Particles

Boss supports ambient particle effects around your Bosses. Each Boss can have its own particle configuration with 8 different animation shapes.

Configuring Particles

Open /boss menu > click on your Boss > Settings > Particles.

Turn Enabled on, pick a Particle Type, choose a Shape Pattern, then tune the rest under Settings. Particles stay off until you enable them.

Shapes

Shape	Description
Ambient Cloud	Particles randomly spread around the Boss
Circle	Particles orbit in a flat circle around the Boss
Helix	Particles spiral upward around the Boss
Vortex	An expanding rising spiral around the Boss
Sphere	Particles cover a sphere around the Boss
Tornado	A funnel of particles widening upward
Wings	Butterfly-shaped wings around the Boss
Cube	A rotating wireframe cube around the Boss

Settings

Setting	Description	Default	Range
Enabled	Whether this Boss shows particles at all	off	on/off
Particle Type	The Minecraft particle to use	none	any available particle
Shape Pattern	Animation shape from the table above	Ambient Cloud	8 shapes
Count	Particles per cycle	20	1-100
Speed	Particle movement speed	0.01	0.0-5.0
Interval	Cycles between spawns, 10 is about once a second	2	1-200
Spread	How far particles scatter (Ambient Cloud only)	0.3 / 0.5 / 0.3	0.0-5.0
Radius	Size of the shape (every other shape)	1.0	0.1-10.0
Height	Vertical extent (Helix, Vortex, Tornado only)	2.0	0.5-10.0
Strands	Number of spiral arms (Helix, Vortex only)	3	1-8
Forward Offset	Shift the effect along the Boss's facing direction. Negative values move it behind the Boss	0.0	-5.0 to 5.0

YAML Example

Particle settings are stored per-Boss in their YAML file under the Particle key:

Particle:
  Enabled: true
  Type: FLAME
  Shape: HELIX
  Count: 20
  Offset_X: 0.3
  Offset_Y: 0.5
  Offset_Z: 0.3
  Speed: 0.01
  Interval_Ticks: 2
  Radius: 1.0
  Height: 2.0
  Strands: 3
  Forward_Offset: 0.0

Set Enabled to false to turn particles off for a Boss.