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Is there any way for me to make SMP Minecraft more challenging? My wife and I are getting a bit bored, but if it was more difficult to stay alive and prosper, I think the game wouldn't drag on as much as it feels like it does right now. Something like tougher, more numerous mobs, perhaps making food a necessity, crops harder/longer to grow, maybe longer, more dangerous nights?

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Assuming your server runs on Bukkit, there are a few mods that can increase survival difficulty.

smpdifficulty

Allows you to change the damage done by mobs.

Gastronomic

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Ever felt like something was missing from Bukkit? A sense of immersion, of depth? Ever felt like people shouldn't be able to survive for weeks without a single piece of food? Gastronomic provides a reason to kill those pigs, catch that fish, and cook that bread. So gather up your wheat, mushrooms and pork and keep reading.

zombieattack

Want to add some additional difficulty to survival? This plugin will allow zombies to break blocks of your choice to get to the targetted player. You choose the blocks you want zombies to be able to break and the time in seconds it takes for the zombie to break that block type. WorldGuard can be used to protect regions from zombieattacks. Permissions lets you set what player/group is under attack.

AngryWolves

This plugin offers the option to have some (or even all) wolves that spawn be already angry.

NaturalGiants

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As per the title, this plugin makes it so giants will spawn naturally along with other mobs. Giants are set to be more rare, and by default will only spawn 5% of the time compared to other mobs. This option, along with other options, can be changed within the configuration file. Giants additionally will only spawn in the dark / at night.

TimeShift

TimeShift gives you control over how time progresses on your server. It allows you to set both the current behavior and the startup behavior for any world to progress normally, loop day, or loop night. It also offers some options for sunrise and sunset.

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    The "Natural Giants" mod looks like a lot of fun....till you see a giant Creeper!
    – soulBit
    Commented Apr 24, 2011 at 11:38
  • amazing, I have not seen Bukkit before, but the angry wolves, gastronomic, etc. sound like a great start.
    – gravyface
    Commented Apr 24, 2011 at 16:58
  • Timeshift is probably the best way to increase the challenge up to "ridiculous." Making it always night will definitely make for a very different game.
    – Broam
    Commented Feb 17, 2012 at 16:02

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