Arthropod Phobia Expansions + Horror Bosses Spider Moth

A major 2.0 version update for the mod, finally introducing another main stalker boss!

MAJOR UPDATE INTRODUCES A WHOLE NEW “DWELLER” BOSS - SCORPIOID BLOODLUSTER - A NETHER-EXCLUSIVE SCORPION-MOSQUITO HYBRID (Spider Moth is now overworld-exclusive, and the final upcoming boss will be end-exclusive)\

…It is extremely formidable - comparable to the Spider Moth!

Countless other changes and improvements.

Like the Spider Moth, this new demonic entity aims for maximum creepiness, using a wide range of mechanics to terrorise you until you run away back to the overworld. It can traverse through walls like the Spider Moth, but doesn’t even need minions to do so. It slowly crawls through the wall. It flies by default, unlike the Spider Moth, but can also crawl on the ground. When stalking you, it can suddenly teleport nearer.

Since overworld weather timing is preserved while in the nether, I used them to control the spawning of this new entity. It can spawn in any vanilla nether biome during rain and thunderstorm cycles.

The Spider Moth screen flash is no longer global for the server, so it will only show to nearby players. Scorpioid has its own too, working the same way.

New “Fire Opal” item drops from the scorpioid on death, used to craft three new items: “Ascendant Staff”, “Ethereal Staff”, and “Block of Fire Opal”. Ascendant Staff provides levitation abilities and attacks, Ethereal Staff enables walking through walls and suffocating enemies in the ground, and Block of Fire Opal gives you saturation when near to it, meaning you won’t need to eat. Sun Scorpions can rarely drop an Fire Opal Shard on death. Four of these craft into a full Fire Opal.

Significant balance changes

Sun Scorpion has revamped walking animation and major texture improvements. Larvae versions now match with the variant of the nearest full size Sun Scorpion. Centipede Stalker has faster walking animations.

Centipede Stalkers and Sun Scorpions buffed substantially (plus both are now larger in size), and both drop a new “Venomous Appendage” item required for crafting the “Dagger of Dissolution”. Sun Scorpions are rarer now, and give the necrosis effect on hit.

Fixed an issue where the “pure_stalking” and “rush_scare” entities can spawn in any dimensions/biomes, now limited to overworld.

Both the Venomous Appendage and Necrotic Fang items can now be used to brew potions of necrosis. All forms of the potion are possible now, along with arrows of necrosis.

Hornet Harbinger Giant significantly buffed.

Spider Goliath has a slightly longer attack range now.

Block of Mangled Scorpion Flesh added, crafted with four venomous appendages. Summoning structure added for Scorpioid. The same as the Spider Moth one, but use the mangled scorpion flesh block instead of spider flesh.

Many more improvements.