The Stalking Neighbor

Quickstart

• For a quick encounter: In Creative, search for the The Neighbor Spawn Egg and Stomach Parasite Spawn Egg. Spawn them with the usual egg-use control. Mutated sheep, pigs, chickens, and cows also have spawn eggs.
• For survival play: Explore low-light areas for the Neighbor. Defeating it can yield Scavenged Remains and Blood Dust; parasites drop Blood Dust too.
• Craft a Torn Burial-Shed Chart from paper, a compass, remains, and blood dust. Use it in an open area to generate an abandoned burial shed nearby. Its first use by each player also gives remains, blood dust, and one of each carcass decoration.
• To see the infection in action, let a parasite get close to a sheep, pig, chicken, or cow.

Overview

The Neighbor is a towering, hostile figure that can stalk and attack players. It periodically releases stomach parasites, which attack players and can mutate nearby farm animals. Explore the burial shed, collect the mod’s materials, and use the crafted decorations to bring its grisly scenes into your own builds.

What It Adds

• Hostile encounters: The Neighbor and Stomach Parasite.
• Mutated livestock: Sheep, pigs, chickens, and cows.
• Items: Scavenged Remains, Blood Dust, and a Torn Burial-Shed Chart.
• Decorations: Stalker’s Lantern and dead sheep, pig, cow, and chicken carcasses.
• A burial shed: Generate it nearby by using the chart.

How To Use

• The Neighbor can spawn naturally in eligible low-light areas. It is aggressive toward players, can move unpredictably, and hits hard.
• Parasites released by the Neighbor attack players. When one gets close to a regular sheep, pig, chicken, or cow, it can replace that animal with its mutated counterpart.
• Use the Torn Burial-Shed Chart in your hand to generate the shed nearby. Use it in a clear area; the chart’s bonus bundle is granted only once per player.
• Place the Stalker’s Lantern and carcass items with the normal block-placement control. Larger carcasses need more room than the chicken carcass.
• Blood Dust can be crafted into redstone:

Crafting And Obtaining

The Neighbor drops Scavenged Remains and Blood Dust. Mutated animals also drop remains, while parasites drop Blood Dust.

Craft the chart at a crafting table:

Craftable decorations:

• Stalker’s Lantern:
• Dead Chicken Carcass:
• Dead Cow Carcass:
• Dead Pig Carcass:
• Dead Mutated Sheep Carcass:

Abilities And Mechanics

The Neighbor has 40 health and deals 7 damage per hit. It can acquire players at a distance and teleport, so don’t count on simply keeping it in view or outrunning it. Looking directly at it without a carved pumpkin can trigger its gaze-based targeting, but a pumpkin does not prevent its other player-targeting behavior.

Mutated livestock remain usable as farm animals:

Progression And Strategy

Start by gathering remains and Blood Dust from encounters, then craft the chart to find the burial shed and collect its decoration bundle. If you want to protect livestock, keep animals away from parasites: a parasite that gets close can mutate them. For a controlled showcase, use a spawn egg to place a parasite beside a farm animal.