Garlic

Adds Garlic, a new White powerup inspired by Vampire Survivors, to Muck.

Every 1.3s (-0.05s per stack, min 1s), deal 5 (+2 per stack, max 14) damage to up to 8 enemies within 3m (+0.4m per stack) (max 6m).

Damage is flat. It goes through Muck's normal hit path, so the host applies defense, kills, and loot. Garlic drops from White chests and shrines like any other White powerup.

Stacks

Stacks	Damage	Radius	Cooldown
1	5	3 m	1.3 s
2	7	3.4 m	1.25 s
5	13	4.6 m	1.1 s
6	14	5 m	1.05 s
7	14	5.4 m	1.0 s

Damage reaches its 14 cap at 6 stacks. At 7 stacks the radius is still under the 6 m cap, and the cooldown has reached its 1 s floor. Each pulse still hits at most 8 enemies. A mob that walks into the aura waits until the next pulse.

Holding Bulldozer works against the aura. Muck rolls that knockback on every hit, and a pulse can hit up to 8 enemies about once a second, so mobs get pushed out of the 3-6 m radius and their hit effect becomes Falling. Garlic does not change that roll.

Multiplayer

Everyone in the lobby needs this mod, and the same set of powerup mods. A vanilla peer does not know the new powerup id and will error when a Garlic drops. There is no version handshake.

The aura runs on the holder's machine. Other players see hit numbers, HP changes, and loot. Only the holder sees the green disc. Each player's own config controls the aura they fire. The host trusts the damage number that arrives.

Config

BepInEx/config/evan.muck.garlic.cfg (created on first launch). Gameplay keys rebuild the powerup description when you change them.

Setting	Default
Damage / DamagePerStack / MaxDamage	5 / 2 / 14	Flat damage. 5 and the 14 cap are Vampire Survivors. +2 per stack is a guess, and it stops at 14
Radius / RadiusPerStack / MaxRadius	3 / 0.4 / 6	Metres. Guesses, except the cap matching Vampire Survivors' +100% area
Cooldown / CooldownPerStack / MinCooldown	1.3 / 0.05 / 1	Seconds. 1.3 and the 1 s floor are Vampire Survivors. The step is a guess
MaxTargetsPerPulse	8	Most mobs one pulse hits. 0 means no cap
HitNeutralMobs	false	Also damage cows and other neutral animals
ShowAura, AuraColor	on, translucent green	Disc on the holder's screen
GiveGarlicKey	(none)	Debug key that gives you a stack, for example F8

Credits

Garlic's item idea is Vampire Survivors (poncle). Muck is Dani's. This mod contains no assets from either game. The icon is original.

Credits

Perk pickup (drop) model by Marshall.