Astra Shastra

[1.4.0] — 2026-05-31 (NeoForge 1.21.1 + Forge 1.20.1)

Asuras of the Mahabharata. First mob expansion — three hostile demons that roam the world (or in Mahishasura's case, must be summoned). The Asuras tie the new armor sets back into combat: kill the buffalo-demon boss and you earn the full Mahishasura-Mardini Kavacha, lore-accurate to Durga's victory over him.

Added — 3 hostile Asuras

Mob	Role	HP	Damage	Notes
Rakshasa	Random spawn (forest demon)	30	4	Baseline hostile, drops bones + flesh
Daitya	Random spawn (giant demon)	60	7	Tankier, scaled 1.5×, may drop iron
Mahishasura	Summon-only boss	200 + 150 shield	12	Drops full Mahishasura-Mardini armor + 2-4 netherite

Added — boss mechanics (Mahishasura)

• Divine shield system — 150 HP of damage absorption sits in front of Mahishasura's 200 HP. Yellow shield bar drains first; once depleted, glass-break sound plays and red HP bar starts taking hits. Effective TTK: 350 damage.
• Single split boss-bar HUD — custom client-side renderer (AstraShastraBossBarRenderer) draws ONE bar visually split 60/40: red HP on left, yellow shield on right, black divider between. Shield% is encoded into the bar's display-name suffix on server tick, parsed back out on client — avoids needing custom network packets.
• Shield state is NBT-persistent — survives world reload mid-fight.

Added — spawn eggs

• 3 spawn eggs (vivid red Rakshasa, rust-brown Daitya, royal-purple Mahishasura).
• Mahishasura is summon-only (no natural spawn), egg is the intended encounter trigger.