Requiem Mod — Guide
The Vagrant Form
When a Remnant player dies, they enter the Vagrant state. This form is a spectral entity with unique traversal abilities but significant limitations.
Vagrant Mechanics
- Creative Flight: Vagrants can fly freely through the air.
- Phasing: By crouching or holding themselves against a wall, Vagrants can slowly phase through solid blocks.
- Size: Vagrants are small enough to fit through one-block-high gaps.
- Invisibility: Most mobs cannot see or interact with a Vagrant.
- Limitations: Vagrants cannot interact with the world, open chests, or use items. They have no inventory and cannot deal damage.
Possession Mechanics
Possession is the core mechanic for Remnant players. To interact with the world again, a Vagrant must find a host body.
Host Types
- Soulless Mobs: Mobs like Zombies, Skeletons, Golems, and Shulkers can be possessed instantly by right-clicking them in Vagrant form.
- Living Mobs: Animals and Villagers possess souls and cannot be possessed directly. Their souls must first be removed using a Soul Vessel.
Possession Tiers & Abilities
Possessing different mobs grants specific strengths and weaknesses:
| Mob | Special Abilities | Weaknesses |
|---|---|---|
| Zombie | Can eat Rotten Flesh to heal; converts to Drowned/Husk in water/desert. | Burns in sunlight; slow movement. |
| Skeleton | Can use Bones to repair health; drinks Milk for resistance. | Burns in sunlight; fragile. |
| Drowned | Can eat Raw Fish to heal; infinite breath underwater. | Slow on land. |
| Iron Golem | Massive health and attack damage. | No inventory access; cannot use items. |
| Villager | Full inventory access; can craft and trade; can gain XP. | Very low health; no natural attacks. |
| Axolotl | Can "Play Dead" when hurt to regenerate health. | Must stay hydrated. |
| Pufferfish | Can inflate to damage nearby enemies. | Limited movement. |
| Goat | Can perform a ram attack. | High fall damage. |
| Enderman | Teleportation abilities. | Damaged by water. |
Dissociation
Players can leave their host body at any time (default keybind: O or through the Origins power key if installed). This returns the player to Vagrant form, leaving the host body behind as a soulless shell.
Mechanics & Status Effects
Attrition
Attrition is a stacking debuff received when a Remnant player dies too frequently or teleports via Rifts. * Effect: Reduces the player's maximum health. At maximum stacks, health can be reduced by up to 80%. * Recovery: Attrition slowly decays over time while the player is possessing a body.
Humanity Enchantment
Normally, possessed mobs (except Villagers) cannot gain experience from combat. The Humanity enchantment can be applied to weapons to allow a possessed host to collect XP from kills.
Mod Interactions
- Origins: The choice between Mortal and Remnant is integrated into the Origins selection screen. While in Vagrant form or possessing a non-player body, Origin powers are disabled.
- Eldritch Mobs: Eldritch-tier mobs are immune to possession.
- Golems Galore: All modded golems from this mod are compatible with Requiem possession.
- Better Nether: Jungle Skeletons can be possessed by default.