LexEnderman

An Enderman encounter with a different kind of opening.

LexEnderman adds a configurable scare sequence to Enderman aggression. Before the chase begins, the Enderman disappears, the player's vision is obscured by Blindness, and the mob reappears face-to-face. It plays its scream animation, then teleports behind the player.

The scare is configurable, and the chase can become more dangerous over time through progressive movement speed.

Requirements: Paper / Purpur 1.21.11 · Java 21 Type: Server-side plugin

Features

Enderman Scare

The encounter is built around a timed sequence of effects, movement and sound:

• Enderman invisibility before the reveal
• Player Blindness, maintained throughout the scare
• Face-to-face positioning, with adjustable player elevation
• Vanilla ENTITY_ENDERMAN_SCREAM sound and screaming animation
• Optional player camera lock and Enderman gaze lock
• Player and Enderman freezing during the encounter
• Optional glowing effect
• Configurable teleport positioning
• Safe teleport location search
• Teleport behind the player when the scare ends

One Scare per Enderman

By default, each Enderman can trigger the sequence only once. The plugin stores this state directly on the mob, allowing it to return to normal behavior after the encounter.

Set only-once-per-enderman to false to allow the sequence to trigger repeatedly.

Progressive Chase Speed

LexEnderman can increase an Enderman's movement speed while it continuously pursues its target. The acceleration can be tuned to suit the difficulty and pacing of your server.

Available settings:

• Starting speed multiplier
• Speed increase per step
• Maximum speed multiplier
• Speed increase interval
• Chase update interval
• Whether acceleration requires the scare to occur first

The feature can be disabled independently of the scare sequence.

Configuration

The plugin includes a detailed config.yml. It covers the timing, effects, sound, positioning and behavior of the encounter.

Scare behavior

• Enable or disable the scare
• Trigger once per Enderman or allow repeated encounters
• Scare duration and delay before the reveal

Effects and sound

• Blindness enablement, duration and refresh rate
• Enderman invisibility
• Glowing effect
• Sound selection, volume and pitch

Positioning and control

• Player elevation
• Teleport distances and behind-player positioning
• Safe teleport location search
• Player freezing
• Enderman AI and gravity
• Camera locking

Chase speed

• Starting and maximum speed multipliers
• Speed increase per step
• Increase interval and chase update interval
• Acceleration after the scare

Time values are configured in seconds.

Example

The following shows some of the main settings:

screamer:
  enabled: true
  only-once-per-enderman: true
  hidden-before: 0.30
  duration: 1.50

effects:
  blindness:
    enabled: true

  enderman-invisibility:
    enabled: true

  glowing:
    enabled: true

chase-speed:
  enabled: true
  start-multiplier: 1.0
  increase-per-step: 0.05
  max-multiplier: 2.0
  step-interval: 1.0

The complete configuration is included with the plugin.

Commands

/lexenderman reload

Reloads the plugin configuration without restarting the server.

Alias: /le reload

Permission: lexenderman.admin

This permission is granted to server operators by default.

Compatibility

LexEnderman runs entirely server-side. Players do not need to install client-side mods or a resource pack.

Suitable For

• Horror and survival servers
• Vanilla survival
• Adventure and exploration
• Custom adventure maps
• Halloween events

Design

LexEnderman keeps the Enderman as a vanilla mob. It adds a controlled sequence before the chase, then lets the encounter continue through Minecraft's usual gameplay.

The idea is simple: make the moment before an Enderman attacks just as memorable as the chase itself.