The Doom Tree
Rogue: Hmmm, that strange tree up ahead wasn't there before.
Sage: ... That's no tree. Run!
Using
Requirements: This mod is produced for and requires the Fabric Mod Loader and API running on Minecraft 1.14.4.
Mod Packs: You may include it in mod packs.
Port Requests: I do not plan to port this mod to Forge or prior versions of Minecraft. The license (MIT) allows others to do such ports if wanted.
Documentation: Items, blocks are recipes documented in-game via Roughly Enough Items mod. Not required but highly recommended.
Lore
Scholarly records of the doom tree are few. Most attempts to study it end quickly in tragedy.
Most accounts suggest it has an other-worldly origin. Also consistent is the notion that it has access to the infernal dimension, but most scholars doubt it originated there. All known appearances have resulted in terrible destruction. If left undisturbed, they eventually disappear after several centuries. Documented attempts to remove a doom tree by force have been uniformly unsuccessful.
An unconfirmed account mentions an alchemist named "Lerm the Odiferous" who found a way to overcome the tree after much experimentation with its various components, afterwards bragging in the local tavern that the manuscript documenting his method was a "masterwork of alchemical craft." He was then promptly eaten by a grue. Lerm's manuscript, if ever there was one, has never surfaced in the historical record.
Mechanics
The Doom Tree contributes to gameplay in multiple ways:
* Environmental hazard
* Mob spawning (difficult to build a mob farm from it, more like a mob arena)
* Source of unique crafting materials
* Potential focal point for quests
* Alternate mid-game access for Nether mobs/materials
* Stationary boss mob
Doom and Warding
The tree feeds on Overworld matter. What little it leaves behind is called doomed residue, obtained by breaking blocks affected by the tree. This material is toxic to the tree but encapsulated using alien magics. If the material is removed from the area of the tree and purified with obscure alchemical methods it eventually becomes warding essence, and can be used to craft armor, tools and potions that help to defend against some of the effects of the tree.