🎉 Initial Release - v0.1

The first public release of Ghastlings!

✨ Features

👻 Ghast Soul Companion System

• Capture ethereal Ghast Souls that orbit around you
• Companions automatically fight enemies in range
• Smooth floating animation with ambient particle effects

🎒 Dedicated Companion Slot

• New inventory slot next to offhand for your Ghast Soul
• Place a soul to summon, remove to despawn
• Works seamlessly with the player inventory

⚔️ 9 Elemental Affinities

• 🔥 Fire — Shoots explosive fireballs
• ⚡ Lightning — Summons devastating lightning strikes
• 💚 Healing — Heals you when low on health
• 💨 Wind — Launches wind charge projectiles
• 🧊 Ice — Freezes enemies with slowness
• ☠️ Poison — Inflicts poison damage over time
• 💧 Water — Grants water breathing & swim speed
• 💀 Wither — Applies deadly wither effect
• 🟣 Ender — Fires homing shulker bullets

📈 Level-Up System

• 5 power levels per Ghast Soul
• Each level increases health (+2 HP) and damage (up to 1.5x)
• Upgrade using Soul Essence in the Soul Smithing Table

💔 Durability System

• Ghast Souls have health that depletes when damaged
• Dynamic durability bar (green → yellow → red)
• Passive healing: Unequipped souls heal 1 HP every 30 seconds
• Full health required to upgrade at Soul Smithing Table
• If health reaches 0, the soul is destroyed permanently!

⚒️ Soul Smithing Table

• Custom workstation for all Ghast Soul operations
• Soul Vessel + Dried Ghast → Base Ghast Soul
• Ghast Soul + Element Essence → Elemental variant
• Elemental Soul + Soul Essence → Level up

🗺️ Essence Loot Distribution

• Fire Essence: Bastions, Nether Fortress
• Lightning Essence: Trial Chambers, Buried Treasure
• Healing Essence: Witch Huts, Village Temples
• Wind Essence: Trial Chambers
• Ice Essence: Igloos, Snow Villages
• Poison Essence: Jungle Temples, Pillager Outposts
• Water Essence: Ocean Ruins, Shipwrecks
• Wither Essence: Wither Skeleton drops
• Ender Essence: End Cities

🎨 Visual Polish

• Custom item textures for all souls and essences
• Animated Ghast Soul entity model
• Soul Smithing Table block with custom model
• Hint icons in crafting slots
  
  

🚧 Coming Soon

• More elemental abilities
• Additional companion interactions
• Sound effects and ambient audio
  
  

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Summon your ghostly companion and conquer the world together! 👻⚔️