Wither
| Type | Boss mob, undead |
|---|---|
| Health points | Vanilla |
| Spawn | Summoned; only on the Overworld surface |
| Drops |  Divine Favor |
The Wither in Matcha Flavoured can only be summoned on the surface of the Overworld, in the open and at sea level or above. It drops a Divine Favor (the pack's name for the nether star), and the Wither effect it inflicts can permanently cost players maximum health.
Summoning
The Wither is built as in vanilla. Shortly after it is summoned, the pack checks where it is.[1][2] The summon is invalid if any of these is true:[3]
- it can't see the sky;
- it is below Y=63;
- it is in Hell or the End.
An invalid Wither is killed 1 second later, and every player sees "The Wither can only be summoned on the surface of the overworld". To stop the kill from rewarding a divine favor, the next tick the pack deletes every dropped item stack of exactly one divine favor, as long as some player is standing in a place where a Wither couldn't be summoned.[4][5] The soul sand and skulls used to build it are lost.
Drops
The Wither drops one Divine Favor, the vanilla nether star renamed. The Wither's drop can't be changed by a datapack, as the pack's code notes.[6] Divine favors can be broken down into 
divine fragments.
Behavior
The Wither's attacks apply the Wither effect. Except on Easy, a player who stays withered for 8 seconds loses 1 heart of maximum health (2 on Hard). See Wither effect.
The Wither is undead and a target of warding. Warding equipment attacks copper-armored mobs first, then the Wither, then the nearest other undead mob.
History
| 1.10 | Withers can no longer be summoned in the End. |
|---|---|
| 1.12.2 | Withers can only be summoned on the surface of the Overworld. The Wither effect takes hearts. Warding prioritizes the Wither after copper-armored mobs. |
Trivia
- The 1.10 release notes explain the End ban: "Killing withers under the nest is boring".[7]
- The developer's plans describe a reworked Wither fight in which one attack removes a heart "WITHOUT killing them", like the Ganon fight in Tears of the Kingdom, and considered either a special structure or a surface-and-height requirement for summoning. The height requirement is what the pack uses.[8]
- In the design video: "The first time you kill the Ender Dragon, you'll be granted a divine favor. Of course, killing Withers will do the same."[9]
See also
References
- ↑
wither/schedule check.mcfunction - ↑
wither/check wither spawn.mcfunction - ↑
wither/invalid wither spawn.json - ↑
wither/forbid wither.mcfunction - ↑
wither/kill star.mcfunction - ↑
wither/kill star.mcfunction - ↑ Matcha Flavoured 1.10 release notes
- "Withers can no longer be spawned in the End (Killing withers under the nest is boring)"
- ↑
My current and future plans.md - ↑ Klei Wright, "Minecraft punishes casual players. I made a datapack to fix it." (YouTube)
- "Of course, killing Withers will do the same."
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