Bonescaller

Bonescaller
Mod	Born in Chaos
Type	Hostile
Health	25 ♥×12.5
Attack damage	3
Armor	1
Speed	0.2
Follow range	16
Knockback resist.	0.2
Size	0.7 × 2 blocks
XP dropped	20
Spawns in	283 biomes
Category	Monster
ID	born_in_chaos_v1:bonescaller

Bonescaller is a hostile ranged mob added by Born in Chaos. It is a skeletal summoner with 25 health (12.5 hearts) that fires magic arrows at players from a distance and calls up smaller skeletons when it is hit. It is one of the mod's mini-bosses, and killing it awards the Junior Summoner advancement. It is the base of the Bonescaller line, which includes the Bonescaller Staff and the Supreme Bonescaller.

It appears in two forms. The natural form spawns in the dark across many biomes. The persistent form does not despawn and is placed in Dark Tower structures in forest, plains and taiga biomes.

Spawning

Natural Bonescallers spawn on the ground in 283 biomes, one at a time in each group, with a spawn weight of 5. The mod replaces the default spawn placement with its own rule, which requires:

• The bonescallerSpawn game rule, which is on by default (true).
• A light level of 4 or less when the sky is visible above the spawn point, or a light level of 0 when it is not. This means caves and night-time surfaces are the main spawn areas.
• A biome that is not Deep Dark or Mushroom Fields.
• An overworld biome from the minecraft:is_overworld or Terralith biome tags, or a Soul Sand Valley biome.

The spawn table is in the table below. The persistent form does not spawn naturally. It appears only in Dark Tower structures, or from the spawn egg.

Behavior

The Bonescaller is a ranged attacker. Its main attack is a magic arrow. It also has a melee attack of 3 attack damage.

• Targeting: It targets nearby players and retaliates against any attacker.
• Ranged attack: Once it is within 10 blocks of its target and has line of sight for at least 5 ticks, it stops and fires. It fires every 45 ticks (2.25 seconds). Each arrow deals 2.5 damage, has no knockback, and is aimed with some inaccuracy. Until it is in range, it moves toward its target at 1.25 times its base speed.
• Movement: Its movement speed is 0.2. It wanders when it has no target, and it moves away from Wolves and Dread Hounds within 6 blocks.
• Sunlight: In clear weather it avoids direct sunlight and moves into shade. This behavior does not run while it is raining or thundering.
• Defence: It has 1 armour. It ignores fall damage and drowning damage.

Self-protection when hurt

Each time it takes damage while at least 2 health below its maximum, and while it is not on fire and does not already have Magic Depletion, it does two things:

• It gains Resistance II for 100 ticks (5 seconds).
• It gains Magic Depletion for 160 ticks (8 seconds). Magic Depletion is a harmful effect. The Bonescaller cannot trigger this protection again while the effect lasts.

The same hit also summons two Baby Skeleton Minions, one 2 blocks to the west and one 2 blocks to the east. A minion is only summoned at a position that is not a solid block, or that is snow. In a narrow tunnel, fewer or no minions may appear. Because the check uses health before the hit is applied, the first hit that crosses the threshold is the one that triggers the response.

Death

A Bonescaller is removed 30 ticks after death and awards 20 experience. If a player kills it, the Junior Summoner advancement is granted to that player.

Drops

The Bonescaller drops bones, Shattered Skulls, Pieces of Dark Metal, an Orb of the Summoner, a Staff of Magic Arrows, and optional Seeds of Chaos and Spiritual Dust. The counts are in the table below. The persistent form does not drop Seeds of Chaos or Spiritual Dust. The Orb of the Summoner is the item needed for the Bonescaller Staff.

Bonescaller

Item	Amount	Conditions
Bone	x1.0-2.0
Shattered Skull	x1.0-1.0
Seed of Chaos	x0.0-2.0
Piece of Dark Metal	x1.0-2.0
Staff of Magic Arrows	x1.0-1.0
Orb of the Summoner	x1.0-1.0
Spiritual Dust	x0.0-3.0

Bonescaller (persistent)

Item	Amount	Conditions
Bone	x1.0-2.0
Shattered Skull	x1.0-1.0
Seed of Chaos	x0.0-2.0
Piece of Dark Metal	x1.0-2.0
Staff of Magic Arrows	x1.0-1.0
Orb of the Summoner	x1.0-1.0

Variants

The mod has two Bonescaller entities and a related boss.

• Bonescaller: The natural form. It can despawn normally.
• Bonescaller (persistent): The same stats, but it does not despawn. It has armour 0.5, not 1. It is placed in Dark Tower structures in forest, plains and taiga biomes.
• Supreme Bonescaller: A separate and stronger mob with its own stages.

The stats table below compares the variants.

Related items

The Bonescaller Staff is one of the mod's staffs, with 150 durability. It is fire resistant and enchantable (enchantment value 15). The crafting recipe is in the grid below.

• Summoning: Right-clicking a solid block with an open block above it, while holding the staff and wearing the full Nightmare Mantle of the Night set, summons three Controlled Baby Skeletons above the block. It costs 1 durability and gives the user Magic Depletion for 460 ticks (about 23 seconds). Magic Depletion blocks the summon again while it lasts.
• Taming: While the staff is in the inventory, it tames Controlled Baby Skeletons and Controlled Spiritual Assistants within 5 blocks of the holder, so they become the holder's tamed pets.

Two spawn eggs spawn the Bonescaller: one for the natural form, and one for the persistent form. Both stack to 64.

Bonescaller Staff · Crafting

Tips

• The Bonescaller stops about 10 blocks away and fires when it has line of sight, so close the distance quickly. Until it is in range, it keeps moving toward its target.
• Its arrows deal 2.5 damage each, one every 2.25 seconds. Breaking line of sight with a wall stops the attacks until it finds you again.
• The self-protection only triggers when a hit leaves it 2 or more health below its maximum. Its Resistance II and Magic Depletion last 5 and 8 seconds, and each new trigger brings another summon of two minions.
• Wolves and Dread Hounds nearby make it move away, so it can be drawn away from a fight.
• The persistent form is found in Dark Tower structures. Because it does not despawn, it stays in place once it is found.