Nightfall

Nightfall makes the night something to actually fear. The surface becomes deadly after dark with buffed mobs, special variants, and no sleep-skipping.

Day / Night Cycle

Phase	Length
Day	30 minutes
Night	5 minutes

Vanilla is 10/10. Here, days are 3× longer for building and gathering, but nights are half as long and twice as lethal.

No Sleep-Skipping

Beds cannot skip the night. You can still set your spawn point by entering a bed, but time passes naturally. You’ll see:

“The night refuses to end.”

Mob Buffs (All Hostile Mobs)

At night, every hostile mob spawned naturally gets these permanent buffs:

Stat	Multiplier
Max Health	2.0× (+100%)
Attack Damage	1.6× (+60%)

Storm Buff

During rain or thunderstorms, mobs get extra stats on top of the base buff:

Stat	Extra Multiplier
Max Health	+25%
Attack Damage	+15%

Distance Scaling

The further from world spawn a mob spawns, the stronger it becomes:

• Scaling starts at 500 blocks from spawn
• At 5,000 blocks, mobs have 2× HP and 1.5× damage
• Beyond 5,000 blocks, it keeps stacking infinitely

Mob Gear

Night mobs can spawn wearing enchanted armor and weapons:

• Base chance: 15% at spawn
• +8% per 1,000 blocks from spawn
• Gear can exceed vanilla enchant limits (Protection X, Sharpness XV, etc.)
• 22% chance each gear piece drops on death

Zombie Special Abilities

Runner Zombies

35% of all zombies (including husks, drowned, zombie villagers) become Runners:

• Speed II permanently
• Custom name: Runner

Jumper Zombies

25% of all zombies become Jumpers:

• Jump Boost II permanently
• Periodically leaps toward nearby players
• A zombie can be both a Runner and a Jumper

Door Breaking

All plain zombies and zombie villagers force-break doors regardless of difficulty.

Mob Variants

Nightfall replaces vanilla night spawns with a weighted extra-spawn system and adds 21 special mob variants, each with unique abilities.

Variant	Base Chance	Ability
Skeleton Marksman	15%	Fires arrows at double speed
Desert Zombie	20%	Sets you on fire + inflicts Hunger III on hit
Venomous Spider	20%	Inflicts Poison II on hit
Witch Doctor	15%	Enhanced witch with stronger potions
Brute Creeper	15%	Larger explosion radius
Wither Reaper	15%	Inflicts Wither III on hit
Frozen Stray	20%	Arrows/melee inflict Slowness II
Ender Stalker	12%	Periodically teleports closer to you
Plague Zombie	18%	Inflicts Weakness II + Nausea on hit
Vindicator Berserker	15%	Enters rage mode below 50% HP (Strength II + Speed II)
Phantom Diver	20%	Inflicts Blindness on hit
Pillager Sniper	15%	Crossbow shots deal extra knockback
Siege Zombie	12%	Breaks blocks to reach you — digs down, breaks walls, breaks ceilings
Flash Creeper	10%	Explodes much faster
Splitter Creeper	10%	Splits into smaller creepers on death
Volatile Creeper	8%	Explodes on death even if killed before primed
Web Weaver	12%	Places cobweb around the player on hit
Pyro Skeleton	10%	Shoots flaming arrows
Bomber Skeleton	10%	Shoots TNT arrows that explode on impact
Blaze Archer	8%	Skeleton that shoots fire charges
Swarm Zombie	10%	Spawns additional zombies on death

Variant spawn chance scales with distance from spawn — at max distance, chances are doubled.

Extra Spawn System

Vanilla natural night spawns are disabled. Instead, Nightfall periodically spawns mobs near players:

• Interval: Every 8 seconds
• Per player: Up to 4 mobs per cycle
• World cap: 120 mobs max
• Range: 20–40 blocks from player
• Requires darkness: Light level ≤ 7

Spawn Weights

Mob	Weight
Zombie	6
Skeleton	4
Spider	3
Creeper	2
Witch	2
Blaze	1
Ghast	1
Wither Skeleton	1
Piglin	1
Enderman	1
Magma Cube	1

Cross-world mobs can invade! Blazes, Ghasts, and Wither Skeletons may spawn in the Overworld at night.

Loot

Buffed night mobs drop 4× XP and have a chance for bonus loot:

• Base chance: 45% for an extra drop
• Storm bonus: +25% during rain/thunder (70% total)

Extra Loot Table

Item	Weight	Amount
Iron Ingot	25	2–5
Copper Ingot	20	3–6
Arrow	20	8–16
Redstone	18	4–8
Gold Ingot	18	2–4
Coal	15	3–6
Lapis Lazuli	15	3–6
Experience Bottle	12	2–4
Emerald	12	1–3
Glowstone Dust	10	3–6
Diamond	8	1–2
Obsidian	6	1–3
Ender Pearl	6	1–2
Blaze Rod	6	1–2
Name Tag	3	1
Totem of Undying	1	1

Logout Dummies

If you disconnect during night in a managed world, a dummy zombie wearing your gear spawns at your location:

• Named: *Player* (sleeping)
• If the dummy is killed before you log back in, you die on rejoin
• Drops your inventory at the death location
• Fire-resistant so daytime sun won’t auto-kill it

Charged Creepers

During thunderstorms, 60% of naturally spawned creepers spawn already charged.

Commands

Command	Permission	Description
/nightfall status	nightfall.admin	Check day/night status and mob modifiers
/nightfall day	nightfall.admin	Force day
/nightfall night	nightfall.admin	Force night
/nightfall mobs	nightfall.admin	Toggle buffed mobs on/off
/nightfall reload	nightfall.admin	Reload config

Tips

• Build walls and lighting around your base early
• The night is short — if you can survive the first wave, dawn comes fast
• Runner + Jumper zombies are the biggest threat. Always keep food for sprinting
• Don’t disconnect during night unless you’re in a completely sealed room
• Underground is not safe — Siege Zombies break blocks to reach you
• The further you explore from spawn, the more dangerous nights become