🔪 Real Knife v2.6.5: The LOVE Update

Your actions now have consequences.

❤️ LOVE Progression

• Added a complete LOVE and EXP progression system from LV 1 to LV 20.
• Defeating living entities now grants EXP based on their maximum health.
• Added a balanced progression curve with preserved excess EXP.
• Powerful enemies can grant multiple LOVE levels.
• LOVE and EXP persist after death and reconnecting.
• Added an Undertale-inspired HUD showing LOVE and EXP progress.

🗡️ New Weapons and Awakening

• Added the craftable Toy Knife.
• Added the craftable Worn Dagger.
• Reaching LOVE 20 can awaken either weapon into the Real Knife.
• Added transformation particles, sounds, and a special message.
• Added the hidden “The Awakening” challenge advancement.
• Obtaining the Real Knife through commands does not grant the awakening advancement.

🛡️ Combat Improvements

• Reworked Auto-Parry to prevent multiple phantom knives from targeting the same projectile.
• Auto-Parry now ignores phantom knives and projectiles moving away from the player.
• Improved the charged Fan Attack with distance-based targeting and a limit of 14 enemies.
• Enemies hidden behind walls are no longer selected.
• Phantom knives now expire automatically if they miss or lose their target.
• Improved projectile tracking and synchronization.

💀 Soulbound Improvements

• The Real Knife now preserves its complete ItemStack after death.
• Custom names, NBT data, and item properties are retained.
• Removed the previous command-tag restoration system.

🐛 Fixes

• Standardized Real Knife damage to 999999.
• Fixed excess EXP being lost after leveling up.
• Fixed duplicate death processing.
• Fixed phantom knives potentially remaining indefinitely.
• Fixed unsafe projectile-owner handling.
• Fixed duplicate Real Knives being silently deleted.
• Fixed LOVE and EXP synchronization after respawning.
• Fixed the projectile renderer returning a null texture.
• Improved dedicated-server and multiplayer behavior.

🌐 Localization

• Updated English and Spanish translations.
• Added translated combat, progression, awakening, tooltip, and command messages.

📦 Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1
• Fabric Loader
• Fabric API
• Java 17 or newer
• Required on both client and server

“Here we are!”

Stay determined. ❤️