Piertotum Locomotor

Deepslate alcove. Spends Tier weave, skull, and bone to post a silent wither skeleton. It hunts strangers in sight, then returns to post. Mark friends on netherite with a head or egg. Higher Tier: tougher, faster return.

Pattern

Hover a tile to name it. Reading pattern diagrams explains the symbols.

3 × 3, 3 layers high. Drawn flat on the ground, facing any compass direction.

NWES

Layer 1 (bottom)

AAABCBTTT

Layer 2

ADABEB

Layer 3 (top)

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Tier block × 3
Every T is the same block, and that block’s Tier sets the rune’s strength.
Air or a Tier 0 block × 6
Leave these as air, or fill them with Tier 0 blocks such as dirt or stone.
Activation block
The glowing cell is the one to click.
Spent
Cells with a corner mark are used up when the rune wakes.

Keys

Deepslate Tiles × 5
stays after use
Deepslate Tile Wall × 4
stays after use
Bone Block × 1
spent when the rune wakes
Netherite Block × 1
stays after use
Wither Skeleton Skull × 1
spent when the rune wakes
Deepslate Tile Stairs × 5
needs a particular block state · stays after use
Deepslate Tile Slab × 1
needs a particular block state · stays after use

How it works

Piertotum Locomotor posts a silent wither skeleton sentry in a deepslate alcove. Right-click the wither skull. The Tier blocks, skull, and bone are spent, and a wither skeleton takes its post. The bone post wakes — a wither skeleton holds this line.

When a stranger comes within 12 blocks of the post, the sentry leaves it to hunt them, then returns once the danger passes. If it falls, a new sentry rises after a while.

Tier	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Health	20	28	36	44	52	60	80
Returns after	10s	8s	6s	5s	4s	3s	2s

Who it hunts

By default the sentry hunts every player except you, along with hostile mobs. Friendly and neutral creatures are left alone. Players in Creative or Spectator mode are always safe.

Change its orders by right-clicking the netherite block with a token. Only the keeper can do this.

Token	What it does
A player head	That player is ignored, or hunted again.
An Ovicaptor egg or a True Mob head	That kind of creature is ignored, or hunted again.

Good to know

Breaking the pattern dismisses the sentry. The sentry breaks — its wither skeleton is dismissed.

Configuration

These are the defaults in plugins/Runic/runes/piertotumlocomotor.yml. Every rune file also carries the shared settings described in Rune files.

Setting	Default	What it does
`agro-range`	`12`	How far from the bone post a stranger must come before the sentry leaves its post.

Settings by Tier

Setting	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7
`health-by-tier` Health of the posted wither skeleton, per pattern Tier.	20	28	36	44	52	60	80
`respawn-ticks-by-tier` Ticks before a slain sentry returns, per pattern Tier.	200	160	120	100	80	60	40

Messages

16 messages this rune can show

Key	Default text
`raised`	The bone post wakes — a wither skeleton holds this line.
`already-active`	This sentry already stands — break the pattern to still it.
`broken`	The sentry breaks — its wither skeleton is dismissed.
`overlap`	Another Piertotum Locomotor already claims part of this pattern.
`limit`	The server's Piertotum Locomotor safety limit has been reached.
`registration-uncertain`	The sentry's state could not be verified; an administrator should inspect it.
`consume-failed`	The Piertotum Locomotor pattern could not be consumed safely.
`not-owner`	This sentry answers only to its keeper.
`need-token`	Use a player head, Ovicaptor egg, or True Mob head to mark a friend.
`need-head`	That head carries no player identity.
`whitelisted`	{name} is ignored by this sentry.
`unwhitelisted`	{name} is no longer ignored by this sentry.
`whitelisted-type`	{mob} is ignored by this sentry.
`unwhitelisted-type`	{mob} may be hunted again.
`configure-failed`	The sentry's orders were not changed; your item was preserved.
`persistence-failed`	The sentry could not be updated safely.

Pattern​

How it works​

Who it hunts​

Good to know​

Configuration​

Settings by Tier​

Messages​