Changes & Updates

Big Taijutsu Rework!

• New Combat Stance entered by holding Rightclick empty-handed, raises your fists into a guard pose
• Configurable mode resistance multipliers and a dedicated taijutsu multiplier active while in Combat Stance
• Entirely new Stamina resource — ticks down fast while in Combat Stance so only skillful use or a huge stamina pool keeps you in it
• StatsConfig manages Stamina per skillpoint (by default only Tai grants it)
• Stamina regenerates actively by holding LCTRL + ChakraChargeHotkey or slowly passively
• NinjaJump and fall damage negation now consume Stamina after Chakra is used up
• PlayerHUD reworked to display Stamina, overall layout cleaned up
• New Reserve Free Hand Slot toggle keybind that auto-redirects picked up items so they stop blocking the empty hotbar slot you're keeping free
• New /stamina command working just like /chakra
• Passive Taijutsu scaling now also applies while holding Tai jutsu items that have no custom left-click behavior
• Combat Stance has a reach boost, increasing further with Eight Gates
• New Dodge mechanic, configurable and default scaling with Taijutsu
• Each gate now has its own aura
• First-person HUD edge overlay tinted to the current gate
• White eyes while any gate is open (except if you have Rinnegan/EMS/Tenseigan active)
• New Lee Skill Learner that chains into the Tai Learner, Eight Gates Learner, Summoning: Ningame and the Brewery Learner
• New Armor: Ankle Weights with 5 tiers, worn in the legs slot to train Taijutsu directly over time while moving
• New Item: Stamina Pill
• Military Pills can now be consumed even without hunger
• New ConsumablesConfig.cfg: Configure all Military Pills and their effects
• Added Stamina Pills to the medical trader, Ankle Weights to the taijutsu sensei
• New Jutsu: Summoning: Ningame. A slow reacting turtle summon built for Taijutsu players (added to the new Lee Learner)
• New utility: Configurable Random Jutsu Item with /randomjutsuitem and /addeditems commands to let admins spawn custom randomiser items
• NarutoEXPConfig now manages affiliation multipliers
• ModeMultiplier can now exceed the configured damage cap in configurable cases
• Dedicated damage caps per Ninja Rank for swords (for now)
• JutsuConfig now accepts empty "" for RequiredRelease and auto-corrects old inputs
• Removed duplicate puppet jutsu config keys
• New /fixjutsus command to repair quest-mode jutsus that initialised with empty owners
• ChakraControl now gives 1.0 stepHeight while active

Bug Fixes

• Uzumaki Heal Bite applies Weakness after healing so it no longer triggers a negative multiplier
• Fixed WindMode always draining 1 chakra regardless of config
• Fixed Clones dropping their swords on death
• Fixed 5-stat tokens crafting down into singular 1s incorrectly
• Fixed Summon AI Creeper targeting
• Fixed Earth Golem minion slot handling
• Fixed a crash caused by Steel Projectiles thrown by dying CustomNPCs
• Fixed Puppet selection desync
• Made Water Prison behave accurately to its description (ice border)
• Fixed Skill Learners initialising empty owners in questmode
• "Must unlock previous gate" spam cleaned up at gate 8
• Fixed multiple new/reworked jutsus resetting their config entries on reloads

Server owners should review the new StatsConfig, TaijutsuConfig, ConsumablesConfig, LearnerConfig and NarutoEXPConfig options before pushing this to their playerbase.