Fairy Mod

Fairies (or fey) are a neutral mob. If you're looking for a place to start, think pigman zombies, except smaller. They spawn in shady areas, which is usually under trees, and can spawn in groups of anywhere up to 16 (but not usually that high). A shady area counts as anything less than direct sunlight, but not enough to spawn enemy mobs. Once they spawn, they leave a flower at their feet, which should tell you all you need to know about their behaviour. Basically, they can either walk or hover above the ground, and they can switch between these two states at any time.

Fairies are social beings, so if anything attacks a fairy, all of the other fairies nearby will be warned of the situation and things will start to get rough. But I'll discuss that later. For now, you just need to know that fairies hover around, hum happily to theselves, sometimes laugh, and can ride chickens (and control them!)

The lighter side of things: Companionship

Yes, of course you can have a fairy friend, and relatively free as well! Flowers are an important symbol in fairy culture, so you can win a fairy over by making a flower hat for her. All you need to do is collect a stack of at least 9 of any flower, then right-click her and your character will instantly place the flowers onto her head. No crafting required! The fairy will of course will be very pleased and decide to follow you around, perhaps expecting more lovely gifts (not that you have any to give). You can easily take advantage of the situation by forcing her to grab your head by right-clicking.

Not only does the fairy stop despawning naturally when she trusts you, she can also travel on your head and flap her little wings to give you a boost! You get the gliding distance of chickens, PLUS you jump two blocks high! Unfortunately, since you just met, she won't fight for you or protect you at all. And you'd better be careful not to hit her accidentally, because as I said before, fairies do NOT like to get hit.

The darker side of things: Warfare

Fairies get angry when they get attacked. And when they're angry, they fight back. Alone, a fairy has only 6 HP and a very weak strike, only capable of taking off one heart at a time, but together, fairies can be absolutely brutal. One original move that fairies have is stealing your active item (by a low chance). This can be a real pain if you're depending on that sword, but they aren't able to make use of items and they drop it after they die. Oh, you know what else they drop when they die? Lightstone Dust. I figured minecraft already has enough dust, so making fairy dust would be useless.

As if stealing items weren't enough, fairies have another move! If a fairy attacks you while flying, she'll grab onto your head and attempt to fly up into the clouds and then drop you for massive fall damage! Smack her as fast as you can to make her let go in case that happens. If you're fighting a large group of fairies, this is bound to happen, so watch out.

Of course, at the end of the day, fairies are still peaceful beings. They love flowers, they love humming, and they love flowers. And they especially love flowers. When night time comes, so does the shade, so you'll actually have a lot of great luck if you hunt for fairies at dusk or dawn. At night, fairies will have a faint glow, so you'll be able to see them from afar. This is due to the lightstone dust that composes 95% of their bodies.

And also, if you --- hey. HEY. WAIT A MINUTE.

Is that fairy on the left carrying a sword?!?

The bitchier side of things: Queens

Yes, it's true! Fairies have queens, and they love them even more than flowers or humming. With a 1 in 16 chance of spawning, queens are not like your typical fairy at all. They are already wearing a golden crown, so they will not accept any flowery gifts you offer them. If you so much as touch them, they'll give you a quick, painless smack as a way of telling you to back off. But somehow, all fairies respect their queens absolutely and follow her like mindless drones. Even if you've already given your pet fairy a flower hat, she will throw it away it and forget about you once she gets close to a queen. Companion stealer!!!

Here's where it gets bad: The queen has 20 health instead of just 6, and her attack does as much damage as a zombie! Even more terrifying is that her lifting attack accelerates faster than a normal fairy's attack, so you have less time to react before you begin to plummet to your doom. However, there are two things which aren't so bad about a queen: she doesn't steal your items, and she ALWAYS drops a golden apple, which is actually kind of nice.

But good luck trying to defeat her army.

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Summary of Abilities:


 * 6 HP 2 damage (1 heart) per hit
 * Switches between flying mode and walking mode at regular intervals
 * Becomes aggressive when attacked (even on peaceful)
 * May steal items on attack by small chance
 * Will use a fall-based attack if flying
 * Can be tamed with a stack of 9 flowers (if not angry)
 * Can be used to glide by right-clicking
 * Can ride chickens
 * Spawns in shade, on grass
 * Drops lightstone dust
 * Makes disturbingly cute and annoying noises

Queens:


 * 1/16 chance of spawning
 * 20 HP 5 damage (2.5 hearts) on hit
 * Makes other fairies follow her (steals companions)
 * Smacks you if you touch her
 * Drops a golden apple
 * _303's changes: Added a config file for rarity stopped tamed fairies from trampling crops

Issues: Peaceful mode does not affect their behaviour: will still attack if provoked.