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The Tier System

EliteMobs classifies enemies into 5 tiers of power. These tiers determine an entity’s health, damage output, equipment quality, and ability access.
TierNameIndicatorChallenge Level
1Common[•]Baseline challenge, slightly stronger than vanilla.
2Uncommon[• •]Noticeable threat, better equipped.
3Rare[• • •]Dangerous, requires decent gear to fight.
4Epic[• • • •]Mini-boss difficulty, can use combat abilities.
5Legendary[• • • • •]Boss-level threat, best loot, maximum size, full ability access.

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Progression Styles

The mod decides where high-tier mobs spawn based on the progressionStyle setting in spawning.yml.

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1. Environment (Default)

Tiers are tied to Hytale’s zone difficulty.
  • Zone 1 (Emerald Grove): Mostly Tier 1-2, no Tier 4-5.
  • Zone 2 (Howling Sands): Mix of Tier 1-3, rare Tier 4.
  • Zone 3 (Borea): Tier 2-5, no Tier 1.
  • Zone 4 (Devastated Lands): Tier 3-5 only, the hardest content.

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2. Distance from Spawn

Difficulty scales linearly as you travel further from coordinates (0,0).
  • Near Spawn: Safe, mostly vanilla or Tier 1.
  • Deep Wilderness: Tiers gradually increase every ~1000 blocks (configurable).
  • Bonus Stats: Mobs gain small health/damage bonuses every ~100 blocks between tier jumps, creating a smooth difficulty curve.

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3. None (Random)

Any tier can spawn anywhere based on global weights. Good for hardcore survival servers or arena maps.

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Combat Mechanics

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Abilities

Elites aren’t just stat sponges. Depending on their tier and type, they can:
  • Charge Leap: Launch themselves at a player with a physics-based slam attack.
  • Heal: Drink potions during combat. Players can interrupt the heal by dealing damage.
  • Summon: Call reinforcement minions (e.g., Skeleton Archers) to overwhelm players.
Abilities are only available to Tier 4 and 5 elites by default. See Abilities for full configuration.

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Scaling

  • Health: Multiplied per tier (e.g., Tier 5 has +260% base health).
  • Damage: Multiplied per tier (e.g., Tier 5 deals 2.6x damage).
  • Size: Higher tiers are physically larger (up to +18% scale).
See Stats for tuning these values.

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Equipment

Elites spawn with tier-appropriate gear. Higher tiers get rarer weapons and more armor pieces. A Tier 1 common goblin might have a crude wooden weapon, while a Tier 5 legendary skeleton could wield an adamantite longsword with full armor. See Gear for equipment catalogs and rarity rules.

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Loot System

Elites drop vanilla loot with multipliers (e.g., 6x drops from Tier 5) and have a chance to drop their equipped gear. Custom drop tables add crafting materials, potions, and gems that scale with tier difficulty. See Loot for drop rates and custom drop tables.