AdventureMod - Enemy Combat Balance and Future Progression Tuning

The goal is to keep the appearance of vanilla Hytale while tuning the feel and difficulty of Hytale's combat and progression to feel more engaging, threatening, and rewarding. Each enemy should feel more unique and have difficulty closer to Magma Toads to make players plan their engagements carefully based on each enemy type.

Adjustments to Mob Behavior, Abilities, and Difficulty

All Golems - A juggernaut that pushes enemies around instead of getting pushed

Magma Toad - Slower and less accurate against moving targets (Updated to use Patch 2 Magma Toad Changes)

Yeti - A juggernaut that pushes enemies around instead of getting pushed

Scorpion - Draws enemies in with its claws to finish them off with its stinger

Scarak Seeker - Uses its agility in the air to reposition for deadly flyovers

Scarak Louse - Small and weak with a lasting bite. Now with immunity to nest's environmental damage

Scarak Fighter - Strikes quick from a safe distance to surprise unsuspecting prey. Now with immunity to nest's environmental damage

Sabertooth Tiger and Snow Leopard - Aggressive hunters in their respective habitat that track down prey

Many enemies now become aggressive from further distances when attacked

Additional Enemy Adjustments Coming

Weapon/Combat Balancing

Combat in vanilla Hytale can be cheesed against nearly every enemy with the absurd knockback provided on all weapons. Reduced knockback allows existing well designed enemies to shine without additional changes.

Knockback reduced for most weapons

The default dagger is notoriously overpowered for its strong charge attack that can be used from safe distances while also returning you to safety after striking. These changes aim to keep the daggers as a high damaging wepaon with the tradeoff that they must be used from closer distances and have less potential for cleave.

Dagger

Charged Dagger ability's disengage distance reduced

Primary attack damage increased on first two attack

The default battlaxe is in a good spot, but the charge attack is a waste of stamina for a difficult to aim ability that does not do good damage. These changes should make the battleaxe charge feel responsive to enemies and worth the stamina spent.

Battleaxe

Charge attack damage increased

Charge Attack damage triggers while airborn

Charge attack movement stops when an enemy is struck

The default sword lacks in damage compared to other weapons while also having less range and a weak charge ability with the only saving grace being the offhand torch or shield. These changes should make the sword's damage feel on par with other weapons while keeping the tradeoff of attack range for better blocks.

Sword

Charge attack damage increased

Charge attack movement stops when an enemy is struck

Primary attack damage increased on first two attacks

The default crossbow has an insane level of mobility while maintaining fantastic burst while being a ranged weapon, the goal is keep the burst niche, make periods of reloading feel tense, and encourage a balance of freedom of movement with forced downtime.

Crossbow

Reduce reload rate

Reduced ammo capacity,

Reduced movespeed while reloading

Increased shot damage consistency

Additional Weapon Adjustments Coming

Progression

Progression Adjustments Coming