Blocky Buddy

Buddy

Buddy is a small companion based on the Steve model. He stands one block tall,
follows you around, fights for you and, since 1.5, even works for you.

Ideas and feature requests: lambert64 – contributed ideas and suggestions

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Quick guide

What	How
Tame Buddy	Right-click him with a cookie
Heal him	Right-click with a cookie
Sit / stand	Right-click (empty hand)
Open his inventory (9 slots)	Shift + right-click (empty hand)
Give him armor	Right-click him with an armor piece
Change his skin	/buddyskin <playername> while looking at him
Calm him down	/buddymode passive (and /buddymode aggressive)
Spawn egg	Craft it: 4 cookies, 4 iron ingots and 1 egg
Buddy Post	Craft it: 8 planks and 1 cookie

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Version 1.6.0 (new)

Buddy Post: easier controls

Thanks to our testers: the Buddy Post is now controlled through a menu.
Right-click the post:

• Name tag: assign your nearest free Buddy, or release him
• Boots / Fishing rod / Hoe: choose the job (Wander, Fishing, Farming)
• Compass: change the radius (4 / 8 / 12 / 16 blocks)

Shortcut: right-click the post while holding a fishing rod, a hoe or a stick
to choose the job directly.

Skins

• New built-in skin: **SynthCast** (rare)

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Version 1.5

Skins

• **Every Buddy can have its own skin.** /buddyskin <playername> now changes
  only the Buddy you are looking at (up to 10 blocks away).
• **Built-in skins** are picked randomly when a Buddy spawns:
  Default (common), Baker and Knight (rare).
• /buddyskin variant <number> picks a built-in skin,
  /buddyskin reset returns to it.

Combat

• **Bow:** Buddy shoots arrows from his inventory. He draws the bow at range and
  switches to the sword when enemies get close.
• Faster weapon switching.
• **Dropped gear keeps its durability.**
• **No friendly fire:** Buddys of the same owner no longer hurt each other,
  not even with arrows.
• **/buddymode passive|aggressive** calms a Buddy down so he stops fighting.
  Use **/buddymode all passive|aggressive** for all your Buddys within 64 blocks.

Buddy Post (work block)

One Buddy per post, only the owner can use it. An assigned Buddy stays at his
post and no longer follows you. Fights still come first, and he returns
afterwards. See 1.6.0 for the controls.

• **Wander:** he stays inside the radius and walks around
• **Fishing:** Buddy walks to a shore inside the radius, holds the rod and
  catches loot from the normal fishing loot table. The rod loses durability.
• **Farming:** Buddy harvests fully grown wheat, carrots, potatoes and beetroot,
  replants them and plants seeds on empty farmland. You prepare the field.
• **Storage:** place a chest or barrel directly next to the post. When his
  inventory is almost full, Buddy puts his loot into it. He keeps his equipment
  (tools, bow, arrows, swords, cookies, totems) and 16 seeds of each kind.

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Version 1.3.0

• Tame him with a cookie (right-click)
• Custom skin per owner: /buddyskin <playername>
• 9-slot inventory (Shift + right-click with an empty hand)
• Wears armor, visibly rendered on the model
• Attacks hostile mobs like a wolf and defends you
• Uses the best sword from his inventory
• A Totem of Undying in his inventory saves him once
• Heals himself with cookies from his inventory
• Sit/stand with a right-click
• Craftable spawn egg
• Works on dedicated servers

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Known limitations

• Fishing has no visible bobber or line yet
• Buddy does not swing his arm while working yet
• Only wheat, carrots, potatoes and beetroot are farmed
• Double chests: only one half is used as storage
• Skins with slim arms (Alex type) show the outer sleeves a bit off

AI disclosure

This mod was created with the help of AI (Claude by Anthropic). The code was
written with AI assistance while I learned modding, and I tested the mod
in-game and on a dedicated server. The spawn egg, block and skin textures and
the logo were also created with AI assistance. I am not a professional
developer, so bugs are possible.

Credits

• Ideas and feature requests: lambert64
• Testing and feedback on the Buddy Post controls: our testers

License

All Rights Reserved. Please ask me before reuploading, modifying or including
this mod in a modpack.