Addon: Rise and Survive – Progressive Zombie Apocalypse

Rise and Survive turns Minecraft into a progressive zombie apocalypse: evolving undead, hordes and blood moons, infection, new defenses, weapons and visuals that make every day harder than the last.

Created By Ranzie


Evolving Zombies & Growing Difficulty

• A dynamic difficulty bar increases every day, boosting zombie spawn rates.
• Every 8 days, zombies move faster, grow stronger, and may unlock new abilities.
• Higher difficulty = higher chance of zombies spawning with armor and weapons.

Unique Zombie Classes - Each zombie type brings new threats, new behaviors, and new strategies:

• Miner Zombies – break blocks to reach you (faster on higher difficulty).
• Block Placer Zombies – tower up, bridge, and chase you no matter how high you build.
• Witch Zombies – throw and drink potions.
• Bomber Zombies – throw TNT (damage-only).
• Ender Zombies – teleport using ender pearls.
• Jumpers – leap at you and onto blocks.
• Crawlers – crawl through small spaces.
• Revealers – scream to expose your location, then flee.
• Spitter – shoots spit from a distance.

Horde Leaders

• Giant – jumps and summons fangs.
• Tank – incredibly tough.
• Necromancer – summons more zombies.

• Zombies can also spawn with various potion effects like Speed or Fire Resistance.
• All vanilla hostile mobs are disabled, but their loot is obtainable by killing zombies.

Horde & Blood Moon System

• Bloodmoon occurs every 8 days.
• Hordes spawn randomly 15 blocks away, always aware of your location.
• Horde size scales with difficulty (customizable in settings).

Blood Moon:

• Sleep disabled.
• 100% chance of 1–2 horde events.
• Zombies always know where you are.

World Interaction

• Using horns or bells attracts zombies instantly.
• Taking damage releases blood scent (detectable up to 10 blocks).
• Faster Java-style regeneration included.

Infection System

• Zombies can infect players on hit.
• Infection chance customizable (0–100%).
• Infected players will collapse after the timer.
• Golden Apple = the only cure.

Visual Enhancements

• Blood screen effects (with compatible visual packs).
• New zombie skins & animations (Fresh Animations inspired).
• Realistic block-breaking particles.
• Glowing eye effects when using Vibrant Visuals.

New Blocks & Defenses

• Wired Fence
• Cheval Fence
• Wired Wall
• Chain fence (they can't break it until difficulty: 75.0)
• Spiked Plate
• Spiked Fence (zombies can’t break the reinforced one)

• These blocks damage zombies and help control hordes.

New Weapons

• Bolo – chops wood.
• Katana – fast slashes.
• Dagger – rapid attacks.
• Saber – huge sweeping damage.
• Longsword – wide sweep radius.
• Hammer – powerful crit hits.

Rotten flesh becomes useful:

• Raw Flesh → Cooked Flesh → Leather.

If you want a hardcore, cinematic, mechanically deep zombie apocalypse, this is the add-on you’ve been searching for. Everything evolves. Everything hunts you. Every day is harder than the last.

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