TKVM Wither

The mod replaces the wither's behavior with a set of melee attacks. A quick uppercut can fling a player into the sky, a quick tackle is stunned when blocked with a shield or parried, and a quick horizontal sweep covers a wider area. Several attacks begin with a long windup marked by particles, and a massive telegraphed attack can kill a player outright. At the top of its leap the wither pauses, drops back down and hits the ground; after that slam, or after a tackle is blocked, it becomes dazed and open to attack.

The author states the fight is meant to be played with Epic Fight, and was tested alongside Epic Fight's dodge and parry skills, Better Combat and Combat Roll. The author also tested it against Netherite armor with Protection IV, which the author describes as still leaving the fight very hard. Attack variants and the intensity of later phases are adjustable in the config, and the global damage modifier from the EZ mod can scale the wither's damage output. The wither is described as beatable in vanilla terms. Compatibility with other mods that change wither behavior is described as probable but not confirmed.

Installation needs Forge. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files are published for Forge across six release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, under the MIT License, which is not an open source license.