Hobbit (NPC)

Hobbits are a race of small, peaceful folk who inhabit the Shire biome and are well-known for their love of food, drink, and pipeweed. They live in hobbit holes, and are also found wandering freely around the Shire, whether it be alone or in groups. Hobbits can be male or female, and each has a randomly selected name of which there are over four thousand possibilities.

Behavior
Hobbits generally wander around aimlessly, but tend to stay within the general area of the structure they inhabit, and are able to open doors. They will flee from evil creatures but will not attempt to fight back even if attacked (but hunting hobbits in the Shire might result in a hobbit raid, in which several Hobbit Shirriffs spawn to attack you).

Like most of the mobs in the mod, Hobbits will naturally despawn and respawn, unless they are bound to a specific structure. Hobbits that live in hobbit holes, for example, will never despawn.

A hobbit will occasionally decide to treat himself/herself to a loaf of bread, a drink of ale, or a whiff on a Hobbit Pipe, since they are well known for their love of food and their insatiable appetites. Hobbits will freely talk to you, but whether or not they respond well to your company depends on your alignment with their kind.

Marriage
If your hobbit alignment is at a suitable level (+100 or higher) you can perform marriage ceremonies with Hobbits.

In order to do this, you must first acquire two hobbit rings by trading with a bartender who sells them. Then find two hobbits, give each one a ring, and watch as the magic of love unfolds before your eyes! (You also get experience and +10 hobbit alignment, but the joy and beauty of the occasion is worth more than either of those, isn't it?) Note that you cannot marry two hobbits with the same surname.

Married hobbits will follow each other around, and from time to time they will give birth to children. This happens quite rarely, and once the couple have had a certain number of children they will stop altogether. The number of children a couple will have ranges between one and four.

Hobbits that spawn in hobbit holes are already married, but will wait a while before having their first child.

Hobbit Children
When two married hobbits love each other very much, a hobbit child is born. Children take the name of their parents and will follow the parent of the same gender, until they grow up after about two Minecraft days - it happens so fast! Then they become free to leave home, and can get married themselves.

Hobbit children will follow players with a hobbit alignment of +150 or higher, but will flee from any evil-aligned players.