# normal bots

Normal bots are designed for melee PvP practice. They can be spawned by players or saved as templates.

## Player flow

Players can spawn Normal bots with:

```
/spawnbot normal
```

or through:

```
/spawnbot
/pb spawn
```

## Normal bot settings

Normal bots expose these main settings through the player settings GUI and template editor.

| Setting                      | Description                                       |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Look At You / Look At Target | Turns the bot toward its owner or target.         |
| Follow                       | Makes the bot follow the owner/target.            |
| Random Walk                  | Lets the bot wander while idle.                   |
| Hold Shield                  | Shows a shield in the configured hand.            |
| Use Shield                   | Enables defensive shield behavior.                |
| PvP Enabled                  | Enables melee combat logic.                       |
| Resistance                   | Makes the bot more durable where configured.      |
| Frozen                       | Mainly for dummy-style templates; locks movement. |
| Shield Hand                  | Switches shield between main hand and offhand.    |

## Combat options

| Option         | Description                                                                                      |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Strafe         | Circle-strafe during combat.                                                                     |
| W-Tap          | Sprint-reset style knockback timing.                                                             |
| S-Tap          | Spacing/defensive movement behavior.                                                             |
| Critical Hits  | Allows jump/critical-hit behavior.                                                               |
| Shield Breaker | Uses axe/shield-break behavior when applicable.                                                  |
| Retreat        | Allows backing off when configured behavior decides to disengage.                                |
| Reach Mode     | `SHORT`, `NORMAL`, `EXTENDED`, or `ADVANCED`. Distances are configured in `pvp.reach-distances`. |
| Aggression     | `LOW`, `MEDIUM`, or `HIGH`. Affects cooldowns and movement tuning.                               |
| Crit Chance    | 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100%.                                                                          |
| Crit Speed     | `SLOW`, `NORMAL`, or `FAST`.                                                                     |

## Equipment

Normal bot equipment can be edited through:

* player bot inventory GUI
* `/pbadmin inventory` default inventory editor
* template inventory editor
* `bot_templates.yml`

Supported armor material names in templates include:

* `leather`
* `copper`
* `gold`
* `chain`
* `iron`
* `diamond`
* `netherite`

Supported armor enchant values in templates:

* `protection`
* `blast_protection`
* `none`

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