Crider

Quickstart

• Grab a Pigler Spawn Egg or Crider Spawn Egg from your creative inventory and use it to spawn the mobs anywhere.
• Both mobs also spawn naturally: Pigler groups spawn underground in Nether piglin biomes, and Crider (the exploding "Mystrider") spawns on the surface in dark overworld areas.
• Approach a Pigler group carefully — they're hostile piglins that hunt in packs, fight with swords or crossbows, and can barter with gold.
• Stay away from Crider once it starts swelling — it explodes like a creeper if you stand too close for too long.
• Kill either mob for loot, or just observe their behaviors for a taste of Nether-style hostility in any biome.

Overview

Crider adds two hostile creatures inspired by the Nether's piglin theme:

• Pigler – a piglin-like raider that hunts in groups, fights with melee weapons or crossbows, barters for gold, and even turns into a zombified piglin if it strays out of the Nether too long.
• Crider (internally called "Mystrider") – a strider-like creature that behaves like a creeper: it stalks players and detonates in a fiery explosion when it gets close.

Both are fully hostile mobs meant to add extra danger and loot opportunities to your world.

What It Adds

How To Use

Spawning:

• Use the corresponding spawn egg on any block or use /summon with the mob's identifier if you have access to commands.
• Pigler groups spawn naturally underground in piglin-related biomes, appearing in packs of 2–4.
• Crider spawns naturally on the overworld surface in low-light conditions (light level 7 or below), on easy through hard difficulty.

Interacting:

• Piglers are aggressive toward players on sight and will pursue in groups. They can be equipped with a golden sword for melee combat or a crossbow for ranged attacks.
• Piglers occasionally toss gold nuggets your way through their bartering behavior if you get close and they're not hostile-locked.
• Piglers celebrate after successfully attacking hoglins, jumping and cheering briefly.
• If a Pigler leaves the Nether for too long, it becomes agitated (visibly shaking) and will transform into a zombified piglin after a short time.
• Crider will notice and approach players within 16 blocks. Once within about 3–6 blocks, it starts swelling up with a lit fuse — back away quickly or it will detonate, dealing explosive damage and breaking nearby blocks.

Combat notes:

• Pigler melee attacks deal solid damage (5 points) and pack hunters attack in numbers, making groups dangerous.
• Crider's explosion is sizable and will destroy surrounding blocks, similar to a creeper blast.

Crafting And Obtaining

There are no crafting recipes for this mod — both mobs are obtained only through natural spawning or spawn eggs.

Abilities And Mechanics

• Pigler barter drops: Interacting peacefully with an idle Pigler may yield gold nuggets through its bartering behavior.
• Pigler equipment drops: Defeated Piglers drop their equipped gear, which may include golden swords or crossbows depending on their combat role.
• Pigler zombification: Time spent away from the Nether causes a Pigler to shake and eventually transform into a zombified piglin, dropping its inventory and preserving any equipment on the new form.
• Crider explosion: Crider swells when a player is within close range and detonates shortly after, causing an area explosion that can break terrain.
• Loot drops:
  • Piglers drop 1–3 gold nuggets on death.
  • Crider drops 0–2 gunpowder (boosted by looting), with a chance for warped fungus or nether wart.

Progression And Strategy

• Treat Pigler packs like mini piglin raids — approach with weapons ready, since they hunt in groups and can overwhelm a lone, unprepared player.
• Keep distance from Crider or use ranged attacks; melee engagement risks triggering its explosion at close range.
• Farming Crider can be a source of gunpowder for TNT or fireworks, while Piglers offer a renewable trickle of gold nuggets and combat gear.
• If you want to prevent a captured Pigler from zombifying, keep it in Nether-like conditions or accept the transformation as part of its behavior.