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Demolligers - A Bomb Tossing Phantom Jockey

The Demolliger is a brand new type of Illager that likes to throw bombs, ride phantoms, and wreak havoc from the air. So let's take a look at what all of that is about.

SPAWNING

The Demolliger has a small chance to spawn naturally whenever a player is already being attacked by phantoms on a full moon. They will also replace 50% of ALL phantom spawns when the player has the Bad Omen effect.

BEHAVIOR

When the Demolliger is a phantom jockey, the phantom will not swoop and bite you. Instead, it cruises high while the illager throws down special bombs called Sputters.

  • Kill the Demolliger first and the phantom will begin swooping as normal. But this phantom is stronger than average because it's larger (Taking advantage of their currently unused size tag.)
  • Kill the Phantom first or wait for the daylight to kill it and the Demolliger will fall to the ground. If it doesn't die, it's going to avoid you while continuing to throw its Sputters.

SPUTTERS

Sputters are little bombs shaped like creeper heads. These bombs are bouncy and have a mind of their own. Set them off and they bounce steadily towards the nearest player or hostile mob. If they don't hit anything after some time then they will explode on their own. You can also hit them directly like shulker bullets.

Sputters are uncraftable but Demolligers will drop 1-3 on death, with increased yield from looting.

  • You can throw these sputters yourself or launch them from dispensers, but they will still target you.

  • You can craft 8 Sputters with a potion, they will splash it out every time they bounce or explode. It's a seeking potion bomb!  

CONCLUSION

And that was the Demolliger Phantom Jockey. I've had the idea for a type of phantom jockey for quite a while now and it was only recently that I came up with a method if implementing it that I was satisfied with. You have a new illager with a unique form of attack, a new weapon that you can do a lot of cool things with, and a pretty big contribution to the raids coming in 1.14. I hope you liked this suggestion.

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    I love this idea, but will these jockeys fly lower than normal phantoms?

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    Genius! This should be in the game.

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    Anything riding a phantom doesn't make sense they burn in the daylight then only spawn if you are tired

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    Could you clarify about the potion thing, what I take it to be is a potion that bounces along and follows you until it explodes the effect everywhere. Also the creation of the potion should be a sputter in the ingredients part of the brewing stand and the splash potions in the bottom bit. Once it brews it'll become the heatseaking potion. It seems more intuitive.

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    Also, Mc Rat, I can understand trying to protect the lore of minecraft, but the phantom has multiple lores attached to it, my idea is that the phantom is a creature attracted to insomnia. But I think that the new mob is too good to pass up.

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    Yup you got my vote.

    Lore or not, this should be an interesting enemy to deal with.

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    We need more Illager mobs sooo YES

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    this is incredible and so creative! really love this idea

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    The only way the phantom spawns is already known. It usually happens when you are hiding from other mobs, you are mining for a while, (which is a horrible spot to fight a phantom) or you have no bed and are looking for a home. If you are like that, then you wouldn't have anything strong enough to fight it. With the mining possibility, lava could be above you and then it explodes. The scenarios will be too rough. 

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    It’s a nice concept, pretty interesting

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    That was a great idea, we need an illager that can fly and have explosive weopons, this guy will be hard to beat