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Phantoms Attack Livestock Not Players

Change the behavior of phantoms to hunt sheep, cows, and pigs, rather than players; unless attacked by players or other mobs. 

The passive mobs will look to hide under trees and overhangs at night. Keep the area around livestock well lit at night to prevent Phantoms from spawning. They will lift these animals up high and drop them; they only bite players and other mobs.

The current challenge with Phantoms is that they force you to stop your creative flow to manage an in-game schedule. Normally, when games do this they change aspects of an environment in order to create opportunities and freshen up the map while you're navigating it; Phantoms do not contribute to the game this way.

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• October 16, 2022 06:03
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  • November 03, 2022 22:41
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  This is a great idea. It keeps the mob in the game (like Mojang intends) while making its mechanics more easily avoided. I think the thing that makes the Phantom hated is that it is too difficult to avoid. Sure, you can sleep or go inside, but if there is some reason as to why you must be outside at night, like traveling a long distance, then this mob becomes too great a nuisance. With other hostile mobs, there is always some way to avoid combat, usually by running, but with the Phantom, that is not possible, and its long attack patterns leave a lot of time between being able to hit it. Just having it attack livestock naturally and then engage with the player if provoked would keep the feel of the mob and its combat challenge while making it an avoidable occurrence (without the need of constantly sleeping).