### ![[familiar_pufferfish_icon.png]] **Aurelox the Brined Warden**
**Rarity:** <font color="#00FFFF">RARE</font>
**Pack:** Minecraft Pack
![[Pufferfish.png]]
## <font color="#245bdb">A bristling warden of poisoned tides, born of pressure and pain, and awakened through endurance beneath the waves</font>
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### **Familiar Unlock Quest**
**<font color="#FFD700">Bitter Endurance</font>** (`bitterEndurance`) **| <font color="#FF0000">XP Override: 40 Levels</font> |**
Pain forges the strongest bonds — <font color="#CD853F">Take 0/20 hits while holding pufferfish bucket, then release it</font>
**Condition:** <font color="#B7410E">Take hits with pufferfish bucket in hand</font>
**Step 1:** Hold a Pufferfish Bucket in main hand or offhand while taking damage
**Step 2:** Place the pufferfish from bucket after reaching 20 hits
**Transforms placed Pufferfish with message:**
"Aurelox the Brined Warden awakens through your bitter endurance."
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### **Ability 1**
![[spineburst.png]] **<font color="#00FF00">Spineburst</font>** (`spineburst`) | <font color="#ff0000">custom</font> |
Toxic barbs answer every strike — <font color="#CD853F">Counter-attack with Thorns II and Poison Thorns I On-Damaged</font>
<font color="#00FFFF">Counter-attacks enemies with Poison I and Thorns II</font>
- Deals 2 damage to attackers using custom spineburst damage type (bypasses armor)
- Applies Poison I for 10 seconds to entities that attack player
- Applies knockback away from player
- Plays pufferfish sting sound with particle effects
<font color="#b2a2c7">Potion Effect ID: "familiarsminecraftpack:spineburst"</font>
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### **Quest 2 - Death By Barbs**
**<font color="#DC143C">Death By Barbs</font>** (`deathByBarbs`) **| <font color="#FF0000">XP Override: 20 Levels</font> |**
Let venomous spines claim their due — <font color="#CD853F">Kill 0/10 entities with toxic thorns</font>
**Condition:** <font color="#B7410E">Kill enemies using Spineburst ability</font>
- Enemies must die specifically from the spineburst custom damage source
- Quest progress only counts when spineburst ability delivers killing blow
- Spawns <font color="#00FF00">BUBBLE_POP</font> particle explosion when enemy dies to spineburst
**No transformation message for kill-count quests**
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### **Ability 2**
![[swellshield.png]] **<font color="#ADD8E6">Swellshield</font>** (`swellshield`) | <font color="#ff0000">potion</font> |
Defensive swelling shields the vulnerable — <font color="#CD853F">Gain Health Boost II, under 50% HP gain Resistance II and Slowness II</font>
<font color="#00FFFF">Grants Health Boost II, Under 50% HP change to Swell state which grants Resistance II and Slowness II</font>
- Health Boost II (+4 hearts) always active
- When health drops below 50%: Gains Resistance II (40% damage reduction) and Slowness II via State system
- Returns to normal state when health exceeds 50% threshold
- Spawns <font color="#00FF00">BUBBLE</font> particles and plays puffer fish swell sounds during state transitions
<font color="#b2a2c7">Potion Effect ID: "familiarsminecraftpack:swellshield"</font>
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**Related – | [[Squid]] | [[Tropical Fish]] | [[Turtle]] |**
**Tags** - | #damageQuest | #killQuest | #Spineburst | #Swellshield | #DefensiveFamiliar |