HeadBound - CuriosPaper

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HeadBound

HeadBound is an addon for CuriosPaper that adds a set of unique, configurable head accessories to the Curios-style head slot. Each item grants a small, focused passive ability that fits naturally into vanilla gameplay: better mining, safer exploring, utility vision, and more.

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📦 Requires: Paper 1.21+ and CuriosPaper (hard dependency)

Temp link for CuriosPaper: CuriosPaper

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Features

• ⚔ 11+ custom head accessories, each with its own effect

• 🎯 Passive, conditional bonuses (Y-level checks, structure-based loot, mob drops, etc.)

• ⚙ Fully configurable enable/disable for each item

• 📥 Multiple acquisition paths:

  • Mob drops (Endermen, Drowned, Strays)
  • Structure loot (mineshafts, temples, ruins, fortresses)
  • Villager trades (wandering traders, master librarians)

• 🔧 Simple config values for:

  • Ranges, durations, multipliers, and chances
  • Drop/loot/trade chances (0.0–1.0)
  • Global debug & cosmetic toggles (particles, sounds)

• ✅ Built cleanly on CuriosPaper’s head slot, no custom commands needed for normal use

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Included Head Items (Default)

Each of these is a head accessory meant for the CuriosPaper head slot:

• Scout’s Lens

  • Periodically reveals nearby mobs with a glowing outline in a small radius.
  • Configurable detection range, glow duration, and check interval.

• Miner’s Charmband

  • Grants automatic Night Vision below a configurable Y-level.
  • Perfect for caving without torches while keeping surface play unaffected.

• Third Eye Circlet

  • An upgraded detection headpiece with a slightly higher range and longer glow.
  • Tunable radius, duration, and tick interval separately from Scout’s Lens.

• Drowned Crown Shard

  • Boosts swim speed and reduces drowning damage taken.
  • Intended for underwater exploration and ocean monuments.

• Blazing Mask

  • Reduces incoming fire damage by a configurable percentage.
  • Useful in the Nether, lava builds, and blaze farms.

• Serpent Hood

  • Applies configurable poison to enemies (duration & amplifier set in config).
  • Offensive utility for players who like damage-over-time playstyles.

• Wanderer’s Hood

  • Makes wandering traders hang around longer.
  • Controlled by a trader stay-time multiplier.

• Stormcaller Cap

  • Buffs loyalty trident return speed by a configurable multiplier.
  • Thematic choice for trident-focused players.

• Frostbound Circlet

  • Reduces freeze buildup/effect from powdered snow.
  • Good for snowy biomes and mountain traversal.

• Ghastbone Mask

  • Reduces knockback taken from explosions.
  • Helps with blast-heavy fights and risky building.

• Scholar’s Laurel

  • Grants a flat bonus to gained XP.
  • Configurable experience multiplier.

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How to Obtain the Items

All drop/loot/trade chances are configurable.

Mob Drops

Some items can drop from specific mobs:

• Third Eye Circlet – Endermen
• Drowned Crown Shard – Drowned
• Frostbound Circlet – Strays

Each has its own drop chance under drops: in config.yml.

Structure Loot

Some items are found in vanilla structures:

• Miner’s Charmband – Mineshafts
• Serpent Hood – Jungle temples
• Stormcaller Cap – Ocean ruins
• Ghastbone Mask – Nether fortresses

These are controlled under loot: with per-item structure type and chance.

Villager Trades

Two items are obtained via villager trading:

• Wanderer’s Hood

  • Offered by wandering traders
  • Configurable emerald cost and chance to appear

• Scholar’s Laurel

  • Offered by librarians at MASTER level
  • Configurable emerald cost and chance to appear

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Configuration

The plugin ships with a config.yml that controls:

• Per-item enable/disable

  items:
    scouts-lens:
      enabled: true
    miners-charmband:
      enabled: true
    # ...
  

• Effect parameters

  • Detection ranges, durations, tick intervals
  • Damage reduction percentages
  • Multipliers (XP, swim speed, drowning, trader duration, loyalty speed, etc.)

• Mob drops & structure loot

  drops:
    third-eye-circlet:
      mob: ENDERMAN
      chance: 0.05
  
  loot:
    miners-charmband:
      structure: MINESHAFT
      chance: 0.15
  

• Villager trades

  trades:
    wanderer-hood:
      villager-type: WANDERING_TRADER
      emerald-cost: 1
      chance: 0.30
  

• General settings

  • debug-mode – extra logging for troubleshooting
  • particle-effects – toggle cosmetic particles
  • sound-effects – toggle custom sounds

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Commands & Permissions

Command:

• /headbound (/hb)

  • /headbound reload – reloads the configuration
  • /headbound list – lists configured items/status

Permission:

• headbound.admin

  • Access to admin commands
  • Default: OP

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Requirements

• Server: Paper or Paper-compatible fork, Minecraft 1.21+ (api-version: 1.21)
• Dependency: CuriosPaper(Paper plugin providing Curios-style accessory slots)
• Side: Server-side plugin. Players just need the server-provided resource pack (if used by CuriosPaper / HeadBound setup).

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