ThunderRider

⚡ ThunderRider

rider on a skeleton horse is a plugin that occasionally summons rider on a skeleton horse, followed by the appearance of a rider on a skeleton horse with a squad of helpers. It adds an atmosphere of surprise and danger to the world, making surface travel slightly less safe.

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🌩️ Features

- Random spawn of AFK (Skeleton on a skeleton horse) near the player. - Chance to spawn AFK that assist the rider. - Configurable equipment, damage and health multipliers. - Customizable names and messages (supports MiniMessages format). - AFK integration — lightning and riders AFK in regions where mob spawning is denied (`MOB_SPAWNING: DENY`). - AFK check via Essentials — events do not trigger for inactive players. - Check for existing nearby riders to avoid spam. - Flexible configuration for chance, radius, frequency, and behavior in `config.yml`.

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⚙️ Configuration (`config.yml`)

```yml

ThunderRider config

check-interval: 1000 # spawn check interval (20 ticks = 1 second) chance: 1.0 # spawn chance in percent (0.0 - 100.0) spawn-radius: 15 # radius to search for spawn point around player helpers: 3 # number of helpers to summon show-message: true # show message to player on spawn existing-rider-check-radius: 50 # radius within which new riders won't spawn if one already exists debug: false # enable/disable debug mode (logging)

hp-multiplier: horse: 3.0 # health multiplier for horse (default 3.0) rider: 3.0 # health multiplier for rider (skeleton) skeleton: 1.5 # health multiplier for additional skeletons

attack-multiplier: rider: 1.5 # attack multiplier for rider (skeleton) skeleton: 1.5 # attack multiplier for additional skeletons

names: horse: "" # if empty — no name shown, horse's name rider: "<gold>Storm Rider" # rider's name skeleton: "" # name for additional skeletons

Specify Material by name (e.g.: CHAINMAIL_HELMET, IRON_SWORD, BOW)

Empty string = do not equip item

equipment: rider: helmet: "CHAINMAIL_HELMET" chestplate: "" # example: "CHAINMAIL_CHESTPLATE" leggings: "" boots: "" weapon: "BOW" # weapon in rider's hand skeleton: helmet: "CHAINMAIL_HELMET" chestplate: "" # example: "IRON_CHESTPLATE" leggings: "" boots: "" weapon: "IRON_SWORD"

Messages

messages: no-permissions: "<red>Insufficient permissions!" reloaded: "<green>ThunderRider reloaded!" started: "<green>ThunderRider started!" stopped: "<green>ThunderRider stopped!" help: | <gold>=== ThunderRider Commands === <yellow>/thunderider reload <white>- Reload config <yellow>/thunderider start <white>- Start plugin <yellow>/thunderider stop <white>- Stop plugin <yellow>/thunderider spawn <white>- summon storm rider spawned: "<green>You summoned the Storm Rider" no-spawned: "<red>Failed to summon the Storm Rider" hunting: "<yellow>⚡ <red>A <gold>Storm Rider <red>is hunting you!" ```

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🔧 Commands

| Command | Description | |--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------| | `/thunderider reload` | Reload plugin config and settings | | `/thunderider start` | Force start the background spawning task | | `/thunderider stop` | Stop the background task | | `/thunderider spawn` | Summon a skeleton rider at your location (on the surface!) |

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🔑 Permissions

| Permission | Description | Default | |------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------| | `thunderrider.admin` | Allows usage of plugin commands | `op` | | `thunderrider.ignore` | Players with this permission are not targeted by lightning events | `op` |

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🧩 Integrations (Optional)

- WorldGuard — used to determine player AFK status. - WorldGuard — protects regions from spawn if `MOB_SPAWNING: DENY` is set.

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💡 Concept

The plugin is designed to add Storm Riders, where even during regular travel a storm can erupt and Storm Riders can appear on the field.

> ⚔️ Beware, thunder doesn't always herald rain!