# Abilities

Abilities (skills) are used to give extra opportunities for special zombies to have a chance to deal with players.

## Available abilities

* `arrowshooter` - Shoots x amount of arrows at the target player\*
* `bomber` - Spawns TNT above the target player\*
* `confusion` - Makes player blind and random rotate\*
* `eye_catch_fire` - Sets target player on fire for a specific amount of ticks\*
* `fireball` - Launches ghast-like fireball at target player\*
* `freeze` - Temporarily prevent player movement\*
* `lightningstrike` - Strikes lightning at target player\*
* `reinforcements` - Spawns specific amount of reinforcements (zombies)
* `teleporter` - Teleport zombie to target player\*
* `lifestealer` - Zombie absorbs a portion of the player's health\*
* `regeneration` - Occasionally heals the mob by a certain amount over time

{% hint style="info" %}
\*Some abilities only triggered when the zombie has line of sight of at least one player.
{% endhint %}

#### Showcase using `lightningstrike` ability

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## Configuration

You can find the configuration for abilities in `plugins\RageMode\zombie game\zombie-abilities.yml` file

* `perform-every-seconds` - At what intervals should the abilities be performed, if it met by any chance?
  * Ideal value would be `20-50` seconds, as there can be powerful abilities that players must face to survive
  * If `0`, performing abilities will depend on chance only, which can happen anytime
* `chance` - the chance ranges between `0-100` that this ability can perform

```yml
arrowshooter:
  perform-every-seconds: 20
  chance: 10
  amount: 1
  speed: 4.6
  spread: 12
  damage: 2.0
  custom-effects: []
```

* `amount` - the amount of arrows to shoot
* `speed` - the speed (velocity) of the arrow
* `spread` - the spread of the arrow
* `damage` - the damage of the arrow
* `custom-effects` - the [custom effects](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Effect) attached to the arrow
  * Syntax: `<effectName> [amplifier=value] [particles=logical] [ambient=logical] [icon=logical] [duration=value(seconds)]`
    * ```yml
      custom-effects:
      - 20.5 increase_damage amplifier=1 duration=30 particles=true ambient=false icon=true
      ```
    * `<>` - required
    * `[]` - optional
  * The order how you set the settings of potion effect doesn't matter, effect name should always be the first one

```yml
bomber:
  perform-every-seconds: 20
  chance: 4
  fuse-ticks: 0
  explosion-radius: 4.0
```

* `fuse-ticks` - Set the number of ticks until an explosion happens
* `explosion-radius` - Set the radius affected by this explosive's explosion

```yml
confusion:
  perform-every-seconds: 30
  chance: 8
  duration: 40
  amplifier: 2
```

* `duration` - sets the duration that this ability lasts
* `amplifier` - sets the amplifier of this ability

```yml
eyecatchfire:
  perform-every-seconds: 10
  chance: 20
  fire-ticks: 60
```

* `fire-ticks` - The entity's fire ticks

```yml
fireball:
  perform-every-seconds: 10
  chance: 8
  display-item: ''
```

* `display-item` - Sets the display ItemStack for the fireball, use [custom items](/ragemode-docs/guides/custom-items.md)

```yml
freeze:
  perform-every-seconds: 40
  chance: 15
  freeze-ticks: 60
```

* `freeze-ticks` - Sets the entity's current freeze ticks

```yml
lightningstrike:
  perform-every-seconds: 10
  chance: 60
  amount: 1
  damage: 1.0-2.4
```

* `damage` - The damage that this lightning strike cause to entities
  * Set a randomised value between minimum and maximum starting from 0 `damage: 1.5-5.0`
  * Or a fixed value `damage: 5`

```yml
reinforcements:
  perform-every-seconds: 30
  chance: 10
  spawn-range: 5
  amount: 2-8
  max-total-reinforcements: 20
  zombie-names:
  - zombie
  - slow
```

* `spawn-range` - The range that the specified zombies appear
* `amount` - The x amount to spawn the specified zombies
  * Set a randomised value between minimum and maximum starting from 0 `amount: 3-5`
  * Or a fixed value `amount: 5`
* `max-total-reinforcements` - Maximum total reinforcements to spawn
* `zombie-names` - The list of zombie names to spawn
  * Specify `zombie` for general zombie or the name of the special zombie created in [Special zombies](/ragemode-docs/zombie-game-guide/special-zombies.md)

```yml
teleporter:
  perform-every-seconds: 20
  chance: 10
```

* Teleports the zombie next to the target player

```yml
lifestealer:
  perform-every-seconds: 20
  chance: 15
  value: 0.5-1.5
```

* `value` - The value to steal life from players
  * Set a randomised value between minimum and maximum starting from 0 `value: 1.0-3.2`
  * Or a fixed value `value: 2`

```yml
regeneration:
  perform-every-seconds: 20
  chance: 10
  amount: 0.5-1.0
```

* `amount` - The amount to regenerate the entity
  * Set a randomised value between minimum and maximum starting from 0 `amount: 0.2-3.0`
  * Or a fixed value `value: 3`


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