Spirit of Chaos

Spirit of Chaos
Mod	Born in Chaos
Type	Hostile
Health	15 ♥×7.5
Attack damage	3
Speed	0.3
Follow range	25
Knockback resist.	0.6
Size	0.8 × 1.8 blocks
XP dropped	10
Fire immune	Yes
Spawns in	283 biomes
Category	Monster
ID	born_in_chaos_v1:spiritof_chaos

Spirit of Chaos is a hostile mob added by Born in Chaos. It is a small, fragile, fire-immune spirit that hunts other hostile mobs instead of players. Its only attack converts the mob it hits into an obsessed mob, and when that mob dies, a new Spirit of Chaos appears in its place. Left alone, a single Spirit can therefore keep a chain of obsessed mobs going.

Spirits of Chaos spawn mostly at night and in dark places in the Overworld. They are the source of the Ethereal Spirit, an ingredient for the Charms that Born in Chaos adds.

Spawning

Spirits of Chaos are natural hostile mobs that spawn alone, one per group, in 283 biomes, including caves, oceans, rivers, plains and forests. The weights and full biome list are in the spawn table below.

A natural spawn needs all of the following:

• The spiritOfChaosSpawn gamerule must be on. It is on by default.
• The position must be in the Overworld. The pack limits Born in Chaos spawn modifiers to the Overworld, so Spirits of Chaos do not spawn in the Nether or the End.
• The position must not be in the Deep Dark or Mushroom Fields biomes.
• The biome must belong to the Overworld biome tag, or to the Terralith biome set.
• The light check depends on sky access. If the block above the spawn position can see the sky, the raw light level must be 4 or less, which means dusk, night and the darker hours. If the block above is covered, the raw light level must be 0.

Spirits are also summoned by obsessed mobs when they die (see Death of an obsessed mob under Behavior). Summoned spirits ignore these conditions.

A Spirit of Chaos Spawn Egg (Spirit of Chaos Spawn Egg) spawns the mob directly. The egg stacks to 64.

Behavior

The Spirit of Chaos is a hostile monster with 15 health (7.5 hearts), 3 attack damage, movement speed 0.3, knockback resistance 0.6 and a follow range of 25 blocks. It is 0.8 blocks wide and 1.8 blocks tall, and it gives 10 experience when killed. It cannot be pushed, and it does not push other entities.

It takes no damage from fire, falling, cacti, drowning, lightning, explosions, falling anvils or dragon breath, and it is immune to fire.

Targeting

• It hunts the nearest hostile monster within its follow range. It does not seek out players.
• It flees from players within 15 blocks, walking at speed 1.0 or sprinting at speed 1.2.
• If a player or mob attacks it, it fights back against the attacker.
• When it reaches its target, it makes a melee attack at speed 1.2.

Possession

When a Spirit of Chaos damages a hostile monster in melee, two things happen. The Spirit is removed at once, with no drop and no experience. The victim receives the Obsession effect. Hits on anything other than a hostile monster do not trigger this.

Obsession lasts indefinitely on most mobs. On a creeper, it lasts 15,000 ticks (12 minutes 30 seconds). While Obsession is active, the mob gains:

When the effect starts, its effect depends on the mob type. Undead mobs have their current health raised by 50, which is capped at their maximum health. Other mobs receive Healing III for 30 ticks.

Death of an obsessed mob

When a hostile monster with Obsession dies, the following happens:

• A new Spirit of Chaos spawns at its position with a random facing.
• It drops a number of experience orbs equal to its maximum health divided by 10, rounded down, plus 3. Each orb is worth its maximum health times 0.15, rounded down, plus 5 experience.
• A scream plays and 14 particles appear.
• If the killer is a player, they earn the advancement Exorcism, which is described as "Kill a mob possessed by the spirit of chaos".

Because the new spirit appears wherever the obsessed mob dies, a chain of hostile mobs can keep producing spirits for as long as the obsessed mobs keep dying near one another. Killing a Spirit of Chaos before it reaches a hostile mob ends the chain at that point.

Spawn sequence

A newly spawned Spirit of Chaos receives Damage Resistance at level 6 for 20 ticks, Block Break for 20 ticks and Slowness at level 6 for 15 ticks. Its code then clears the resistance and Block Break effects within a few ticks and plays an "appearance" animation. The protection from the spawn sequence is therefore very brief, but the slowness lasts for about three-quarters of a second.

Drops

Killing a Spirit of Chaos always gives one Ethereal Spirit. It also has a 50% chance to give one Seed of Chaos. The loot table has no looting bonus, so the chance does not change with enchantments.

Item	Amount	Conditions
Ethereal Spirit	x1.0-1.0
Seed of Chaos	x0.0-1.0

Spirits that are removed by their possession attack drop nothing. Killing a Spirit of Chaos before it hits a hostile mob is the only way to collect its drops.

Tips

• A Spirit of Chaos has 15 health and dies quickly to ranged or melee attacks. Killing it before it reaches a hostile mob gives the drops and leaves no obsessed mob behind.
• Spirits do not chase players, so they can be ignored when they are not near hostile mobs. Once a Spirit has attacked a hostile mob, the obsessed mob is a tougher fight, since it gains the Obsession bonuses listed above.
• Obsessed creepers lose their Obsession after 12 minutes 30 seconds, while obsessed mobs of other types keep it until they die.
• Mobs that are obsessed and killed by a player give the Exorcism advancement, but the death still summons a new spirit. The advancement and the spirit both happen on the same kill.
• The Spirit of Chaos is one of several spirit mobs in the pack, alongside the Restless Spirit, Infernal Spirit and Spirit Guide. Their spawn conditions and drops differ, so check each page before farming them.