Contract Blade 1.2.1 — fighting side by side, for real this time!

Here's what's new.

I was only going to bring back the damage bonus and automatic protection. Somehow, that turned into a few more accessories 😇

1. Emblem of Accord

Have your maid equip it to grant extra weapon damage based on contract level and her affection while she resides in the weapon.

At default settings, maximum level and affection grant +15 damage. This bonus pauses while she is manifested, and rapid hits or shotgun pellets share its application interval.

1. Fighting together now builds affection

With the Emblem equipped, defeat hostiles using her contract weapon to build her affection. Fighting together near her owner while she is manifested also counts.

Defaults: 10 credited kills per point, at least 60 seconds between gains, and no more than 8 points in any 20 minutes. Partial progress persists; weapon transfers, recalling and restarts do not reset progress or limits.

Affection remains individual to each maid. Meals, sleep and leisure still work as usual. Animals, villagers and automated environmental kills do not count.

(Adventures bring you closer. Please still feed her, though.)

1. Guardian's Knot

When your maid wears it, taking damage from an enemy while holding her contract weapon calls her out to protect you. She returns to the blade once it is safe.

Resonance, follower limits and backlash recovery still apply. Existing saves that explicitly enabled automatic protection retain that setting; server owners can adjust the policy.

1. Ring of Accord and Full Manifestation

Have your maid equip the Ring, hold her contract weapon, and press O to summon her directly into Full Manifestation. No separate summon is needed first.

Both of you receive combat enhancements, while the corresponding Black Fox SA, White Fox blessing and Akatsuki domain remain available. Ordinary manifestation still pauses those resident abilities. Their unlock requirements, Proud Soul costs and cooldowns remain in place.

Resonance burns continuously. A full pool lasts 40 seconds by default. Burning out causes Oath Backlash, and the maid who just used Full Manifestation must rest before she can be summoned again.

How rude. This is true love! ...The Resonance bill still applies, though.

1. A few finishing touches

Updated accessory art, English and Chinese tooltips, and handbook entries. Hold Shift for uses and conditions. Battle affection, Full Manifestation bonuses and consumption can be configured.

Added the new accessories to the altar handbook-unlock conditions and improved damage compatibility with other mods.

Back up your entire save before updating. Remove the old Contract Blade JAR before installing this one; do not keep both. Keep your existing configuration files.

That's it for now. Take her adventuring. I'm taking a break.