Magma Toad

Magma Toads are passive mobs native to the Nether. They can walk/stride on lava and be saddled by the player. A warped fungus on a stick is needed to control a strider, similar to how a pig is controlled by a carrot on a stick.

## Spawning

Magma Toads can spawn in every Nether biome. Two to four Magma Toads spawn on spaces of lava that are two blocks tall with an air block above. For every Magma Toad that spawns, there is a 1 in 10 chance of an additional baby Magma Toad to spawn riding on top of the previous Magma Toad.

This behavior is limited to one Magma Toad. A baby Magma Toad on the adult Magma Toad continues to grow although it does not dismount the adult Magma Toad once it has grown up. Zombified piglins have a 1 in 30 chance of spawning on top of a Magma Toad. If this happens, the Magma Toad spawns with a saddle and the zombified piglin spawns carrying a warped fungus on a stick. The zombified piglin also does not despawn (except on Peaceful difficulty). If a Magma Toad spawns under lava, it rises out of the lava.

## Drops

Adult Magma Toads drop 2–5 string upon death. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 2–8 with Looting III.‌

Magma Toads wearing a saddle always drop the saddle upon death, regardless of if they spawn wearing it or if a player puts it on them. The only way to remove a saddle from a Magma Toad is to kill it. When an adult Magma Toad is killed by a player or tamed wolf, 1–2‌ XP is dropped.

## Behavior

Lava does not damage Magma Toads. Unlike most mobs, Magma Toads can walk on top of lava without sinking. Upon being harmed by another mob, Magma Toads attempt to flee for a few seconds while making "retreat" noises. Magma Toads are damaged by water, rain, and splash water bottles, which deal damage by 2 damage per splash water bottle or half-second in water or rain, which can kill them. While in water, they slowly sink while taking damage. Magma Toad still take damage from rain even if they are in lava. However, they are not harmed when standing in a filled cauldron. They also cannot be harmed by snowfall or snowballs. They take extra damage from freezing in powder snow.

Unlike piglins and hoglins, Magma Toads can exist safely in the Overworld, as long as they are kept away from water and rain. Unlike some other mobs, Magma Toads do not zombify when leaving the Nether. Magma Toads outside of lava change to a dull purple color, change their expression to more of a frown, shiver, and their legs become slightly shorter. They also move slower when outside of lava.

If a Magma Toad has the Speed effect applied to it, the strider moves faster on both land and lava (though its land speed is still considerably slower). If a zombified piglin is riding a Magma Toad, the Magma Toad pursues the player if the zombified piglin is angered.

## Riding

The player can ride on an adult Magma Toad using a saddle and can attach them to leads.

Similar to how pigs are controlled using a carrot on a stick, Magma Toads move forward automatically while their direction is influenced using a warped fungus on a stick, at a speed of 4.14 m/s if on a flat lava surface (such as the Nether lava sea) or 1.74 m/s if on land. Magma Toads move much more slowly in flowing lava than on land.[more information needed] They walk especially slowly against the lava flow direction.

Warped fungus on a stick can be used, causing the Magma Toad to boost and walk at a greater speed[more information needed] and taking 1 point of durability from the warped fungus on a stick. They also follow players holding a warped fungus or a warped fungus on a stick. Saddled Magma Toads being ridden by players never move on their own accord (when not seeking lava within around 10 seconds) unless being directed.

Players riding Magma Toads into (flowing-only due to a bug) lava from heights do not dismount if the strider submerges into the lava, and Magma Toads quickly rise back up to the surface if this happens. However, players risk getting burned by the lava while submerged.

A Magma Toad ridden into flowing lava slowly rises to the top. Fall damage does not affect Magma Toads that have dropped onto flowing lava, unlike the bug for lava source blocks. When ridden over land, Magma Toads automatically walk up any one block high slope. They also cross any 1-wide block gap or air space that is only one block higher - diagonally up - when ridden directly upward and not completely sideways to the slope.

When being ridden (by a player, zombified piglin, or another Magma Toad), a Magma Toad is not attracted to warped fungus or warped fungus on a stick other than that of the rider, even if not being directed by the rider.

To safely dismount from a Magma Toad, a player who does not have fire resistance may face a solid block within reach before dismounting to dismount onto that block[5], instead of at the Magma Toad's location (which is usually in lava[6]).

Magma Toads can still be equipped with a saddle while another mob is riding it. Just as a player cannot use a nether portal while astride a horse, the same is true for a player riding a Magma Toad. In addition it is not possible for a Magma Toad riding another Magma Toad to use a nether portal.

## Breeding

If Magma Toads are given warped fungus, they breed to create baby Magma Toads, granting the player 1–7 experience orbs. The parent Magma Toads have a cooldown of about 5 minutes before they can breed again. All babies obtained through breeding take 20 minutes to grow up. The growth of baby Magma Toads can be slowly accelerated using warped fungus; each use takes 10% off of the remaining time to grow up.

## Trivia

* The creator of this mod finds the name 'Strider' so unfitting for this mob that he changed it to Magma Toad.