😭

The entities' individual json files are kinda scary to touch, but is there a chance you could point me in the direction of what to tweak?

TheFinnigan, Jun 21st at 12:50 AM

I saw one person mentioned it previously, but it was before the latest update so I'm mentioning it again. There seems to be a bug with the bell's melee attack causing them to not spawn. I am using the LITE version.

The error

CardinalMoss, Jul 31st at 7:34 AM

@TheFinnigan: I saw one person mentioned it previously, but it was before the latest update so I'm mentioning it again. There seems to be a bug with the bell's melee attack causing them to not spawn. I am using the LITE version. The error

having the same issue with the same -3000 error on the full version of reformed on 1.22.3

Lohero, Jun 19th at 4:37 PM

"Rust creatures can destroy obstacles" got updated and added as a dependency "rust creatures reworked", I feel like there is some overlap between this mod and "Temporal reformed", is it still considered as compatible ?

Darthzz , May 26th at 2:28 PM (modified May 26th at 2:49 PM)

Coral Sounds like you were lucky, or unlucky depending on how you look at it. It's intentionally fairly random and unpredictable. Some will be rather passively cautious, while others might just straight up go for the throat. They are very much capable of approaching you on their own. They have a mechanic to sort of "sniff you out" at your approximate location to stick close to you and stalk you, but their time spent doing so varies. Then, they have variable chances to "advance" on this multi-step hunting process in different ways, and may for example either patiently watch you from a distance, scuttle off outright, or advance further to encroach and ready up for a direct attack. Either way, it's always interesting to hear how different everyone's encounters tend to be.

(note, they do become more prone to aggression the higher their tier, aka the more "far gone" they become, and I do plan to adjust their posture and animations later to better reflect this)

Coral, May 28th at 11:56 PM

@Darthzz: Coral Sounds like you were lucky, or unlucky depending on how you look at it. It's intentionally fairly random and unpredictable. Some will be rather passively cautious, while others might just straight up go for the throat. They are very much capable of

I meant that through testing, with different variants and the like, that was the result that seemed to happen regardless if i did not stand within reach of them.

Coral, May 25th at 11:16 PM

I adore a lot of the behaviour changes here, great mod. Though shivers in their current state don't seem to do much, you can sorta just stand still and they just sit there looking at you forever. they'll attack if you get close but otherwise they feel entirely too passive, there are very few scenarios where you would actually anger one by accident.

Darthzz , May 24th at 12:31 AM

Small update, with all the fixes I mentioned.

Darthzz , May 23rd at 11:40 PM (modified May 23rd at 11:41 PM)

Vigilance Combat Overhaul is recommended more for the LITE version rather than the main one. This one is going for its own kind of rebalancing entirely in a way that CO values might not be compatible with, hence why I made the LITE version, which only adds the new behaviors. Also, Shiver hitboxes being different is intentional, albeit experimental and due for immediate change. The idea was to allow them to fit through 1-block gaps and thus allow them more maneuverability and ability to get unstuck more easily, though I've since found ways to make this work in ways that are less frustrating than what's currently implemented, which should be coming next update. It will allow them to be both easier to hit and also still able to fit through 1-block gaps just the same.

Belen I'd be surprised if there was. Both Rustbound and TempReformed have completely seperate notions of vision and balancing and would require a whooole lot of leaps for compatibility together on either side. Admittedly, there are things in Rustbound that I think would be cool paired with mine though.

Seralth Not entirely certain what's causing this, but I have some ideas, since there is a bit of wonkiness in Bell behavior regarding their attacks that is also being fixed next update, so hopefully that will help alleviate it. Otherwise, a good handful of people have been able to play with both this mod and Temporal Symphony and encounter Bells just fine as long as the recommended settings were followed along, so there may be another external factor at play here, such as a completely separate incompatibility.

Vigilance, May 25th at 3:45 AM

@Darthzz: Vigilance Combat Overhaul is recommended more for the LITE version rather than the main one. This one is going for its own kind of rebalancing entirely in a way that CO values might not be compatible with, hence why I made the LITE version, which only add

I sorta just came here instead of writing on lite. I am using lite haha. I'll have to give the new hitboxes a go. Hopefully they're working better, my players were dying pretty much hitless on the busted shivers with all the other changes I have layered, and that was subtracting from the creepy nature you gave them!

Vigilance, May 23rd at 12:44 PM

I think this mod may break Shiver hitboxes on CO. I am fairly certain I narrowed it down (the hitboxes got better again when I removed this mod) but not positive. I would really like to continue using it because the behaviors are awesome and I love what you're continuing to do. Any chance you could look at why your tweaks are breaking them? To describe the behavior it makes their hitbox go from what would logically be any part of their body to a tiny itty bitty cube at their center on the floor, which naturally makes them a good order of magnitude harder to kill.

Belen, May 22nd at 10:27 PM

Is there a way to get this to work with Wilderlands Rustbound?

Seralth, May 22nd at 7:07 AM (modified May 22nd at 7:09 AM)

So i finally narrowed down why im getting massive amounts of errors around bells and random crashes to this mod. With this mod in i just get this endlessly and eventutally it crashes my game. With out this mod the errors go away. Any idea what i may be doing wrong to cause this? Im not using CO. And to my knowledge all my other mods don't touch combat or the mobs. I thought it might have been temporal sympony but i did disable the settings you said and it didnt do anything. :(

Crash Report

22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Error] Exception: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: maxValue ('-3000') must be a non-negative value. (Parameter 'maxValue')
Actual value was -3000.
at System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowNegative[T](T value, String paramName)
at System.Random.Next(Int32 maxValue)
at Vintagestory.API.Common.AiTaskBase..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBase.cs:line 220
at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskBaseTargetable..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBaseTargetable.cs:line 70
at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\Tasks\AiTaskMeleeAttack.cs:line 39
at InvokeStub_AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(Object, Span`1)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithFewArgs(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithFewArgs(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture)
at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBehaviorTaskAI.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, JsonObject attributes) in VSEssentials\Entity\AI\BehaviorTaskAI.cs:line 91
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntitySidedProperties.loadBehaviors(Entity entity, EntityProperties properties, IWorldAccessor world) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 368
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntityProperties.Initialize(Entity entity, ICoreAPI api) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 249
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.Initialize_Patch1(Entity this, EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d)
at Vintagestory.API.Common.EntityAgent.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityAgent.cs:line 164
at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBell.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VSSurvivalMod\Entities\EntityBell.cs:line 17
at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.LoadEntity(Entity entity, Int64 fromChunkIndex3d) in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMain.cs:line 2543

22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Warning] An entity bell-normal failed to complete initialisation, will not be physics ticked.

22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Error] Task with code 'meleeattack' for entity 'game:bell-normal': failed to instantiate task, possible error in task config json.

22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Error] Couldn't add entity type game:bell-normal at 511718.5, 85.5, 511631.5 due to exception in code. Will remove from chunk, sorry!
22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Error] Exception: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: maxValue ('-3000') must be a non-negative value. (Parameter 'maxValue')
Actual value was -3000.
at System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowNegative[T](T value, String paramName)
at System.Random.Next(Int32 maxValue)
at Vintagestory.API.Common.AiTaskBase..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBase.cs:line 220
at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskBaseTargetable..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBaseTargetable.cs:line 70
at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\Tasks\AiTaskMeleeAttack.cs:line 39
at InvokeStub_AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(Object, Span`1)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithFewArgs(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithFewArgs(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture)
at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBehaviorTaskAI.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, JsonObject attributes) in VSEssentials\Entity\AI\BehaviorTaskAI.cs:line 91
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntitySidedProperties.loadBehaviors(Entity entity, EntityProperties properties, IWorldAccessor world) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 368
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntityProperties.Initialize(Entity entity, ICoreAPI api) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 249
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.Initialize_Patch1(Entity this, EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d)
at Vintagestory.API.Common.EntityAgent.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityAgent.cs:line 164
at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBell.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VSSurvivalMod\Entities\EntityBell.cs:line 17
at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.LoadEntity(Entity entity, Int64 fromChunkIndex3d) in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMain.cs:line 2543

22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Warning] An entity bell-normal failed to complete initialisation, will not be physics ticked.

22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Error] Task with code 'meleeattack' for entity 'game:bell-normal': failed to instantiate task, possible error in task config json.

22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Error] Couldn't add entity type game:bell-normal at 511611.5, 76.5, 511622.5 due to exception in code. Will remove from chunk, sorry!
22.5.2026 01:59:44 [Server Error] Exception: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: maxValue ('-3000') must be a non-negative value. (Parameter 'maxValue')
Actual value was -3000.
at System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowNegative[T](T value, String paramName)
at System.Random.Next(Int32 maxValue)
at Vintagestory.API.Common.AiTaskBase..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBase.cs:line 220
at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskBaseTargetable..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\AiTaskBaseTargetable.cs:line 70
at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(EntityAgent entity, JsonObject taskConfig, JsonObject aiConfig) in C:\Users\office-desktop2\Documents\game\VSEssentials\Entity\AI\Tasks\AiTaskMeleeAttack.cs:line 39
at InvokeStub_AiTaskMeleeAttack..ctor(Object, Span`1)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithFewArgs(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithFewArgs(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture)
at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBehaviorTaskAI.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, JsonObject attributes) in VSEssentials\Entity\AI\BehaviorTaskAI.cs:line 91
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntitySidedProperties.loadBehaviors(Entity entity, EntityProperties properties, IWorldAccessor world) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 368
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.EntityProperties.Initialize(Entity entity, ICoreAPI api) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityProperties.cs:line 249
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.Initialize_Patch1(Entity this, EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d)
at Vintagestory.API.Common.EntityAgent.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityAgent.cs:line 164
at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBell.Initialize(EntityProperties properties, ICoreAPI api, Int64 InChunkIndex3d) in VSSurvivalMod\Entities\EntityBell.cs:line 17
at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.LoadEntity(Entity entity, Int64 fromChunkIndex3d) in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMain.cs:line 2543

Darthzz , May 21st at 2:04 PM

I've also updated the description as well. Namely keeping it more up to date with the recent changes, new tips, as well as regarding the mod recommendations that pair greatly with this one.

Darthzz , May 20th at 8:09 PM

Update! Pretty big one focused on massive rebalances, new behaviors and much-needed dejanking. Details in patchnotes.

Polluxo, May 21st at 5:01 AM

@Darthzz: Update! Pretty big one focused on massive rebalances, new behaviors and much-needed dejanking. Details in patchnotes.

Where are the patch notes?

Darthzz , May 21st at 1:27 PM

@Polluxo: Where are the patch notes?

In the Files tab, you can click Show under Changelog on the topmost recent file.

Darthzz , Apr 20th at 1:34 AM (modified Apr 20th at 1:55 AM)

it's coming, just been focused on a lot of stuff outside of vintage story lately

DUCATISLO, Apr 15th at 10:52 AM

hope for 1.22

Darthzz , Feb 27th at 2:34 PM

Sprezzo Both mods touch similar things, so I'd imagine massive confliction. Though, Temporality Plus does have configs, so maybe if you disable things such as enemy stat changes and shiver climbing in their mod, it could work.

Sprezzo, Feb 23rd at 12:53 AM

Any known compatibility/incompatibility with Temporality Plus?

RedCougar3758, Feb 8th at 5:36 PM (modified Feb 8th at 5:37 PM)

I cannot put into words how unnerving it is to have a rock fly past my head while caving, turn expecting a drifter, and see an entire pack of shivers all just sitting there and staring.

Tanekai, Feb 2nd at 10:03 PM

Is there any way to manually configure the behavior of Bells or something? Any multi layer location that has one of them becomes essentialy impossible to deal with solo since they are extremely tanky, summon an entire horde of locusts, water doesn't do anything agains't them, and the worst offender when it comes to dealing with them, they can sense you even without line of sight across a rather large distance, so randomly they'll start playing, and you have no way to try and fin them since locusts start to spawn above the layers the bell is, making it impossible to even mine a way down

Using the LITE version

Darthzz , Jan 28th at 9:19 PM

Tanekai Yes, this version isn't balanced around Combat Overhaul. The Lite version was designed with CO compatibility and balance in mind, and has vanilla spawnrates. Lite version has higher spawnrate than this one.

Tanekai, Jan 27th at 6:30 PM

So, I read the description, but I'll still anyway ask just to make sure since my English can be shoddy.

I'm using the mod alongside CO. Love the mod and the behavior changes, but now that I'm on Iron age, it feels like even higher tier enemies don't do much, especially due to the lower spawn rates. In order to fix that but keep the behaviors, it is then recommended to use the Lite version instead? Does it get rid of the lower spawn rates? That seems to be the biggest "problem" thus far collaborating to make them feel less threatening

DadRadSkittle, Jan 21st at 5:27 PM

I think there might be a conflict with this mod (specifically the lite version, but would also be this version too) and xskills? I get a log spam in my server window occasionally, happens noticibly around temporal storms & only seems to be affecting the temporal monsters. Sometimes their AI just stops and they don't move or react to being hit, typically while this message is being logged. I can't share the log file due to 'excessive size' but this is the block the keeps repeating if it helps

Crash Report

20.1.2026 22:31:09 [Error] Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskSeekFoodAndEat.ContinueExecute_Patch1(AiTaskSeekFoodAndEat this, Single dt)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskManager.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VSEssentials\Entity\AI\Task\AiTaskManager.cs:line 136
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\Entity.cs:line 1097
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.EntityAgent.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityAgent.cs:line 669
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemEntitySimulation.TickEntities(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Server\Systems\World\EntitySimulation.cs:line 238
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemEntitySimulation.OnServerTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Server\Systems\World\EntitySimulation.cs:line 158
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.Process() in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMain.cs:line 854
20.1.2026 22:31:09 [Error] Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskSeekFoodAndEat.ContinueExecute_Patch1(AiTaskSeekFoodAndEat this, Single dt)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskManager.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VSEssentials\Entity\AI\Task\AiTaskManager.cs:line 136
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\Entity.cs:line 1097
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.EntityAgent.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityAgent.cs:line 669
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemEntitySimulation.TickEntities(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Server\Systems\World\EntitySimulation.cs:line 238
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemEntitySimulation.OnServerTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Server\Systems\World\EntitySimulation.cs:line 158
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.Process() in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMain.cs:line 854
20.1.2026 22:31:09 [Error] Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskSeekFoodAndEat.ContinueExecute_Patch1(AiTaskSeekFoodAndEat this, Single dt)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.AiTaskManager.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VSEssentials\Entity\AI\Task\AiTaskManager.cs:line 136
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\Entity.cs:line 1097
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.EntityAgent.OnGameTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\EntityAgent.cs:line 669
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemEntitySimulation.TickEntities(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Server\Systems\World\EntitySimulation.cs:line 238
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemEntitySimulation.OnServerTick(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Server\Systems\World\EntitySimulation.cs:line 158
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.Process() in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMain.cs:line 854

Sparkplug04, Jan 10th at 3:55 AM (modified Jan 11th at 3:21 AM)

I've just installed the Lite version and given it a try on my world with CO, ended up with a medium Temporal Storm soon after opening the world, and I cannot believe how much more interesting combat just got. I haven't been this properly terrified of the Rot Monsters since I started playing a year ago, and this is so much more interesting than just being shocked at the implied body horror of the 1.21 monster designs.
Shivers in particular are so unnerving and also just so interesting. I utterly despised their little "bound" feature's implementation in Vanilla that usually just made them exit view and become a high-damage annoyance you can't react to because they essentially teleported behind you. Now? They're leaping right at you with a jaw full of rusted, bent rebar. Love it. Seeing Drifters get something similar is also a huge step up. It's both making me consider giving some distance to enemies and ALSO making the genuine fights significantly more involved than ever before. No bowtorns so far, but this experience so far has sold it to me. Finally fought some Bowtorns, though low-tier ones. Their upped aggression yet again makes me NOT despise having to deal with them. Plus, not having to deal with as many monsters at once? Really makes the world pop. I can actually admire the dark corridors and feel genuine psychological horror wondering if I'll be getting jumped around the corner!
Absolutely, the Lite version is becoming a mainstay in my mods folder. You've completely done these things justice and made them feel amazing.
It's gonna be absolutely awful having to return to vanilla monsters for my 1.22 playthrough lol...

Still can't believe you've even achieved this absolute mastery over the VS monsters. I can barely feel any of the vanilla jank that made them utterly annoying and unpleasant to deal with. They're actual threats that'll wail on you and make you think, now.
Mod's a masterpiece. Keep up the good work, and I'm excited to see what you'll do next!

Katzvielle, Jan 9th at 6:38 AM

thanks for the update. 😊

Vigilance, Jan 9th at 2:11 AM

I just like the idea of it turning in to a more strategic "Defend a point" scenario, but when the bowtorns spawned in 3 packs all around me and rapid fired me out of cover... haha. I'll update, this might help, but my storms are so rare it'll be a while before I come and complain, I hope!

Darthzz , Jan 7th at 9:51 PM

Vigilance Yeahhhh mods or world settings that force you to kill enemies to progress/survive the storm are definitely not recommended with this version of the mod. Probably preferrable to use the lite version in that context, which is more designed for active combat-heavy scenarios like that.

Vigilance, Jan 7th at 5:12 PM

Gave this another shot, current issue is that while the enemies feel individually quite tolerable, now if I have a temporal storm (such as the first one of my server which is ongoing as I write) spit out the 6-7 bowtorns it tends to do (with a few of them unfortunately rolling nightmare) I'm gunned down with nearly no hope of survival, which coupled with those kill-enemies-to-progress-the-storm has lead to me effectively being softlocked haha. I will have to tune the holy heck out of the things I can change to let this exist in my server's ecosystem, but I am pleasantly surprised by how "close" it feels now.

Katzvielle, Jan 6th at 9:07 PM

can you please start putting version numbers on your downloads. that way its easier to see which one we have? i was just going though my downloads and i see your the only one in my list that doesnt do that. but its just an idea.

also thanks for this mod. monsters were so annoying before. 😆

Ego_Sum, Jan 4th at 3:46 AM

Cool idea, need to be able to configure spawn rates though for people who just want to make the game fully harder.

Darthzz , Jan 3rd at 4:17 PM (modified Jan 3rd at 4:19 PM)

Ziggylata The enemies get more aggressive the higher their tier is, but the lower ones will still try to sneak up on you in a hit-and-run style manner when you're not paying attention to them, and are far more prone to remaining aggressive while in conflict. This is mainly to make exploration, caving and random surface encounters feel less annoying, and potentially dangerous in a different kind of way. Drifters for example have two seekEntity tasks in this mod. One for slowly approaching their target, and the other for when they're initiated in conflict, where they will start running toward their target more aggressively (though each tier has a different chance to Flee from the target entity as well). This is of course more dangerous in temporal storms.

Though now that you mention it, I would like to make shivers have much scarier and dangerous behavior, even in the earlier tiers. Currently, aside from the lategame tiers, they tend to stalk the player more than outright hunting them, sticking close and circling around their general vicinity, and only attack at a certain range, or if you've already been attacking them. Next update I'll probably give them a couple different tasks that add a sort of gradual "advancement" to their hunting, so that their stalking gradually becomes more and more aggressive before they start full-on beelining for the player. I think this would be a lot scarier, and also enforce another layer of choice. Do you attack now before they come any closer? Do you wait for them to strike? Do you flee? Do you take the chance to wait for them to have a stroke and beat them while they're down?

As for climbing, I'm still figuring that out, but currently only the surface tiers of Drifters and Bowtorn can do that, whereas all shivers can always climb. In my testing, the climbing partially alleviates the problem of them getting stuck in pits, and I've personally encountered them freeing themselves more often than getting stuck in corners. Usually huddling in corners is something they do when they're not initiated in aggressive/defensive behaviors, so they're technically not actually "stuck" but it does admittedly look a bit too goofy at times. I'm going to remove it from bells though next update, I kinda regret giving them that ability at all.

Ziggylata, Jan 3rd at 11:53 AM

Is it possible to have a version with slightly more aggression? I notice that many enemies kind of just hang out. Bells and Drifters also tend to climb walls and get stuck in ceiling corners and stuff.

Darthzz , Jan 2nd at 9:01 PM

TheBronzeWarrior should be fixed now!

TheBronzeWarrior, Dec 31st 2025 at 6:01 AM

hey so after installing this mod i have literally never seen a monster. it's really cool in concept, but until spawnrates are increased ima have to deactivate

Darthzz , Dec 27th 2025 at 10:33 PM

boliveto Next update spawn changes are going to be reverted to what it was previously in the mod, I noticed the sparseness being a bit more than what I intended.

boliveto, Dec 27th 2025 at 10:22 PM

Hi, I played ~20h with this mod, no other combat changes, I feel the enemies spawn waaaaay too rarely, even on temporal storms. I had to go out of my way to even find an enemy to fight. Like, really, I can roam around rifts at night and see nothing. Was hard to find a drifter, and it just ran away >.> I tried looking into the mod's json files but couldn't understand how to increase the spawnchances.

Well, still way better than vanilla, when i turned the mod off my house was instantly swarmed by drifters and bowtorns so I'll keep using it xD but wish they spawned a tidy bit more easily

ChiefKrogan, Dec 23rd 2025 at 11:54 AM

Darthzz thanks! I think that may be it or I found a bug becuase once I closed the game and came back to it hours later monasters were spawning again.

Darthzz , Dec 23rd 2025 at 2:19 AM

ChiefKrogan it's called maxLightLevel, which in vanilla is 7, and 0 in this mod

It shouldn't affect ruin spawns at all though, since some ruins have forced spawns that aren't affected by light levels. Any spawns outside of that are pure happenstance, which can still happen in my mod, just not as often due to the lower chances.

Farbott Just note that the higher the tier, the more aggressive they become, and endgame enemies still spawn in temp storms in the mod. Might be a bit too unfair if all of them became super aggressive while something like a Deepsplit shiver is actively lunging for you. Though I do want to make them react differently during temporal storms in *other* ways, at least.

ChiefKrogan, Dec 22nd 2025 at 8:19 PM

Which value do I change to make them spawn in brighter light? There are some gigantic ruins in new better ruins versions and with the changed light value no monsters spawn in some, which I find incredibely sad. I have no idea what to change hoever, I would appreciate your help.

Farbott, Dec 6th 2025 at 3:13 AM

Awesome update, drifters are no longer sweeping me even armorless at a full sprint backward
Although it feels kind of silly for them to be tame during a temporal storm, would it be possible to make them all super aggressive during one like vanilla vintage?

ElPoyoYolo, Dec 3rd 2025 at 8:23 AM

Your art made me install.

Darthzz , Dec 2nd 2025 at 4:18 PM

Small update. No config yet. However, for now, there is now a lighter version of the mod that only includes the new behaviors, without HP and damage changes.

- Reduced spawn chances by half, what the mod was initially intending
- Reduced light level from 1 to 0
- Slightly reduced surface mob HP
- Slightly reduced Drifter attack range
- Added more entity tags
- Made bowtorns a bit less annoying

Farbott, Nov 30th 2025 at 11:35 PM

Would be awesome when the config does roll around (if ever) if we could reenable bells spawning EVERYTHING again, including saw locusts >:)

Solidude, Nov 28th 2025 at 6:45 AM

All of a sudden the mobs are a whole lot less annoying, yet very much more scary/dangerous to deal with.
Exactly what I needed.
Thank you so much for making it! <3

Farbott, Nov 28th 2025 at 5:19 AM

Feels like it might be playing funky with CO, the drifters seem to have a lot longer arm than they should and hit you faster than the animation is, this makes even surface drifters a bit of a nightmare with their lunges

Darthzz , Nov 20th 2025 at 10:12 PM

Ikaahi that's because I haven't yet patched in FoTSA interactions yet, but I probably will soon. I intentionally didn't make them target traders though since that might be too unfair, though they can still hit them by mistake and cause them to agro anyways sometimes, so maybe it doesn't matter so much? They do at least target VSVillage villagers though! If you do end up playing with both, I definitely recommend walling up the village farms, since farmers tend to huddle up in those areas a lot and are therefore at risk of being fired upon by bowtorns. I have played around with it a fair bit in my worlds and it is fun watching them go to war with eachother.

Ikaahi, Nov 19th 2025 at 10:42 PM

I dont know if maybe its because of my fotsa mods, but I havent yet seen any interactions between monsters and animals yet. Also do the interactions extend to traders as well? And will this conflict with mods that affect those interactions?

I do love having staring contests with the bowtorns and drifters though.

Farbott, Nov 11th 2025 at 1:02 AM

Love some of the changes, dont like others, gonna love this mod once a config comes out so I can get the mobs the new stuff but make them a bit less strong in favor of a bit more of the numbers they used to have, somewhere in the middle y'know?

Darthzz , Nov 4th 2025 at 2:11 PM (modified Nov 4th 2025 at 2:12 PM)

CleverMagpie Melee is still very much viable against bowtorns, it's just dangerous enough that you can't simply stand still and wail on them. You have to actually be wary of your surroundings and, ideally, be moving away as you're swinging. So melee isn't necessarily discouraged at all, but it does give a bit more incentive to engage in ranged combat on top of that.

Thorin48 yes!

I am still planning on updating and maintaining the mod, I'm just currently taking a big break from working on bigger features to work on some of my other projects, before getting into the more elaborate stuff I've had in mind for it. (such as fully customizable config and whatnot)

Thorin48, Nov 3rd 2025 at 10:17 PM

Darthzz am I allowed to fork this?

CleverMagpie, Oct 29th 2025 at 8:11 PM

Super cool idea for a mod- I want to try it but I'm playing single player and I'm still fuckin terrified of running into the damn things (caves are a mild phobia of mine irl too! haha) but I just love the novelty in design that went into this overhaul and I super applaud the creativity and intelligence in concocting and then executing the idea!!

I'm a bit too nervous to try it out myself, so I haven't yet, but if you have the patience for it I have an armchair design question/critique

Which is: If bowtorns are as dangerous from afar as they are in melee, how does their ranged advantage play into an engaging problem to solve alongside the 'elevated melee damage' ethos applied to the other monsters? Particularly insofar as it applies to players/player-classes that specialize in melee? Is the idea that even melee players will want to play trench warfare with bowtorns specifically? Or is melee discouraged as a playstyle entirely under this design?

Again, great idea, can't wait to try it out

BCCHP7_2hu, Oct 12th 2025 at 11:45 PM (modified Oct 13th 2025 at 12:16 AM)

Thorin48
I actually was just looking at its configs rn; the rpg difficulty mod doesn't clearly advertise that it also has time-based progression, mainly emphasising scaling through displacement from the world spawn. I also tested that mod with this mod, but I'm pretty sure this mod has hard values that overwrite rpg difficulty's, because I inflated the hell out of the scaling in the configs and yet the highest max HP I saw was 100.

Edit: No, I have to be reading the configs wrong, the higher I tweak the values the lower the actual stats seem to get? I'm all the way back down to 10 HP basic Drifters. That's something I'll have to move to the actual rpg difficulty mod page to discuss though. Just editing to clarify that it probably wasn't THIS mod, Temporals Reformed, at fault, just me misinterpreting how another mod works.

Thorin48, Oct 12th 2025 at 12:42 PM

BCCHP7_2hu
try the rpg difficulty mod it makes 2000 hp drifters or wait for him to config it here

BCCHP7_2hu, Oct 10th 2025 at 5:14 PM (modified Oct 10th 2025 at 5:18 PM)

Hey, this might sound weird, but uh, is there a config that allows us to modify spawnrates back to vanilla or even like 2x vanilla rates? I'm playing a heavy modded singleplayer run, but even with only a tin bronze spear I one shot EVERY single Drifter I come across, so I really just want the difficulty increase (primarily the higher health and I assume damage reduction? weird that those aren't vanilla world configs) while still having them be a constant presence.

Edit: Wait, I just saw your most recent post about config support, I'll let you cook then, boss. I haven't actually downloaded this mod because I kind of rely on Drifters being common enough to farm clay (from a Drifter loot table mod, I can't remember which) for my ever increasing cobblestone needs.

Edit 2: I should also elaborate on the insane damage values I'm dealing, which is apparently 40 damage on a tin bronze spear thrust. Must be some wacky percentage stacking. So yeah a proper health config in this mod would go hard. I need 500 health nightmare drifters.

Darthzz , Oct 10th 2025 at 1:38 PM

Rekeme fixed!

DUCATISLO Proper config support is planned, with configlib support and everything. Like I mentioned in previous comments, I have a big backlog of other stuff before I get around to that though. For now, if you really want to adjust values to your liking, you can kinda "brute force" it by editing values in the mod folder itself. It's a crude method, but it can get the job done.

DUCATISLO, Oct 10th 2025 at 10:15 AM

is the mod able to be configurated?

Rekeme, Oct 10th 2025 at 8:20 AM

Hey there, when I try to run your mod in single player I get an error messages for a patch in the server-main.log:

> 10.10.2025 01:16:44 [Error] Patch 31 (target: game:entities/lore/drifter.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-drifter.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-nightmare is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-nightmare was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '*-nightmare' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"*": 0
}

It seems inconsequential and the mod still works!

Darthzz , Oct 9th 2025 at 8:09 PM

update!!

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- Smoothened out tiers, HP and damage among mobs even further. Hopefully finalized, as I feel this one is pretty balanced with armor progression compared to previous versions. (Drifters are the slower yet tankier ones, Shivers are in between, and Bowtorns are the least tanky, though still considerably stronger than in vanilla)
- Baiting enemies with meat as a distraction is now more effective and hopefully more worth using as a viable strategy.
- Hopefully, HOPEFULLY fixed pathing issues. As much as I could, anyways...
- Slowed down drifters and bowtorns slightly for certain tiers.
- Extended cooldown on Shiver attacks, since they tended to wombo-combo you *too* reliably.
- Drifters and Bowtorns can now melee attack while running.
- Drifters will now slowly walk towards you at a certain distance.

Darthzz , Oct 9th 2025 at 1:10 PM

I have an update coming up soon addressing some of this stuff actually. Hopefully fixing some of the bowtorn pathing issues, and also adjusting Drifter speed and behavior.

Proper config is still planned, though I have a pretty big backlog still, so it might be some time before I get around to it. If you really want though, for now, you can sort of "brute force" configuration by manually editing some of the values in the folder of this mod itself. It's not anywhere near as intuitive as a proper config, but it can get the job done for the time being until I get around to adding one.

MattyK, Oct 9th 2025 at 10:44 AM

Is there a config or anything to tweak the speed changes? I'm not fond of a Surface Drifter basically outrunning an unladen Hunter when it decides to come in to attack. Every exchange I've had with them so far ends with me around half HP no matter what I do.

I get the whole "every encounter is meant to be meaningful" but it's frustrating that a Blackguard wearing Bronze is constantly trading blows with surface drifters and coming out the other end shredded. It makes me feel like you really need a shield if you wanna go in for melee.

Thorin48, Oct 5th 2025 at 6:55 PM

I got a Pathing issue from the mod

Spoiler

5.10.2025 14:53:49 [Server Error] Patch 43 (target: game:entities/lore/drifter.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-drifter.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/-corrupt is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/-corrupt was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '-corrupt' does not exist. Full json at this path: { "": 0 }

5.10.2025 14:53:49 [Server Error] Patch 44 (target: game:entities/lore/drifter.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-drifter.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/-nightmare is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/-nightmare was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '-nightmare' does not exist. Full json at this path: { "": 0 } 5.10.2025 14:53:49 [Server Error] Patch 38 (target: game:entities/lore/shiver.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-shiver.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/-corrupt is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/-corrupt was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '-corrupt' does not exist. Full json at this path: { "": 0 }

5.10.2025 14:53:49 [Server Error] Patch 39 (target: game:entities/lore/shiver.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-shiver.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/-nightmare is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/-nightmare was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '-nightmare' does not exist. Full json at this path: { "": 0 }

ChiefKrogan, Oct 1st 2025 at 11:22 AM

Darthzz is that so? Then clearly the issue must be on my side. I had no other mods changing enemy behavior so it must be something else that's conflicting. I'm curious what it is but I'm not sure I'd be able to find it considering I have around 150 mods. Honestly it's funny that something clearly not related to blowthorns made them have zoomies, becuase in my game those guys sprint man. Olympic level sprinters. I'll try looking into it on the weekened but like I said, I can make no promisses I will succeed. Thanks for providing the info!

GOODYOB, Sep 30th 2025 at 6:15 PM

Any chance for 1.20.12 backport?

Darthzz , Sep 30th 2025 at 6:07 PM

quick lil update

- Damage and damage tier curves are smoother for all mobs.
- New climbing behaviors are now based on tier type for Drifters and Bowtorns. The last 3 tiers of Drifter cannot climb. (they got blade arms, after all)
- Made corrupt drifters as aggressive as the latter two tiers, but with a slower approach speed until attacked.
- Reintroduced climbing ONLY to surface bowtorns, and slowed down bowtorn flee speed slightly more overall. Also reduced tier of early tier bowtorn projectiles by 1.
- Adjusted shiver speeds by tier slightly, but also, will have a chance to become slightly faster when repeatedly attacked.

Darthzz , Sep 30th 2025 at 1:25 PM (modified Sep 30th 2025 at 5:18 PM)

Vigilance Must definitely be some weird overwrite or something like that going on then, because deep shivers in this mod have 50 max HP. (which should still be enough even for copper tier stuff since there's typically only one at a time, excluding temporal storms and occasional duo groups)

ChiefKrogan Vanilla bowtorn fleeentity run speed is 0.03. In my mod, their normal runspeed is 0.04, and then up to 0.05 after being attacked or on low HP. It's only a slight adjustment enough to just be noticeable but not too extreme to catch up with. But like I mentioned before, latency could easily play a big factor in sort of "enhancing" this and making their behaviors more extreme than they should be, which it does sound like considering the "launching into the air" thing. Though I can't speak from your end since I have no clue what kind of mods, world settings, etc you might be using that could also play a factor into this.

Since these "overwrite" issues seem to be weirdly common, I would like to see what kind of mods, world settings and such are used paired with this mod so I can find a proper workaround for whatever's causing it.

ChiefKrogan, Sep 30th 2025 at 12:16 PM

I generally like the mod but Imo the blowthorns are way too fast. It's impossible to reliably hunt them in open space with no prior trap setup or nearby water. And they sprint so fast they tend to bug out and launch into the air. The speed increease in itlsef isn't a bad idea but it's cranked up waaaaay too much.

Vigilance, Sep 30th 2025 at 4:28 AM

Awesome! I'll give it another try sometime soon. It is also worth mentioning with my mod ecosystem that it may be decently different than yours, and as a result things might be a little more difficult to tune. For instance, drifter speed will pretty much always feel goofy on our end with battle towers etc, the toughest-of-the-tough enemies still have a decent appearance rate in some of the dungeons that aren't particularly uncommon in our server, but I do my best to cover my own bases before I accuse mod behaviors of being "off" in case something on our end is tweaking it! I'm not quite sure why the enemies were so passive for me yesterday morning's "test drive."

I'm curious about the deep shiver I saw, because I swear to you I did see some tuned health values-- a bellhead with HP above a hundred, but next to it that deep shiver had a whopping 16. Without taking better notes of where I saw it, I don't think I'll be able to look in to it, I was mostly just mentioning it on the off chance you'd made a typo, as we are all prone to do! :)

Darthzz , Sep 29th 2025 at 11:49 PM

update :)

Changes

- New and reworked behaviors that allow Drifters and Shivers to have a high chance to be aggressive and charge at the player when taking damage from a certain distance. If too far, will flee instead. Low to mid tier Drifters will now only charge at the player if attacked, but will still swing at you if too close. The final two tiers will charge at you if you get too close no matter what.
- Smoothed out HP and damage tier values further for mob tiers.
- Shiver aggressive range increased from 6 to 7.
- Shiver seeking-to-feed behavior should look less silly now.
- Drifter flee movement and animation speed slightly reduce.
- Re-introduced Drifter climbing. Still figuring out what to do with it in regards to Bowtorn.
- Gearfoot bowtorn melee seek charge speed reduced to be more latency-friendly.

Darthzz , Sep 29th 2025 at 9:18 PM (modified Sep 29th 2025 at 9:33 PM)

Vigilance I don't get it, because shivers are supposed to react immediately to being hit by anything, even if you're far away. If you're pelting them with arrows, they'll either flee or find a route straight towards you, cancelling out their "stalking" behavior. Lower tier drifters running away a bunch however is intentional. The idea is that they're supposed to be more defensively territorial, and get increasingly more aggressive with each tier. Surface Drifters will just do their own thing and bother you on the surface far less than in vanilla, while stuff like the double heads will try to obliterate you. To be fair however, given how unpredictable they can be, its kind of inevitable that these changes might not always be consistent.

Deep shivers having less health also makes no sense? They have 10 more max HP than surface shivers in this mod, and each progressive tier bumps up by 10 more max HP. The increase is gradual, and then splits off somewhat at the latter 3 tiers (stilt, bellhead and deepsplit) who specialize more in the mod. (bellheads are slow, tanky and have high knockback. stilts prefer swipe attacks over biting. and deepsplits are hyperaggressive but less beefy than the other two)

Drifter normal walkspeed is the same as vanilla. They become *slightly* faster when fleeing, but it shouldn't be this unreasonable. Though I suppose I could tone down the animation speed and movement slightly to make it feel more natural.

Honestly, it kind of sounds like something is enhancing all these values somehow. Though to be fair, I haven't really seen how this mod plays in low latency on servers. That could explain why shivers seem to just sit and tank shots, for example. Gearfoots being nightmarish is kind of intentional, since they're an endgame enemy, but taking latency into account, I'll probably tone them down further.

Vigilance, Sep 29th 2025 at 2:22 PM (modified Sep 29th 2025 at 2:31 PM)

Re-installed, gave it a try:

Some of the enemy behaviors seem way TOO passive now. I'd have shivers actively sit there tanking shots staring at me because they haven't yet decided to remove me from the planet. Same with drifters: they'd more often run away from me.

Also, deep shivers appear to have much less health than their very spongey relatives.

(also gearfoot bowtorn are just as nightmarish as i remember, the others seem fine.)

(edit: quick slide in to again remark that drifters feel more like they're speedhacking than walking and I still don't really think thats a plus)

Vigilance, Sep 27th 2025 at 11:46 PM

I think as far as this mod altering loot I'd prefer it didn't, mostly because everyone is going to have their own twenty flavors of why and how. Personally, I'd like to adjust their loot to be faaaaaaaaar and above what it currently is on my server, while still being compatible with xskills, etc, to a point I feel like a lot of people would find reasons to get grumpy. I think the more mod-friendly a mod is, the better.

I am still very interested in using this mod, but I definitely don't think I can justify it still on my server when my friend is across an ocean on 4g internet: it sounds like I'd be subjecting him to torment beyond reason! I still wanna mess around with these new changes, though.

Darthzz , Sep 27th 2025 at 8:32 PM

After a bit of testing, I can confirm this mod *is* compatible with Combat Overhaul for the most part, but some damage and health values might be a bit off, or at least might not display accurately since CO splits damage types differently. There are also console warnings when entering the game with both mods enabled, but it just means my mod will overwrite some of the values CO changes, especially with Bowtorns.

Darthzz , Sep 27th 2025 at 7:49 PM (modified Sep 27th 2025 at 8:02 PM)

Small update. HOPEFULLY fixed Bowtorns spawning way, way too much. I believe the reason was because I accidentally left a value over from a previous test I did, to see what would happen if I let them spawn at higher elevations at their max height. This in turn likely made higher elevation worlds see far more spawns by mistake.

I've also replaced Bowtorn and Drifter climbing with higher StepHeight. This should prevent them from getting stuck on ceiling corners, and hopefully fix the egregious Bowtorn "moonwalk" bug.

Oh yeah, and I've also nerfed Bowtorn HP a little bit.

Darthzz , Sep 27th 2025 at 6:30 PM

Coda_Vanistok A config is 100% planned and will be fully worked on after a list of fixes and tweaks. I've never made a config for a mod before, so this will be my first time learning how to do that.

That said, bowtorns will be rebalanced. They're by far the trickiest enemy to alter in this mod, as it's rather difficult to find a sweet spot between being menacing and dangerous, but not too insufferably annoying. Which is another good reason this mod is getting a config eventually (hopefully soon), as everyone has wildly different preferences. The idea was making them feel like a proper strategic predatory threat that actively hunts you down. By intent, this is meant to be offset by the fact they're meant to spawn the *least* often compared to Drifters and Shivers. For one, I'm probably gonna revert their speed to something closer to vanilla, since they're already more reactive to you beating them up anyways. I'll also adjust the health of the lower tier ones a bit, but they'll still be stronger than in vanilla, as they're meant to stand more or less on their own.

In terms of what the mod is *supposed* to look like, there are supposed to be half as many enemies both on the surface and in caves. Drifters and Shivers are supposed to be seen half as often, whereas Bowtorns appear even less than that, so you could feasibly get through caves often unbothered, only occasionally broken up by tension of mobs who are individually very threatening like they would be in a horror game. This was the case from what I've tested, and from what others played, but despite that, it seems like it's not uncommon for these reduced spawns to seemingly not apply at all, or even be inverted somehow.

For now, it would be additionally handy to hand over logs in case it really is a mod incompatibility I'm not aware of, or something like that. It may also help to look if custom world settings might factor into this somehow too.

Coda_Vanistok, Sep 27th 2025 at 5:25 PM

Darthzz

I'm sure people would enjoy more loot, but I feel one thing seriously amiss is a config file for managing some of the nitpicks people have. Behaviorally, I love it, and the server I run agrees that the change in how they all behave makes it more fun. The problem is the balancing against vanilla, and lightly modified servers.

Also, yeah I know they can still technically spawn when a rift is available, but the numbers are certainly concerning given the individual danger of any one drifter. Bowtorns I feel are the biggest culprit, and I am personally addressing their tankiness even at the surface level on my own server. Regardless the individual danger, a single bowtorn can shut down our village when an archer's not around or paying attention, due to their fleeing dash and defensibility. Personal perspective, they make much more sense as glass cannons that will reposition when shot back at, and run from danger approaching them unless they can't. Especially with the nature of the shiver and drifter being more imposing too.

I did check, we're at temporally stable location, highest I saw was 168% on the status hud mod, 118%-ish at the lowest in some places.

Darthzz , Sep 27th 2025 at 5:09 PM (modified Sep 27th 2025 at 5:12 PM)

Coda_Vanistok Temporal mobs could always do that, even in vanilla. They normally require darkness around the rift area to spawn, but sometimes they'll just spawn anyways in the middle of the day.

While my mod significantly reduces the spawns, you may still be prone to seeing storms like that with tons of bowtorns, as temp storms are random. Some can have only drifters, only shivers, only bowtorns, or even a mix of the few, among other things. Seeing *tons* of bowtorns out in the day all the time, however, is definitely not normal, unless you're in an area with constant high or apocalyptic rift activity I suppose. I am however aware that something similar occurs with the Combat Overhaul mod at the moment, which does change bowtorns directly in a few ways. I'll probably play around with Dana's Tweaks to see if that's causing the issue.

On another note, I have been debating whether or not to alter mob loot. On one hand, tons of other mods handle this already. But on the other hand, this mod is already more or less a sort of full conversion of enemy behavior, and since there are supposed to be fewer enemy spawns overall, it would make more sense for them to drop more, no?

Coda_Vanistok, Sep 27th 2025 at 4:22 PM

Darthzz

So is there a known issue where temporals can still spawn in throughout the day from rifts? Or are you aware of any incompatible mods that aren't listed?

I'm running a modded server with 1.21.1, and the only mods that I'm aware of having that alter temporals are Temporals Reformed, Darce's Drifters, and Dana Tweaks to allow them to open doors. We still get a large grip of temporals in light storms, bowtorns are ruthless and plentiful from every forest sightline, and they are just out and about in the day of all things, especially from rifts.

Comeaves, Sep 24th 2025 at 6:16 PM

`Bells now have a melee attack.` why do you hate me?

Darthzz , Sep 24th 2025 at 5:20 PM

New update!

Aemonculaba should be fixed now

Spoiler

- Smoothed out the damage balance and aggression curve between mobs even more.
- Shivers now have an additional punch/swipe attack.
- Shivers have a rare-ish chance to throw rocks at you like drifters. However, they do it even less often, it's rather inaccurate, and certain variations of shiver won't even do it at all.
- Drifters have an additional left handed swing attack.
- Stilt, Bellhead and Deepsplit shivers now branch off into their own niches instead of being linear tiers. Stilts specialize in brutal swipe attacks and can (sometimes) move very fast in water. Bellheads have intense knockback on their headbutts and have a very low chance to summon help. Deepsplits are the most aggressive of the bunch and will often charge and leap at you relentlessly, preferring to bite rather than swipe.
- Gearfoot bowtorns have a pretty rare chance to call for backup. Backup will usually arrive roughly 30 blocks away, so you might not notice it if they pull it off depending on where you are.
- Bells now have a melee attack.
- Drifters are slightly less cowardly, though still aren't super aggressive as long as you avoid their personal space.
- Nightmare and Double-Headed drifters are much more aggressive than other lower tier drifters and will actively start pursuing you if you get within their range. (roughly similar to shiver aggression range)
- Temporal mob eating behaviors *should* be fixed now.

Known issue: Bowtorns have a small-ish chance to start doing a "moonwalk" with certain actions, but this doesn't happen very often, can cancel out and you might not even see it in normal gameplay.

Aemonculaba, Sep 23rd 2025 at 8:50 AM

Hm, you missed setting the creature diet. Darthzz

That's where m00n's warnings come from.

Spoiler

[
  {
    "op": "add",
    "path": "/attributes/creatureDiet",
    "value": {
      "foodCategories": ["Protein"]
    },
    "file": "game:entities/lore/drifter.json",
    "side": "Server"
  },

m00n, Sep 22nd 2025 at 10:27 PM

ok the 'All enemies now have a rare-ish chance to "eat" the corpses of prey they've killed.' is weird and causes server console spam :P

Darthzz , Sep 22nd 2025 at 1:07 PM (modified Sep 22nd 2025 at 1:08 PM)

SnowySiamese Yeah that's kinda the difficult problem here. Both my mod and CO have rather different intentions and it's hard to account for them in a "best of both worlds" kind of way. For now, I'm focusing on making my mod more elaborate and interesting, but I'll see if I can do anything about CO compatibility as I go. Currently working on a pretty big update.

SnowySiamese, Sep 22nd 2025 at 6:52 AM

My experience with running this and Combat Overhaul together is that Temporals Reformed behaviors and health values still work but the spawn adjustments do not. I am not too bothered by it because I like a challenge (I am running CO after all) but some of the people on my server have complained about it, which I think is reasonable. It's still fairly maneagable because they tend not to gang up on you but the groups of bowtorns with buckets of health are a nuisance. No crashes.

I would like a compatibility focused solution that just scraps all of the Combat Overhaul changes and leaves it there but it is understandable that they don't play nice as making them properly compatible would require balancing the temporals in harmony with CO's vision of difficulty which is not the vision this creator has as they are minded towards the vanilla combat systems. Still, it would be nice for a solution.

I think we should let the author develop their mod without too much pestering about other mods as even though CO is extremely popular one cannot account for everything and mod authors do provide their work for free, after all. Anyone could go ahead and make a compat patch, we just don't want to.

Vigilance, Sep 22nd 2025 at 6:31 AM

Are there plans to work on that current incompatibility with CO? That is a pretty big dealbreaker for me haha

FennecFyre, Sep 22nd 2025 at 4:14 AM

Awesome mod, but I am 100% too much of a weenie to install it myself xD

Darthzz , Sep 21st 2025 at 2:15 PM (modified Sep 21st 2025 at 2:33 PM)

Akaston Combat Overhaul had a recent update that changes the stats of enemies and touches some of the same things my mod touches, which would certainly cause errors. You kinda gotta pick one or the other unfortunately if you don't want those errors. However, other Overhaul Lib mods are compatible with my mod, so you could still play TR with Firearms and Crossbows for example. (updated description to reflect this)

Akaston, Sep 21st 2025 at 1:26 PM

here when the map starts it gives several errors like.
in-game it seems to work, I just don’t know if it could cause problems later on.
Honestly I have no idea if it’s on CO’s side or Temporal’s, sorry if this is in the wrong place, I only have CO and Temporal enabled.

Spoiler

21.9.2025 10:11:44 [Error] Patch 29 (target: game:entities/lore/bowtorn.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-bowtorn.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-surface is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-surface was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '*-surface' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"*": 0
}
21.9.2025 10:11:44 [Error] Patch 27 (target: game:entities/lore/drifter.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-drifter.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-corrupt is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-corrupt was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '*-corrupt' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"*": 0
}
21.9.2025 10:11:44 [Error] Patch 28 (target: game:entities/lore/drifter.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-drifter.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-deep is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-deep was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '*-deep' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"*": 0
}
21.9.2025 10:11:44 [Error] Patch 29 (target: game:entities/lore/drifter.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-drifter.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-nightmare is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-nightmare was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '*-nightmare' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"*": 0
}
21.9.2025 10:11:44 [Error] Patch 30 (target: game:entities/lore/drifter.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-drifter.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-tainted is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-tainted was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '*-tainted' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"*": 0
}
21.9.2025 10:11:44 [Error] Patch 29 (target: game:entities/lore/shiver.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-shiver.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-corrupt is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-corrupt was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '*-corrupt' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"*": 0
}
21.9.2025 10:11:44 [Error] Patch 30 (target: game:entities/lore/shiver.json) in temporalsreformed:patches/survival-entities-lore-shiver.json failed because supplied path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-nightmare is invalid: The json path /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType/*-nightmare was not found. Could traverse until /server/spawnconditions/runtime/maxQuantityByType, but then '*-nightmare' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"*": 0
}
21.9.2025 10:11:45 [Error] Patch 16 (target: game:entities/lore/bowtorn.json) in combatoverhaul:patches/entities/lore/bowtorn.json failed because supplied path /server/behaviors/8/aitasks/4/targetRange is invalid: The json path /server/behaviors/8/aitasks/4/targetRange was not found. Could traverse until /server/behaviors/8/aitasks/4, but then 'targetRange' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"code": "fleeentity",
"entityCodes": [
"player",
"villager-*",
"trader-*",
"wolf-*",
"fox-*",
"hyena-*",
"bear-*",
"humanoid-villager-*"
],
"priority": 4,
"movespeed": 0.08,
"seekingRange": 80,
"fleeingDistance": 60,
"cancelOnHurt": true,
"animation": "run",
"animationSpeed": 1.5,
"whenInEmotionState": "fleeondamage",
"targetRangeByType": {
"*-surface": 19.5,
"*-deep": 22.0,
"*-tainted": 25.5,
"*-corrupt": 29.5,
"*-nightmare": 33.5,
"*-gearfoot": 52.0
},
"targetRangeToleranceByType": {
"*-surface": 5.5,
"*-deep": 8.0,
"*-tainted": 11.5,
"*-corrupt": 15.5,
"*-nightmare": 19.5,
"*-gearfoot": 38.0
},
"searchRangeByType": {
"*-surface": 30.000002,
"*-deep": 36.0,
"*-tainted": 44.4,
"*-corrupt": 54.000004,
"*-nightmare": 63.600002,
"*-gearfoot": 108.00001
}
}
21.9.2025 10:11:45 [Error] Patch 17 (target: game:entities/lore/bowtorn.json) in combatoverhaul:patches/entities/lore/bowtorn.json failed because supplied path /server/behaviors/8/aitasks/4/searchRange is invalid: The json path /server/behaviors/8/aitasks/4/searchRange was not found. Could traverse until /server/behaviors/8/aitasks/4, but then 'searchRange' does not exist. Full json at this path: {
"code": "fleeentity",
"entityCodes": [
"player",
"villager-*",
"trader-*",
"wolf-*",
"fox-*",
"hyena-*",
"bear-*",
"humanoid-villager-*"
],
"priority": 4,
"movespeed": 0.08,
"seekingRange": 80,
"fleeingDistance": 60,
"cancelOnHurt": true,
"animation": "run",
"animationSpeed": 1.5,
"whenInEmotionState": "fleeondamage",
"targetRangeByType": {
"*-surface": 19.5,
"*-deep": 22.0,
"*-tainted": 25.5,
"*-corrupt": 29.5,
"*-nightmare": 33.5,
"*-gearfoot": 52.0
},
"targetRangeToleranceByType": {
"*-surface": 5.5,
"*-deep": 8.0,
"*-tainted": 11.5,
"*-corrupt": 15.5,
"*-nightmare": 19.5,
"*-gearfoot": 38.0
},
"searchRangeByType": {
"*-surface": 30.000002,
"*-deep": 36.0,
"*-tainted": 44.4,
"*-corrupt": 54.000004,
"*-nightmare": 63.600002,
"*-gearfoot": 108.00001
}
}

Darthzz , Sep 20th 2025 at 1:06 PM

HazardFeline I wouldn't imagine so, since it touches some similar things that my mod touches. Though I do at some point plan to add a similar config like what Shiver Tweaks has.

HazardFeline, Sep 20th 2025 at 6:38 AM

Would this work with Shiver Tweaks?

Darthzz , Sep 20th 2025 at 2:18 AM

its out! lots of stuff in the changelog :)

Darthzz , Sep 19th 2025 at 5:34 PM

Abra_The_Cadabra Vigilance Noted, been doing more testing and currently working on another update that addresses these by altering their stats and adding new behaviors that circumvent these problems in a more interesting way.

Vigilance, Sep 19th 2025 at 4:02 AM (modified Sep 19th 2025 at 4:10 AM)

I like the concept a lot but I'm gonna have to keep watching it for now instead of running it. Bowtorns are far too frustrating (and prone to charge at ranges I'd consider reasonably far, like, the edge of my lantern light for this gearfoot) and it is way too difficult to engage some of the drifters without it feeling like a sprint-kite fest, overall cheapening the experience. I am predominantly worried by how fast-paced (or more accurately spastic) combat feels now when you factor in ping or other latency issues.

Abra_The_Cadabra, Sep 19th 2025 at 1:53 AM

My biggest gripe with this mod is I feel like enemies like Drifters don't function well with high damage, as their animations lack any windup or warning. Many times I've walked by a drifter attacking a buddy only to have it whip around and instantly chunk me for 3/4ths my hp.

Darthzz , Sep 18th 2025 at 11:08 PM

Big rebalance update!

Darthzz , Sep 17th 2025 at 4:49 PM (modified Sep 17th 2025 at 4:53 PM)

Yes, it is safe to remove. It doesn't change the world settings in any way.

On another note, I am also planning a big rebalance somewhat soon with some new behaviors.

Abra_The_Cadabra, Sep 17th 2025 at 3:58 AM

Is this mod safe to remove mid playthrough? Currently not fully sure if I enjoy it, and want to give a try without it again but don't want to brick my save.

Darthzz , Sep 2nd 2025 at 3:17 PM

I assume they're referring to RPG Difficulty. I have been playing around with it and honestly, I don't think it's the one causing the issues, haven't noticed any of these problems so far. Messed around in my test world for a while, using all sorts of debugging. Spawning was working as intended. Mobs were preferring total darkness and spawning less often than vanilla, as they should, and did not prefer player light.

It might be a different mod entirely causing conflict. Or something weirder, I have no clue.

Abra_The_Cadabra, Sep 2nd 2025 at 8:37 AM

RPG Scaling? I tried looking up that name and couldn't find anything like that, what mod are you guys referring to?

JokoJose, Sep 1st 2025 at 4:23 PM

I would love to add this mod, but reading Furhammer's comment that it might be in conflict with RPG Scaling, i will wait until its compatible or verified first. RPG scaling makes mod harder to kill while this mod make them more unpredictable, i can see how a compatibility for the two of them to work together could be in the best interest for players hehehehe.

Anyone have tested it out to see if is compatible or if is causing issues when pair together?

Furhammer, Aug 31st 2025 at 3:19 PM

Hmm, it may actually be a conflict with rpg scaling causing rpg scaling to fail to work properly but also inverting your numbers.

Darthzz , Aug 31st 2025 at 2:40 PM (modified Aug 31st 2025 at 2:45 PM)

Neooo Config is indeed planned. For now, I'll try to find a sweet spot for the balance.

Furhammer That's really weird, sounds like the spawn values got inverted somehow. They're supposed to be the opposite, spawning less than half as often as vanilla. (note, spawnrate will still be high at really high rift activity) Them being faster is intentional, though they're not supposed to be too much faster. I have no clue how that could be happening, but I'll try to fix it.

Vanra I've deliberately avoided touching loot values for this mod, so it should be fine.

Vanra, Aug 31st 2025 at 10:52 AM

Will this mod conflict with drop rates mods like "Better Loot"?

Furhammer, Aug 31st 2025 at 4:48 AM

Was running into some issues with the mod that was making it near unplayable on my server. Bowtorn specifically, they were spawning at close to triple the original rate and were like olympic sprinters. Instead of mobs spawning in darkness they were spawning prefferably in player generated light. For hilarity though the bowtorn did like to spawn in rafters and attics and shoot the sorry sobs who were trying to enjoy their own home.

Neooo, Aug 27th 2025 at 2:45 PM

Heya, I really enjoy this concept a lot and I hope that you will continue to expand it a lot.

Nonetheless, I got a request. I would like to use this mod, but I'd like to tweak some of the things like the health from the enemies, thus I ask if maybe the ability to modify the files could be added? (When I try to modify it via the asset folder, it causes issues and the mod is no longer recognized)

Still, thanks for the work and I hope you can fulfill my request

Ikaahi, Aug 26th 2025 at 9:46 PM

Oh hey I recognize you from the Videocult server lol

thanks for this tweak, i normally had the mobs turned off bc they got tedious and annoying. Also entity interactions yes!

Yellowishnesses, Aug 26th 2025 at 6:17 AM

I had some ideas concerning some enemies' behavior that may make interactions with them more interesting.

Bells
For instance, bells offer a unique challenge for players due to their summons, but the nature of a "summoning enemy" pigeonholes them as a high-priority target. Bells are supposed to be dangerous, but they end up functioning like minibosses that are avoided unless confrontation is absolutely necessary. Changing their behavior to be more dynamic may encourage players to interact with them more. What if there were more viable options than escape or an immediate takedown? One such example would be making them stop their summoning while swimming. Perhaps they could be interrupted and disabled temporarily with blunt damage at the cost of an immediate summon of two or three sawblades.

Bowtorns
Bowtorns are very easy to fight on their own -- at least in the base game. With fewer spawns, they may become too simple to deal with. Perhaps they should make use of their new speed by chasing the player if they miss too many times or if they are hit with a ranged attack.

Shivers
Shivers stalking the players is an interesting idea; I can see a few directions to take this concept. If you want them to be more unpredictable and unnerving, then perhaps you can give them a new behavior. Bowtorns have a sound cue before their attack that telegraphs their direction and the timing to dodge. Shivers have similar behaviors, but what if their telegraphs resulted in more possible actions in order to confuse players? Imagine a shiver starting the animation where they curl up and shake harmlessly, but then it cuts it short and moves very quickly toward the player.
If you instead want to make them act more like real predators, then you can make them more aggressive depending on certain circumstances. If the player is: not holding a weapon, outnumbered, looking away, or has low health, then aggressive options are more likely. If the player is: holding a weapon, not alone, looking at the shiver, or has full health, then passive options are more likely.

These are just ideas, so feel free to put your own spin on them or disregard them entirely. I look forward to seeing how you decide to make enemies more interesting, regardless. Have a good day!

Darthzz , Aug 25th 2025 at 9:27 PM (modified Aug 25th 2025 at 9:27 PM)

Sidenote, but I might lower bowtorn spawn chances even further. I want them to be a lot more intimidating, but not too annoying.

Darthzz , Aug 25th 2025 at 8:57 PM

It's kind of an unfortunate tradeoff, though I am considering making an animal version of this mod, or integrating it into this mod outright. For now, if you have plans to use this mod, I recommend default creature strength settings.

Brick, Aug 25th 2025 at 6:48 PM

I like the idea of the mod, though I have minor concerns about boosting damage, cause if you boost damage for default worldgen difficulty, people such as myself who like to play on wilderness setting would get destroyed with its 150% creature strength setting and less player health.

Darthzz , Aug 25th 2025 at 6:45 PM

It's still possible for them to spawn in your rooms if it's REALLY dark and there's enough rift activity, it's just easier now to keep them out since you now need less light compared to vanilla.

Newman, Aug 25th 2025 at 1:43 PM

This sounds good! I like that mobs require more darkness to spawn than in vinilla. The enemies will certainly feel less cheesy if a player only incounters them in caves/ temp storms as opposed to a pest that spawns in that one room in your house every day.

m00n, Aug 25th 2025 at 7:33 AM (modified Aug 25th 2025 at 7:35 AM)

this is fantastic! :D i'mma have great fun subjecting folks on my server to this

i would love to see something like this add more reactiveness to animals as well