Chairborne Dread

Quickstart

1. Load into any world with the mod installed.
2. Run /dread start to begin the haunting.
3. Stay in your current dimension and keep your surroundings lit — your Dread meter will rise in darkness and fall in brighter areas.
4. Survive until dawn. You'll be rewarded with experience.
5. If things go wrong, use /dread stop to cancel, or check your current state with /dread status.

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Overview

Chairborne Dread transforms a normal Minecraft session into a tense, claustrophobic horror survival experience. Once triggered, a timed haunting begins and you must manage your environment carefully — keeping the lights on and staying in one dimension — until dawn arrives. The pressure escalates the longer you struggle, culminating in punishing effects if you let fear take hold.

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What It Adds

• The Dread Event — A timed haunting triggered by a command, with a visible Dread meter that tracks how close you are to losing control.
• The Bob Effigy — A creepy in-game item with a unique texture, present for atmosphere and dread-building.
• The Bob Whisper — An unsettling custom audio cue that plays when your Dread reaches its peak.
• Three control commands for managing the event at any time.

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How To Use

Commands

Surviving the Night

Once the event is active, your goal is simple: last until dawn. Two things will get you killed by fear:

• Being in the dark. Low light levels cause your Dread meter to rise steadily.
• Changing dimensions. Travelling to the Nether, the End, or any other dimension while the event is active causes a sharp Dread spike.

Keep torches, lanterns, or any reliable light source on hand and stay put dimensionally.

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Abilities And Mechanics

The Dread Meter

The Dread meter is a visible indicator of how much fear has accumulated. It operates on a simple principle:

• Rises when you are in dark areas or after a dimension change.
• Falls when you are in well-lit areas.

The meter ranges from 0 to 100. Managing light is the primary way to keep it under control.

Reaching 100 Dread — Failure State

If your Dread meter fills completely, the haunting overwhelms you:

• Slowness — Your movement becomes sluggish.
• Blindness — Your vision is severely impaired.
• Smoke particles — Eerie visual effects surround you.
• The Bob Whisper — A deeply unsettling audio cue plays.

These effects serve as both punishment and atmosphere. The event does not automatically end at this point; you must still endure or use /dread stop.

Surviving Until Dawn — Reward

If you manage your Dread and keep it below 100 until the timer expires at dawn, you are rewarded with experience points.

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Progression And Strategy

• Prepare before you start. Place torches or other light sources throughout your base before running /dread start. Caught in an unlit area mid-event, your Dread will climb fast.
• Stay in one dimension. Plan ahead — if you need Nether resources, get them before triggering the event. A dimension change mid-haunt is a serious setback.
• Watch the Dread meter closely. Use /dread status if you need a precise readout of how close you are to the failure threshold.
• Use the Bob Effigy for atmosphere. Place it in your space to lean into the horror experience — it serves as a chilling piece of décor while the haunting unfolds around you.
• Increase the challenge over time by starting the event in increasingly dangerous locations — deep caves, ocean floors, or the edges of your base — where maintaining light is harder and the tension is real.