Crunching

### The Crunching Boss Entity

- **Health**: 1500 HP

- **Type Family**: crunching, mob, boss, monster

- **Immunities**: Knockback resistant (value: 1)

- **Follow Range**: 256 blocks (max 512)

- **Detection Range**: On Fire: 15 blocks / Normal: 32 Blocks

- **Movement Speed**: 0.25 (in melee mode)

- **Spawn Method**:

  - Natural spawn from Crunching Sprout when players with resin items are nearby (3% chance)

  - Can be spawned with spawn egg

  - Can be summoned with commands

### Combat Mechanics

**Attack Types**:

- Horizontal Right ("h_right")

- Horizontal Left ("h_left")

- Vertical

- Stare

**Attack Patterns**:

- Close range (<4 blocks): Can use all attacks

- Medium range (4-16 blocks): Primarily vertical attacks

- Long range (>16 blocks): Can use stare attack

- Has attack cooldown system (0-20 ticks)

- Attack timer range: 0-300 ticks

### Special Mechanics

- **Fire State**: Can be ignited with Flint and Steel

- **Digging Behavior**:

  - Will dig if no targets found

  - Digging timer: 80 ticks

  - Time before digging: 2400 ticks (reduced when on fire)

  - Will immediately dig if it can't find a target when it's on fire

- **Root Mechanics**: Can spawn damaging roots

- **Death Sequence**: 400 tick death timer

Crunching Armor Set

**Full Set Pieces**:

- Crunching Helmet (3 protection, 363 durability)

- Crunching Chestplate (8 protection, 528 durability)

- Crunching Leggings (4 protection, 495 durability)

- Crunching Boots (3 protection, 429 durability)

Armor Effects:

- Spawns "ptd_tcb:root_sprout" particles

- Can spawn "ptd_tcb:player_crunching_roots"

- Full set effect triggers every 1.5 seconds when the wearer is taking damage

- Affects nearby entities within 5 blocks

- Has targeting exclusions for tamed entities

Crafting Materials

- Main crafting material: Crunching Bark

- All armor pieces can repair each other

- Repair amount: 35 points per repair

Misc Items

- Spawn Eggs:

  - The Crunching Spawn Egg

  - Crunching Roots Spawn Egg

  - Crunching Sprout Spawn Egg

- Resin Items/Blocks: Used to sprout Crunching

Environment Interaction

- Can be affected by water (disables fire state)

- Will dig underground when no targets are present within 15 block radius

- Has persistence (despawns after a minute)

- Creates root sprout particles during attacks

- Spawns particles during armor effects

- Has emissive textures on armor (glowing effects)