DragonFights Addon

DragonFights addon for BentoBox — per-island Ender Dragon fights in the End.

Requirements: Paper 1.21.11, Java 21, BentoBox.

Installation

1. Put the addon jar in BentoBox’s addons folder.
2. Restart the server.
3. Adjust DragonFights/config.yml as needed.
4. Restart again if you changed the config.

Usage

Works only in game modes that have end islands enabled. No exit portal is required in the blueprint; placing an End Crystal on the centre bedrock will generate one.

To summon a dragon, place 4 end crystals on the centre block on each side of the end trophy. This starts the summoning sequence.

Dragon customisation

In config.yml under battle.dragon-characteristics you can define dragon variants. One is chosen at random per fight.

• Format: COLOUR:HEALTH:SPEED
• COLOUR: Glow and boss bar colour — PINK, BLUE, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, PURPLE, WHITE
• HEALTH: Max health (vanilla default 200)
• SPEED: Speed multiplier (1.0 = vanilla)

Boss bar colour and style can be set globally under boss-bar in the config.

Placeholders

Use with BentoBox’s placeholder system; they are prefixed by the game mode (e.g. BSkyBlock_dragonfights_kills).

Placeholder	Description
%<gamemode>_dragonfights_kills%	Dragons killed on the user’s island
%<gamemode>_dragonfights_visited_kills%	Dragons killed on the island the user is on
%<gamemode>_dragonfights_alive%	Whether a dragon is currently alive on the user’s island
%<gamemode>_dragonfights_visited_alive%	Whether a dragon is alive on the island the user is on

Rewards

• Advancements (config: advancements): Grant on first summon, resummon, to the killer, and to everyone in the End when the dragon dies. Use standard advancement IDs and criteria.
• Dragon egg (config: dragon-egg): Optionally drop on first kill; subsequent kills use a configurable chance (e.g. drop-chance: 0.2 for 20%).

Configuration

See config.yml for the full file and comments. Main options: battle (towers, start-on-join, music, fog), dragon characteristics, advancements, and dragon-egg behaviour.

FAQ

1. End trophy created but nothing happens.
   Ensure the game mode has end islands enabled and the setup is correct. If it still fails, report a bug.

2. Dragon disappeared when I teleported to the End.
   Add ENDER_DRAGON to the game mode’s “remove-mobs-whitelist” so the dragon isn’t cleared.

3. No obsidian towers.
   Towers are generated when a player starts a dragon fight.

4. Where to get the original addon?
   Releases — dev builds: CI.

Compatibility

• Paper 1.21.11
• Java 21
• BentoBox 1.23.0 or compatible