🎃 CustomEntity — Changelog 🎃

"The Stalker remembers. The Stalker evolves."

💀 [2.2] — 2026-07-07 — "Voices in the Dark"

🆕 Added

• 🔊 Expanded Horror Soundscape — The Stalker's audio arsenal has been massively upgraded:
  • 👻 Ghostly whispers echo around the player when The Stalker is stalking nearby
  • 🐺 Wolf howls pierce the night as The Stalker spawns into the world
  • ⛓️ Chain rattling sounds play when The Stalker teleports behind the player
  • 💀 Bone-chilling ambient drones (Warden roar) during close-range chases
  • 😱 Witch cackling layered into jumpscare events for maximum terror
  • 🌀 Eerie portal hums play periodically during the stalk phase
  • 🪦 Ominous cave sounds randomly trigger when The Stalker is within 20 blocks
  • 🫀 Intensified heartbeat — now plays faster and louder the closer The Stalker gets

🔄 Changed

• 📦 Version bumped from 2.0 → 2.2 across all plugin files
• 🎵 Audio system overhauled with layered, context-aware sound design

💀 [2.0] — 2026-06-21 — "The Hunt Never Ends"

🆕 Added

• 🧠 Sanity System — A brand new hidden mechanic that tracks player sanity levels
  • 🌑 Sanity slowly drains when standing in darkness or near The Stalker
  • 🤢 Low sanity causes screen distortion (Nausea effect)
  • 👹 Critical sanity spawns Hallucinations — fake creepers that aggressively charge the player but vanish into smoke when hit
• 🔦 Environment Sabotage — The Stalker now actively hunts light sources!
  • 🕯️ Automatically breaks torches, lanterns, and extinguishes campfires in a configurable radius
• 👁️ Weeping Angel Difficulty — New "weeping_angel" difficulty setting
  • ⚡ The Stalker moves 3× faster than normal but freezes completely when looked at
• 🫀 Audio Enhancements — Sinister heartbeat plays within 15 blocks of The Stalker
• 🏆 Special Loot Drops — Slaying The Stalker on high or weeping_angel drops configurable loot
  • 🥽 Default drop: "Night Vision Goggles" (dark green leather helmet)

🔄 Changed

• 📦 Version strings updated from 1.6 → 2.0
• 🤖 Expanded AI state-machine for weeping_angel difficulty (aggressive movement + freezing rules)
• 🐛 Fixed PotionEffectType.CONFUSION compilation issues on Paper 1.20+ → migrated to PotionEffectType.NAUSEA

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Changelog - v2.0 Beta

Status: Beta Release Supported Paper Version: Paper 26.2

Added

• Sanity System: A brand new hidden mechanic that tracks player sanity levels.

  • Sanity slowly drains when standing in darkness or near The Stalker.
  • Low sanity causes screen distortion (Nausea effect).
  • Critical sanity spawns Hallucinations (fake creepers that aggressively charge the player but vanish into smoke when hit).

• Environment Sabotage: The Stalker now actively hunts light sources.

  • Automatically breaks torches and lanterns.
  • Extinguishes campfires in a configurable radius as it approaches players.

• Weeping Angel Difficulty: Added a new "weeping_angel" difficulty option in config.yml.

  • The Stalker moves 3× faster than normal.
  • Instantly freezes whenever a player looks directly at it.

• Audio Enhancements:

  • Added a sinister heartbeat sound that plays whenever The Stalker is within 15 blocks of a player.

• Special Loot Drops:

  • Defeating The Stalker on High or Weeping Angel difficulty now rewards a configurable special item.
  • Default reward: Night Vision Goggles (Dark Green Leather Helmet).

Changed

• Updated all version strings throughout the plugin and configuration files from 1.6 to 2.0 Beta.
• Expanded the AI state machine in StalkerEntity to support the new Weeping Angel movement and freezing behavior.
• Updated the plugin for compatibility with Paper 26.2.

✨ Custom Entity 1.6 Update

🧠 AI Improvements

• Enhanced stalking and chasing behavior
• Improved difficulty scaling (Easy / Mid / High)

⚔️ Combat Enhancements

• Added lightning strike effects
• Improved jumpscare system
• Better knockback handling

🛡️ Player System

• Added safe whitelist system
• Improved player targeting logic
• Instant despawn when protected

🎨 Skin System

• Added skin caching system
• Supports PNG skins + MineSkin API

⚙️ Improvements

• Performance optimizations
• Bug fixes and stability improvements

🤝 Compatibility

• Paper 1.21.1 – 1.21.11
• Optional support for Citizens