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NPC Warfare

Workshop page last updated for: 1.3.0.1 (Note: By 1.3 we mean Mod Version 1.3, unrelated to Terraria version)

NPC Warfare allows NPCs to hit opposing NPCs of different "factions" with both melee and projectile shots, dividing most NPCs into various groups based on their in-game alliances and alliances based upon lore and bestiary entries.
For the NPCs that don't fall into any category, their only alliance is solely with those of the same type, and for those that fall into multiple categories, it's self-explanatory.
There is even built-in full compatibility with Consolaria and Qwerty's Bosses and Items, two mods that I personally like and aren't too large or frequently updated.

As for other mods like Calamity, Thorium, Retribution, and literally every other one that adds NPCs, the mod will make all their NPCs (except for detected worms) have no alliance with other NPCs and only be aligned with their own type. I'll look into supporting Mod NPCs for custom factions, but as of right now that is not supported.

What the mod doesn't do: It doesn't change how NPC ai works, so NPCs will not go out of their
way to target other NPCs. I may work on that in the future, but I'm not sure if that fits into my vision for this mod
and there are other things I need to work on first before taking on such a (maybe) big challenge.

If you have any recommendations for mods to add support for or factions to add, just ask in the comments and I'll check it out :)

To use the config first go to the Main Menu, then Workshop, Manage Mods, and click the gear next to the mod name.
Disabled: The NPCs within the group will not give or recieve damage to any other NPCs, acting as if vanilla.
Default: The NPCs within the group will not hurt other inside their group, but will hurt those in other groups they are not a part of.
Rogue: The group is effectively disbanded, meaning NPCs will damage others inside their group (assuming the NPCs in question don't share other groups)

Go to the config, same steps as before, and scroll down to the bottom. There you can add the NPC IDs of the NPCs you want to Custom Faction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/NPC_IDs is the best source of NPC IDs currently available, I highly recommend using that.

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This mod is best played on challenge runs and/or runs with boosted spawns, as the mod makes gameplay easier, and its simply just so much more fun when there's more NPCs running into each other. Only turn up spawns if your PC can handle it, though.
You may want to Disable Mod Bosses as they tend to have the most issues out of everything, but only with bosses like Calamity Ravager that have multiple parts. This is only if you really care about having your boss fights stay pure because they still usually work fine.
If you have performance issues, turning on extra factions or disabling combat for factions that often are running into each other, like with Night creatures, may increase performance.
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- Zombies
- Skeletons
- Slimes
- Demon Eyes (includes Wandering Eye, Servants of Cthulhu, etc)
- Jellyfish
- Mummies
- Antlions
- Mimics
- Wall of Flesh (WOF, Voodoo Demon, Leeches, Hungry)
- Spectres (Wraiths, Possessed Armor, Ghosts, etc)
- Hornets
- Lihzards & Golem
- Demons
- Blood Creatures (Drippler, Blood Zombie, Dreadnautilus, etc)
- Martians
- Frost Legion
- Pumpkin Moon
- Frost Moon
- Solar Eclipse
- Goblin Army
- Pirates
- Old One's Army
- Stardust
- Vortex
- Solar
- Nebula
- Dungeon Inhabitants
- Mushroom (anything that is glowing mushroom or is infected by glowing mushroom)
- Hallowed
- Corrupt/Crimson (I don't remember the reasoning for combining these, may split in a future update)
- And the largest by far, Evil (This includes the Cthulhu Parts, Mechs, and Cultists, as since they all serve as tools of Cthulhu it makes sense they would all be allied)

Rogue Factions by Default: (or in other terms the faction is not teamed by default)
- Desert
- Snow
- Jungle
- Night (Zombies, Demon Eyes, some Spectres, Werewolves, etc)
- Beast (Antlions, Basilisk, Wolfs, Werewolves, Giant Scorpions)
- Bosses
- Mod Enemies

DISABLED by Default: (Or in other words the NPCs in this faction will not do ANY NPC against NPC combat)
- Mod Bosses

If Consolaria, Qwertys, and/or Creaturia are installed:
- Inclusions into factions listed above (Like with Creaturia's Fish Beasts and Great Pixie)
- Dino Invasion
- Wyverns
- Lepus
- Sky Fortress

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Performance goes down when a significant number of NPCs are on the screen, but this is usually only when events are happening with a lot of mods. The mod is also incompatible with many modded worms, although any detected by the mod should work normal.
Should be (mostly) compatible with content mods, excluding worms and segmented NPCs. If you try to fight Devourer of Gods from Calamity have fun lmao. HOWEVER, this can be fixed by setting Mod Enemies and Mod Bosses to "Disabled".

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- More config options, such as joining factions with a toggle for each
- More projectile support as long as performance is not impacted
- More mod support

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While working on this I eventually realized I'd have to choose what kind of mod I want to make;
either a chaotic, very unbalanced one that's more a joke mod than anything, where all NPCs are
on their own, or what I have now, something much more finely tuned to be actually playable
and more focused in scope. So instead of just scrapping that other idea I made it its own mod,
NPC Battle Royale.



Mod made by Conq_, Icon made by Ripple, in-game Chinese translation by Fox Radish, in-game Russian translation by Dev_URNA

Originally posted by tModLoader NpcWarfare:

Developed By Conq