How to Play: Battle Mutants Add-On

Overview

Battle Mutants Add-On adds mutant mobs such as the Mutant Creeper, gear such as the Pale Sword, faction crafting tables with 148 recipes each, and collectible heads such as the Mutant Creeper Head. The add-on includes 102 custom entity variants and 574 crafting recipes.

Getting Started

To begin crafting with this add-on, players need to collect Mutant Essence.

Mutant Essence drops from Mutant Allay, Drowned Dan, Dolphin Dan, Mutant Evoker, Farmageddon, Steely Jones, Mutant Piglin Brute, Mutant Ravager, and Warden William, or can be brewed:

Mutant Essence Brewing Stand

Rotten Flesh

+

Cooked Mutant Roast

→

Mutant Essence

Rotten Flesh + Cooked Mutant Roast → Mutant Essence

Made at Brewing Stand

After obtaining Mutant Essence, craft the Battle Mutant Bestiary at a crafting table:

Battle Mutant Bestiary Crafting Table

Book

+

3

Mutant Essence

→

Battle Mutant Bestiary

Book + 3 Mutant Essence → Battle Mutant Bestiary

Made at Crafting Table

The Battle Mutant Bestiary has a max stack size of 64.

Other mutant creatures drop specific mob essences and Mutant Roast:

• Defeating a Mutant Creeper drops Mutant Creeper Essence and Mutant Roast.
• Defeating a Mini Mutant Creeper drops Mini Mutant Creeper Essence and Mutant Roast.
• Defeating a Mutant Zombie drops Mutant Zombie Essence and Mutant Roast.
• Defeating a Mutant Skeleton drops Mutant Skeleton Essence and Bone.
• Defeating a Wither Walker drops Wither Walker Essence and Wither Rose.
• Defeating Cerberus drops Cerberus Essence and Mutant Roast.

Faction Crafting and Emblems

Core progression centers on four faction crafting tables: Beryl Mutant Crafting Table, Ecru Mutant Crafting Table, Llano Mutant Crafting Table, and Sanguine Mutant Crafting Table.

Crafting Emblems

Faction emblems are made at a regular Crafting Table from Paper and one dye per faction:

Beryl Emblem Crafting Table

Blue Dye

+

8

Paper

→

16

Beryl Emblem

Blue Dye + 8 Paper → 16 Beryl Emblem

Made at Crafting Table

Crafting Faction Tables

Each faction crafting table is crafted at a regular crafting table using a Crafting Table, Mutant Leather, and the corresponding faction emblem:

Beryl Mutant Crafting Table Crafting Table

Mutant Leather

+

Beryl Emblem

+

Crafting Table

→

Beryl Mutant Crafting Table

Mutant Leather + Beryl Emblem + Crafting Table → Beryl Mutant Crafting Table

Made at Crafting Table

Faction Mutants and Mob Heads

Each faction table provides 148 specialized recipes. Combining a Faction Emblem, Mutant Essence, and a specific mob essence crafts that faction’s mutant:

Beryl Mutant Creeper Beryl / Ecru / Llano / Sanguine Mutant Crafting Table

Beryl Emblem

+

3

Mutant Essence

+

Mutant Creeper Essence

→

Beryl Mutant Creeper

Beryl Emblem + 3 Mutant Essence + Mutant Creeper Essence → Beryl Mutant Creeper

Made at Beryl Mutant Crafting Table

Decorative mob head trophies are also crafted at faction crafting tables rather than a regular crafting table:

Mutant Allay Head Beryl / Ecru / Llano / Sanguine Mutant Crafting Table

varies

4

Mutant Scrap

→

varies

Made at any of: Beryl / Ecru / Llano / Sanguine Mutant Crafting Table

Mutant Allay Essence

→

Mutant Allay Head

any of: Beryl / Ecru / Llano / Sanguine Mutant Crafting Table

Part of 70 collectible mob head variants.

Additionally, the add-on includes 144 recipes for the companion Papercraft Mob Stickers crafting table, crafting decorative stickers from a sticker base, Honey Bottle, and Paper.

Spawning Rules and Habitats

Mutants spawn naturally in darkness at light levels 0 to 7, appearing both on the surface and underground:

• Mutant Zombie spawns most frequently among monster mutants.
• Natural spawn permutations for zombies also produce Mutant Zombie Villager and Mutant Zombie JujuStyle7.
• Mutant Creeper spawns less frequently than Mutant Zombie.
• A natural creeper spawn picks Mini Mutant Creeper at weight 9 against weight 1 for the regular Mutant Creeper.
• Mutant Skeleton spawns in frozen, monster, and soulsand valley biomes.
• Bosses like Wither Walker and Cerberus do not spawn naturally.

Toughest Opponents

When exploring or preparing defenses, be aware of the highest-health mutant encounters:

• Wither Walker has 1600 health.
• Cerberus has 750 health.
• Mutant Skeleton has 230 health.
• Mutant Creeper has 220 health.
• Mutant Zombie has 160 health.
• Mini Mutant Creeper has 110 health.

Full health values, attack damage, and movement speeds for all entities are listed in the Wiki Data section below.

Player Commands

Players can execute the following in-game commands:

• /scriptevent jig_bmu:force-spawn
• /scriptevent jig_bmu:lock_settings
• /scriptevent jig_bmu:unlock_settings
• /scriptevent jig_bmu:gravity_pull
• /scriptevent jig_bmu:gravity_pull_on_player