Triggered ability

saturn:triggered

Subscribes to the given game signal and runs the ability's actions when the condition holds.

The ability type is written at the top level of the ability definition, alongside common fields such as costs and condition; do not nest another type object. For the common fields of an ability file, see Ability definitions.

JSON fields

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
type	Resource ID	yes	—	saturn:triggered
triggers	Trigger array	no	[]	Triggers this ability subscribes to.
chance	Number provider	no	1.0	Hit chance; 0 never hits, 1 always hits.
damage_condition	Damage condition	no	{"type":"saturn:always"}	Condition that filters the damage context.
entity_action	Entity action	no	{"type":"saturn:no_op"}	Entity action run on the ability holder or the context entity.
target_selector	Target selector	no	{"type":"saturn:self"}	Selector that obtains the ability's target.
target_condition	Bi-entity condition	no	{"type":"saturn:always"}	Bi-entity condition that filters the actor and candidate targets.
bi_entity_action	Bi-entity action	no	{"type":"saturn:no_op"}	Bi-entity action run on the actor and target.
cooldown	Number provider	no	0.0	Cooldown length, in game ticks.

JSON example

{
  "type": "saturn:triggered"
}

This is a value to embed in the corresponding field, not a standalone loadable data pack file. The example: references in the examples must be replaced with defined entries.

Java entry point

com.iafenvoy.saturn.data.ability.type.TriggeredAbilityType. This page is based on the Codec in the current 26.1.2 source.