Midnight Doorbreaker

Quickstart

• In Survival, spend a night in the Overworld to encounter the Midnight Stalker. It appears near players after dark and disappears when daytime returns.
• Defeat it for 1–2 Dread Shards. Use a shard and an iron ingot to craft a Midnight Ward; use the ward while a Stalker is within 8 blocks to damage nearby Stalkers.
• Combine Dread Shards with netherite ingots and sticks to craft the Dreadbreaker, a powerful all-purpose tool.
• In Creative, you can summon a Stalker with /summon com_midnight_doorbreaker_eglbwpbz:midnight_stalker.

Overview

Midnight Doorbreaker is a nighttime horror encounter built around a tall, black monster with a disturbing face. The Stalker hunts players, opens doors, and breaks glass. Listen for its footsteps, watch your windows, and keep a ward ready.

What It Adds

• Midnight Stalker: A hostile, 2.9-block-tall monster with 40 health and a 7-damage attack. It can open doors and break nearby glass, stained glass, tinted glass, and glass panes.
• Dread Shard: A drop from the Stalker, used to craft the mod’s equipment.
• Midnight Ward: A defensive item that damages nearby Stalkers when used.
• Dreadbreaker: A hard-hitting tool that works across several tool types.
• Woodland shrine: An eerie landmark that may appear on suitable natural ground nearby at night.

How To Use

The Stalker finds players even when it cannot see them and can pursue them from a distance. If it gets very close, it can startle you, briefly blinding and knocking you back.

Use a Midnight Ward with a Stalker within 8 blocks to deal 18 damage to nearby Stalkers. The ward has a cooldown of about 30 seconds between successful uses.

If you try to use a bed while a Stalker is within 24 blocks, the attempt may be interrupted with a warning that it is nearby.

Crafting And Obtaining

Stalkers drop 1–2 Dread Shards when defeated. Craft both mod items at a crafting table:

Midnight Ward

Dreadbreaker

Abilities And Mechanics

• Night appearances: Stalkers spawn naturally in the Overworld at night, near players. They disappear during the day.
• Relentless pursuit: The Stalker targets nearby players, follows them, and attacks at close range.
• Break-in behavior: It can open doors without closing them afterward and can break nearby glass.
• Close-range scare: Getting within 4 blocks can trigger a jumpscare, brief blindness, and knockback.
• Shrine sightings: While exploring at night, look around nearby natural terrain for a woodland shrine.

Progression And Strategy

Gather Dread Shards by defeating Stalkers, then craft a Midnight Ward for protection and a Dreadbreaker for combat and mining. The Dreadbreaker deals 8 damage and is effective across pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe, sword, and shears block types.

Don’t rely on doors or glass alone to keep you safe. Listen for footsteps, carry a ward, and be prepared to retreat if the Stalker closes in.