ShadowsZ

Defeated mobs can be converted into shadows through a Shadow Arising attempt, started with Shift and right-click. Each attempt has three chances to succeed, and a shadow that fails three times vanishes for good. The chance depends on the entity's maximum health and the caster's current Mana: more Mana gives better odds, while higher health makes the conversion harder. Wild shadows despawn after five minutes if nobody claims them. Pressing N reveals nearby fallen entities.

Each shadow can be named and given a behavior of Wander, Follow or Stay, and a combat stance of Aggressive, Passive or Neutral. Hotkeys summon up to nine shadows instantly, and item pickup can be toggled per shadow. Level-up points are spent on Health, Speed, Damage or Armor, and shadows can be fused and given equipment. A two-panel army screen, opened with B, lists a searchable roster beside a detail page with a rotating 3D model. A shared storage inventory, opened with the Y key, behaves in the same way as an ender chest.

ShadowsZ requires Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks. It is client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files cover 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 for Forge and NeoForge, with 2.1.0 as the latest file for each. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. Most values, including the maximum shadow count, arising difficulty, cooldowns and entity blacklists, can be changed in the config. Server owners can disable the RPG progression and the major systems, or lock powers with the shadowszRestrictPowers gamerule.