Gingerbread Man

Gingerbread Men are neutral mobs found in small villages in the Candy Cavity. They steal candy from players before depositing it into Gingerbarrels.

Cave Compendium Entry

"Gingerbread Men are tiny candy creatures that spawn around Gingerbread Towns in the Candy Cavity. They can be seen running to and fro their little Gingerbread Houses, with doors far too small for any adventurer to fit through. Mischievous by nature, Gingerbread Men will sneak up on unsuspecting targets and pilfer any sweet candy out of their inventories. They will take any candy they find on the floor as well. This thieving nature is not all for nothing however, because after they have stolen enough rarer candy drops, they will assemble a single piece of Gingerbread Armor out of nine of them in a Gingerbarrel. These rare candies include Caramel Apples, Sundaes, Gumball Piles, Sweet Teeth, Candy Canes, Hot Chocolate, Pumpkin Pie, Cookies, Frostmint, Sundrops, Radiant Essence and more. The Gingerbread Armor is unique in that the lower the durability falls, the higher the speed boost of the armor gets. Care must be made not to trifle with Gingerbread Men too much, because despite their diminuitive appearance, they can quickly dogpile larger opponents in battle. If hit, Gingerbread Men may loose one of their cookie limbs and drop Gingerbread Crumbs..."

- Dr. Prof. Alexander Caverns, PhD.

Spawning

Gingerbread Men spawn in Gingerbread Towns in groups of 4.

Drops

On hit

Item	Roll Chance	Quantity (Default)
Gingerbread Crumbs	100%	0-1

On death

Item	Roll Chance	Quantity (Default)	Quantity (Looting I)	Quantity (Looting II)	Quantity (Looting III)
Gingerbread Crumbs	100%	0-1	0-2	0-3	0-4

Behavior

When idle, Gingerbread Men will aimlessly wander around, occasionally waving their arms, jumping up and down, or briefly falling to the floor and flailing about - they prefer to stay within a horizontal and vertical distance of 10 and 7 blocks of a Gingerbread town. Upon taking 1 or more damage, they will have a 1⁄2 chance to lose one of their limbs and leave a single piece of Gingerbread Crumbs on the ground - any lost limbs cannot be regenerated.

Gingerbread Men will follow any player that holds out a potion within a 6-block radius.

Gingerbread Men will open any closed Gingerbread Doors in their way, closing them back up on their way out.

Gingerbread Men will retaliate against players or mobs that hit them, remaining hostile until their target dies or gets more than 48 blocks away from them. Upon reaching a target, a Gingerbread Man will swing at them with its arms - after successfully hitting them once, it will run away from them for a minimum of 6 seconds before chasing them down again.

As creatures of candy, Gingerbread Men are able to fall on Sugar Glass without breaking it.

Stealing candy

Gingerbread Men will run up to any Candy Canes, Gumball Piles, Sweet Teeth, Sundaes, Caramel Apples, Hot Chocolate Bottles, Radiant Essences, Frostmint, Sundrops, Cakes, Pumpkin Pies, or Cookies on the ground and grab them. They will also chase down any players holding any of these candies in their inventory within a 20-block radius - upon reaching a player, they will take the candy from their inventory before running away for a minimum of 6 seconds. After stealing a rare candy, a Gingerbread Man will seek out any Gingerbarrels within a 32-block radius - upon reaching one, it will deposit the candy inside the Gingerbarrel. If 9 different rare candies are deposited into a Gingerbarrel by Gingerbread Men, they will convert into a random piece of Gingerbread armor.

Confection Oven

Main article: Confection Oven

Gingerbread Men spawned from a Confection Oven are hostile towards any mob, even attacking Gingerbread Men that aren't of the same color - their attack patterns are also more aggressive, as they will not flee after hitting a mob. In addition to this, they will grab any item off the ground, immediately seeking out a Gingerbarrel to deposit their loot if one is within range. Once the Confection Oven that spawned them heats back up after a 15-second cooldown, they will immediately die.

Easter Eggs

Dancing

Gingerbread Men will dance if they are within 5 blocks of a jukebox playing music - they will continue to dance as long as the music disc remains in the jukebox and the music is still ongoing. While dancing, they will stay in place, not reacting to players or other mobs in any capacity.

Naming

Naming a Gingerbread Man any of the names below causes them to gain a special skin.

• Alex: Retextures the Gingerbread Man to be blue in color, with dark, friendly-looking eyes, dark hair in the form of a receding hairline and a goatee, a white shirt with a pink heart on it. This is a reference to Alexthe666, the main coder of Alex's Caves.
• Carro: Retextures the Gingerbread Man to have long, white eyes, long yellow hair with a blue streak on the front, and a blue crop top. This is a reference to Carro1001, an artist that has worked with Alexthe666 on many of his other mods, such as Alex's Mobs and the upcoming project currently titled "Magic Dweller".
• Deno: Retextures the Gingerbread Man to have a white mask with asymmetrical eyes and teal highlights on its body. This is a reference to DENOBODY2, a member of Alexthe666's Patreon and a major contributor to the Alex's Caves wiki.
• Gatetoh: Retextures the Gingerbread Man to be teal in color, with cerulean hair on its head, torso, and arms, a face resembling that of a cartoon cat, and a pink ribbon on the top of its head, in addition to causing short ears to protrude from the sides of its head. This is a reference to Gatetoh, a musician and sound designer for Alex's Caves.
• Holiday: Rextures the Gingerbread Man to have white eyes covered by blue shades, a pink cap, and a gold-colored gear on its torso. This is a reference to HolidaytheRaptor, a major contributor to the Alex's Caves wiki.
• Pinky: Rextures the Gingerbread Man to have long, white eyes partially covered by pink bangs in addition to a pink jacket. This is a reference to PrismaticPinky, a sound designer for Alex's Caves.
• Plummet: Rextures the Gingerbread Man to have purple eyes, a seal-like face with white whiskers, and a purple open jacket, in addition to causing short ears to protrude from the sides of its head. This is a reference to Plummet Studios, a long-time member of Alexthe666's Patreon and a major contributor to the Alex's Caves wiki.
• Vaky: Rextures the Gingerbread Man to have a face and chest colored white on its left half and dark on its right half, with each eye being the color of the half opposite to it. This is a reference to VakyPanda, an artist that has helped Noonyeyz - the main texture artist and art director of Alex's Caves - with many of his projects.

History

2.0.0	Introduced.
2.0.2	Fixed a bug where Gingerbread Men spawned by Confection Ovens would not drop held items upon dying.

Trivia

• One of the naturally-occuring Gingerbread Man variants - with blue eyes, white hair and eyebrows, and a large, pink smirk - is a reference to Gingerbrave, the protagonist of the Cookie Run series.
• The Gingerbread Man's babbles and grunts were voice-acted by PrismaticPinky.
  • Gingerbread Men have unused sounds for talking with each other - it is unknown for what exactly they are meant for or when they will be added.
• Amusingly enough, Gingerbread Men that are missing both arms are still capable of stealing candy.
• Since they are counted as monsters, Gingerbread Men will despawn on Peaceful.

Gallery

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  The "Alex" name tag skin for the Gingerbread Man.
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  The "Carro" name tag skin for the Gingerbread Man.
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  The "Plummet" name tag skin for the Gingerbread Man.
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  The "Deno" name tag skin for the Gingerbread Man.
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  The "Vaky" name tag skin for the Gingerbread Man.
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  The "Gingerbrave" variant for the Gingerbread Man.
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  The "Sprinkles" variant for the Gingerbread Man.
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  The "Pink" variant for the Gingerbread Man.