✔ Added

• bStats Metrics
• Metrics charts for common features

📊 bStats Metrics Tracking Summary

• Vanilla Zombies Spawn Enabled – Tracks whether vanilla zombies spawn naturally.
• Custom Zombie Spawn Rate – Percentage chance of custom zombies spawning.
• Zombie Spawn Rate – Number of zombies spawned per event.
• Zombies Burn in Sunlight – Whether zombies burn in daylight.
• Zombies Pickup Items – Whether zombies can pick up items.
• Zombie Guts Feature Enabled – Tracks if the Zombie Guts mechanic is active.
• Number of Configured Zombie Types – Counts custom zombie types.
• Zombie Type Speed Values – Tracks movement speed for each type.
• Thirst System Enabled – Whether the thirst mechanic is active.
• Maximum Thirst Level – Configured thirst cap.
• Animal Drops Enabled – Whether passive mobs drop tainted meat.
• Water System Enabled – Whether dirty/clean water mechanics are enabled.
• Rewards Enabled – Whether monetary/item rewards are enabled.
• Reward Type – Item or economy reward.
• Crafting Blacklist Size – Number of items blacklisted from crafting.
• Number of Custom Items – Total custom items (excluding blacklist).

✔ Storage Configuration Added

• MySQL
• SQLite
• Flatfile (YAML) (default)

✔ General Improvements

• Updated placeholder expansion for more reliable value fetching.
• Improved persistence of Thirst references.
• Missing economy no longer disables the plugin — rewards simply won’t function.
  • Vault is now a soft dependency instead of a requirement.
• Implemented zombie skins definable in config.yml.
  • Use: default, variant, slow, strong, stupid
  • OR provide a full skin texture URL.
  • Requires server restart to apply in most cases.
• Updated Zombie Guts: attempting to place them no longer places a block;
  • Instead the guts drop onto the floor.
• Updated texture pack to include:
  • Custom item textures
  • Unique zombie skins specific to UndeadPandemic
• Cleaned unused code.
• Updated deprecated code.
• Updated Custom Model Data values to match the default resource pack.

✔ Animal Drops Update

• Passive mobs now drop tainted variants of their normal meat.
• Tainted meat cannot be sanitised by cooking.
• Even cooked tainted meat may still infect the player.

• Added default values for zombie drops to prevent non-fatal errors.
• Fixed zombies.spawn-radius not functioning as intended.

• Added v3.1.0 changelog.
• Added Storage Configuration section to config.yml.