[1.8.8] MineZ

The Basics

• MineZ is a zombie apocalypse game, so horde of zombies and some zombie-ish mobs such as zombie pigmen and wolves await! There may be other more terrifying creatures out there, though...
• The experience level is your thirst level. 20 is the maximum amount of hydration you can have, but don't let it get to 0 otherwise you will start to dehydrate and die! You can only replenish it by drinking from your water bottle. For long journeys, it may be wiser to carry more than one water bottle and refill it in every town with water. Drink a water bottle ONLY when your thirst level is between 3-0.
• The experience bar is the zombies' visibility level on you. The higher your visibility, the further and easier can a zombie spot you! You can sneak to keep your visibility to a minimum, but sprinting (even in water) and jumping will greatly increase your visibility and make you an easier target for zombies!
• In MineZ the zombies are faster, stronger and smarter than the ones you can find in Vanilla Minecraft. They are as fast as a sprinting person, but if they lose sight of you they find go back to your previous location to trap you.
• (In developing) Chatting System is also modified. You don't hear others if you are more than 250m from a player.
• Spawn into the world by using a Spawn selector on your hand. When you first spawn, you will spawn with a water bottle, a wooden sword, and a bandage.

Types of Players

• BANDITS are players that will kill anyone else on sight. They are categorized into several types: Leather Bandits, Iron Roamers, Tricksters and Massacre Teams. Leather Bandits are newly spawned bandits that hit anyone in sight despite having poor gear. Iron Roamers are iron-clad bandits that wander around the map, killing usually to obtain health potions. Tricksters are bandits who pretend to befriend you before killing you. Massacre Teams are small groups of well-armed bandits that loot town by town. They can easily be spotted with sprinting players, clans of iron bandits and large slews of death messages appearing on the chat as they battle other groups of players.
• HEALERS are players that do not attack people on sight, but rather heal them (See Healing) and supply them with food, armor, gear etc. to send them on their way. However, do not let this facade of a friendly player fool you -occasionally, healers may be luring people with low health to them so they may kill them, as well as the fact that if you plan on becoming a healer, people may see you as a lesser-defended target and hunt you down. Healers that have healed 16 different people will have the Healer tag as a sign to others that they are reliable healers to trust.

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Grave robbing is a feature in MineZ that lets the player rob a grave to find loot. An iron shovel is required to rob a grave. You can only rob graves by breaking mossy cobblestone on a grave with an iron shovel, which will take 10 seconds to break the mossy cobblestone. The grave will reappear again after 6 minutes after being robbed. When robbing, there is a 33% chance to give you an item and a 67% chance to spawn a Zombie or a baby zombie. It is recommended not to dig graves up North as the loot isn't worth the effort and there is a chance that a Zombie Pigman will spawn in the place of the zombie.
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Zombie

Zombies are fast and dangerous brutes - modified by the developers to be clever, relentless and deadly. They often travel in packs, and run almost as fast as you can while sprinting, swim faster in water and they can also 'dive' to get to the player. They have poor vision, but can hear well enough to detect you, especially if you're sprinting and/or jumping. If you get hit by a zombie, it can alert nearby zombies, causing them to run over and attack you. The use of grenades can stun zombies, as well as the use of a snowball, which will confuse all zombies and prevent them from attacking you for a short period of time. Use this to your advantage. A good way to avoid them is by sneaking. Sneaking reduces your Visibility, which makes the zombies less likely to spot you and eat your precious brains. Unlike vanilla zombies, they do not burn in sunlight or take fall damage (when ignited they have a chance of setting a player on fire). Zombies are capable of running at a player at sprinting speed, and can deal much more damage than vanilla zombies. They will also run faster and deal more damage the further North you go. When a player is killed, they will leave a zombie called a Player Zombie. This zombie will have the original player's armor and sword equipped, as well as having the player's nameplate above it. Player zombies are capable of dealing more damage and can have more protection, as they will equip the best armor and weapon the player had. When killed, they will drop everything that player was carrying in their inventory. When a determined period time passed from the player's zombie spawn, it may not drop the loot the dead player had. Zombies have around a 5% chance to give you Infection.

Baby Zombie

Baby Zombies spawn anywhere a zombie can, but are much rarer. They run slightly faster than zombies, deal the same damage but have half the health of a regular zombie. Due to this, they can be killed with iron swords Smite II or Smite III in a single hit. Baby Zombies also spawn in groups of 4 when a Zombie Pigman dies, making large groups of pigmen especially dangerous.

Zombie Pigmen

Zombie Pigmen are much more dangerous than Zombies so watch out! When encountering hostiles like these, use ranged weapons like bows or grenades if possible. If you have no ranged weapons, try your best to stay away from them.
Unlike Zombies, Zombie Pigmen take fall damage and they run as fast as in Vanilla Minecraft, and can only spawn north of Z -2000(except in certain dungeons!). They also do not wield any sort of weaponry.

Zombie Pigmen only have a half a heart of health. Their attacks deal 3 hearts of true damage, meaning they deal 3 hearts of damage no matter what armor you're using, making them a threat at all stages of the game. When killed, a zombie pigman will explode and spawn 4 baby zombies. The explosion itself can deal up to 4 hearts of damage on an unarmored player. It is worth noting that splash potions damage zombie pigmen and can cause them to explode, however, the damage from a pigman explosion will oftentimes damage a player before the splash potion heals them. Be careful using splash potions near them!

Baby Zombie Pigman

Baby Zombie Pigmen were added to the game to spawn from a Zombie Pigman, but were later altered to just be a rare spawn up North. They're similar to adult Zombie Pigmen; they have low health, do large amounts of damage and explode when slain, causing a knockback effect with large magnitude and damage. The knockback effect from the explosion can knock a player into the air up to 20 blocks, so it is advised to dispose of them at a safe distance with ranged weapons.

Unlike Zombie Pigmen, they run and swim just as fast as a regular Zombie. Due to this, they can very easily overwhelm a player, killing them quicker if they're not careful. It is advised to shoot a baby pigman from far away whenever you see one.

Giant

The Giant (or Giant Zombie) is a boss mob located in the northern canyons of MineZ and inside certain dungeons. They are known to drop 'end-game' loot such as diamond swords, infinity bows, golden carrots and zombie heads. It is one of the most iconic symbols of MineZ. Giants are not affected by bows, grenades or splash potions. The Smite enchantment deals additional damage to Giants, and hitting the giant while in the air (crits) does additional damage as well. Also bear in mind that Giants are immune to fall damage and fire, like normal zombies. They share the same texture as zombies, but are twelve blocks tall. They are capable of dealing varying high amounts of damage. Behavior They can use a special jump attack in response to being hit sometimes, in which it jumps several blocks into the air, and lands, creating an explosive shockwave that knocks people back 15-30 blocks, does large amounts of damage, and inflicts a Slowness debuff. The closer you are to the giant, the higher the amount of damage it will do. If you get too close the Giant, it will kick you away. This attack deals 6 hearts of damage to an unarmored player. You can go into little corners to prevent the Giant from kicking you, but you are more vulnerable to the stomp. When hit, it has a chance to spawn 1 zombie which will attack you. Hitting a giant multiple times in rapid succession is a surefire way to spawn many zombies at once. It's best to hit it 2 or 3 times, and then run away to deal with the zombies that spawned. To avoid taking serious damage when fighting a giant, it is best to run as far away from the giant as you can while it stomps. Following the Origins update, giants are now tethered to their spawn points in a 200 hundred block radius, meaning that giants who walk outside this radius will be moved back to their spawn point. Fighting If you are fighting with other people, you may want to bring a healing kit, as you or your friends can whack the Giant and come back for a heal. You must still bring health pots just in case. If you are fighting alone, you will need about 1/3 of your inventory full of health pots, preferably splash or lingering potions of healing II. When you're ready, run up to the Giant, and jump backwards, hitting the Giant as you land. This isn't the only method of attack, but it's a very efficient one, and makes it very hard for the Giant to kick you. Note that zombies will sometimes spawn upon Giant hit, but keep hitting the Giant and when you get kicked/stomped, heal up and deal with the zombies while your friends take care of the Giant for a while (unless you are fighting solo). When killed, they drop a large amount of rotten flesh, and 1-2 of the other items (there can be duplicates). The diamond sword is always at quarter durability when dropped, the infinity bow is always at full durability, and the diamond axe is always at 350 durability(about 1/4).

Healing is a vital part of MineZ, as unlike Vanilla Minecraft, health will not regenerate with a full hunger bar. In order to regain health, you will need to be healed, use potions or eat any kind of food, excluding rotten flesh.

Healing Yourself