Beekeeper
A mod that adds a full beekeeper's toolkit - a
protective outfit and a smoker - so you can work with hives and bees without
getting swarmed.
Items
Beekeeper Outfit
Only the hat provides actual armor; the jacket, pants and boots are cosmetic pieces of the same outfit.
Beekeeper Hat - helmet piece. This is the key item: you must wear the hat to use the smoker on a hive.
Beekeeper Jacket - chestplate (cosmetic, no defense).
Beekeeper Pants - leggings (cosmetic, no defense).
Beekeeper Boots - boots (cosmetic, no defense).
Smoker
A durable tool (65 durability, stacks to 1) for calming bees.
- Right-click a beehive or bee nest (while wearing the beekeeper hat) to smoke the hive. For a short time the hive stays sedated - bees do not become aggressive when you harvest honey or break the hive. This works just like a campfire placed under a nest, but portable and targeted.
- Right-click in the air to puff the smoker, instantly calming (clearing the target of) any angry bees within a radius around you.
- Each use costs durability and puts the smoker on a short cooldown.
- Repairable with iron ingots and enchantable at the enchanting table.
Enchantments
The smoker supports three exclusive enchantments:
- Smoke Radius (max III) - increases the blocks around the smoked hive / player in which already angry bees are calmed.
- Lingering Smoke (max III) - adds extra time to how long a hive stays sedated after being smoked.
- Quick Stoking (max III) - shortens the cooldown between smoker uses (down to a configurable floor).
The beekeeper hat supports one exclusive enchantment:
- Bee Tracker - while worn, every bee within 48 blocks is given a hidden Glowing outline so you can see them through walls.
Configuration
All tunable values live in config/beekeeper-common.toml .
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
smokeDurationTicks |
1200 (60s) |
How long a hive stays calmed after being smoked. |
basePacifyRadius |
8.0 |
Radius (blocks) around the hive / player in which angry bees are calmed. |
baseCooldownTicks |
20 (1s) |
Smoker use cooldown before any Quick Stoking. |
radiusBonusPerLevel |
2 |
Blocks added to the pacify radius per Smoke Radius level. |
durationBonusPerLevel |
400 (20s) |
Ticks added to the hive smoke duration per Lingering Smoke level. |
cooldownReductionPerLevel |
4 |
Ticks removed from the cooldown per Quick Stoking level. |
minCooldownTicks |
4 |
Hard floor for the cooldown, regardless of Quick Stoking. |
Integrations
- JEI - recipes and item list are shown in the JEI overlay when JEI is installed.
- Jade - when Jade is installed, looking at a hive shows its remaining smoke time and the bees' anger state.
Both are optional for end users; the mod works without them.
