Features:
- Complete overhaul of the Wither fight themed around explosions and chaos
- Health raised from 300 to a full 600 points
- 20 armour and 10 armour toughness, with ways to disable those defences mid-fight
- Two-phase encounter with five new attacks to learn and adapt to
- Attacks range from skull barrages and charging explosions to a stunning aerial slam and homing projectiles
- The Wither no longer flies high above the player, and that behaviour is configurable
- Boss music starts on summon and a splash line appears for every player in range
- Death animation for the Wither, and ambience on the Nether Star it drops
- A new craftable weapon made using the Nether Star
- Function commands cover configuration, clean uninstallation and giving the Soul String
- Fabric, Forge and Quilt support for Minecraft 1.21.1
- Made by sleeptalker
The vanilla Wither hits hard for a few seconds and then tends to drift up out of reach, leaving you to chip at it from a hole in the ground. Withering Heights rebuilds the encounter around explosions and chaos, closer in spirit to its Bedrock cousin, and keeps the boss down where it can actually be hit.
The numbers change first. Health climbs from 300 points to a full 600, and the boss gains 20 armour points with 10 armour toughness, although there are ways to strip those defences during the battle. From there the fight runs in two phases across five new attacks: a rain of skulls from high overhead, a charging retreat that ends in a detonation, an aerial slam that leaves the Wither briefly stunned, a spark-trailing chase with periodic blasts, and homing projectiles that explode on contact.
Presentation received the same attention. Boss music kicks in when the Wither is spawned, a splash line greets every player in range, the boss gets a proper death animation, and the dropped Nether Star hums quietly until you collect it. That star also feeds a new craftable weapon. Full diamond armour with some blast protection and a shield makes sensible preparation, and the fight is best held well away from anything you would hate to lose.
