Guzzler

Guzzler
Mod	Sons of Sins
Type	Hostile
Health	60 ♥×30
Attack damage	7
Armor	1
Speed	0.3
Follow range	16
Size	0.6 × 2 blocks
Category	Monster
ID	sons_of_sins:guzzler

The Guzzler is a tamable hostile flesh creature added by Sons of Sins. It has 60 health (30 hearts) and a melee attack of 7 damage, and it can be tamed with flesh items. An untamed Guzzler attacks the players near it. Its death leaves Flesh of Demise and, when it is wearing armor, a Flesh Carcass. It also shares the mod's Cell Division aura, which ties it to the other flesh creatures of the mod.

A Guzzler does not occur naturally in the world. It is obtained with a Guzzler Spawn Egg, or by splitting from a Guzzler that dies while under Cell Division (see Guzzler). The related Betrayed Guzzler is a separate, weaker monster that does spawn in the overworld (see Guzzler).

Spawning

No biome spawn entry and no structure in the mod places Guzzlers. A Guzzler therefore appears only from a spawn egg, from a summoning source, or from a split. The Guzzler Spawn Egg is in the "Sons of Sins: Monsters" creative tab.

Behavior

The Guzzler extends the tamable animal class. Its attributes are 60 maximum health, 7 attack damage with 0.5 knockback, armor 1, movement speed 0.3 and a follow range of 16 blocks. It is 0.6 blocks wide and 2 blocks tall.

Its goals include:

• A melee attack goal and a ranged attack goal, both at the highest priority. The ranged goal fires a Null Pr projectile every 20 ticks. The projectile is created with zero base damage, so it deals no damage from the arrow itself; its hit effect was not traced.
• An owner-defence goal. A tamed Guzzler attacks anything that attacks its owner, but only while it is in the follow state (see below).
• A follow-owner goal, random stroll and random look-around goals, and a float goal that keeps it afloat.
• Target goals. An untamed Guzzler always targets the nearest player. A tamed Guzzler targets players only in the hunt state. In the hunt state it also targets the nearest hostile monster, including monsters from other mods.

The tamed state is changed by the owner right-clicking the Guzzler. Each click cycles it through three states, and a message is shown on the action bar:

Shift-right-clicking an owned Guzzler swaps the main-hand items of the player and the Guzzler.

When a non-owner hits a Guzzler with a sword, an axe or a trident while the Guzzler's main hand is empty, the Guzzler takes the weapon and the attacker's hand is emptied. The attacker is disarmed in that fight. The effect applies only to player and mob attacks.

Cell Division aura. Each tick, a Guzzler applies Damage Resistance II and Cell Division to nearby creatures. Both effects last 60 ticks (3 seconds). The aura is shared by all Sons of Sins flesh creatures, so a Guzzler standing near a Gulber or a Grub keeps the group tougher.

Feeding and taming. The Guzzler accepts any item in the is_flesh tag. This tag covers the mod's organs, hearts, muscles, ribs and Flesh of Demise. Right-clicking an untamed Guzzler with one of these items consumes the item, and the Guzzler is tamed on one click in three. The other clicks consume the item too and leave the Guzzler wild, with a smoke effect. A tamed Guzzler that is injured heals by the food's nutrition value when its owner feeds it one of these items.

Drops

Guzzler

No item drops.

Every Guzzler drops one Flesh of Demise when it dies.

Splitting. A Guzzler that dies while under the Cell Division effect is removed, and two baby Guzzlers spawn at its position. Each baby keeps the target of the dead Guzzler. If the dead Guzzler had an owner, the babies are tamed to that owner. This is the mod's main way to make Guzzlers in the field, and it is why fights near other flesh creatures can produce more Guzzlers.

Flesh Carcass. If a Guzzler that does not split dies while wearing any armor piece, it also drops a Flesh Carcass. A bare Guzzler does not drop one.

Variants

Betrayed Guzzler. The Betrayed Guzzler is a separate humanoid monster in the MONSTER category, with 30 health (15 hearts), 3 attack damage, armor 1 and movement speed 0.3. It carries a Sickle of Struggle. It is the only creature of the mod with a natural spawn rule. It spawns on the ground in darkness, in groups of 1 to 2, at weight 4, in every overworld biome. Because it competes for the monster cap in every overworld biome, it can crowd out other hostile mobs there. Its spawn egg is also placed in the vanilla Spawn Eggs creative tab.

Gulber Organs. The Gulber Organs entity is the organ form of the flesh creature family. It has 10 health (5 hearts), 3 attack damage and movement speed 0.3. It is a hostile monster, but its spawn trigger was not traced.

Tips

• A cluster of Guzzlers and Gulbers is harder to kill than the same number spread out, because the Cell Division aura passes between nearby flesh creatures. Fight them one at a time where you can.
• A Guzzler in the hunt state attacks other mods' monsters near it, so it can start a fight you did not plan. Set it to the stay state to stop this.
• A Guzzler that dies under Cell Division splits into two babies, so expect extra Guzzlers when fighting near other flesh creatures.
• A sword, axe or trident in your main hand is taken by a Guzzler that you have not tamed. Use a different tool on it if you want to keep the weapon.
• The Betrayed Guzzler spawns in dark places in the overworld, in groups of up to 2.