🔥 Netherite Weapons Update - v0.3.0-alpha
✨ New Features
Netherite Weapon Tier (8 weapons)
- All custom weapons now have Netherite variants
- Upgraded via Smithing Table (like vanilla)
- Requires: Diamond weapon + Netherite Upgrade Template + Netherite Ingot
New Weapons:
- Netherite Dagger
- Netherite Glaive
- Netherite Spear
- Netherite Trident
- Netherite Broadsword
- Netherite Battle Axe
- Netherite Warhammer
- Netherite Scythe
⚡ Stats
- Damage: +1-2 over Diamond tier
- Durability: 2031 (30% more than Diamond)
- Fire resistance: Won't burn in lava/fire
- Speed: Same as Diamond variants
🔨 Crafting
- All Netherite weapons crafted via Smithing Table
- Uses standard Netherite upgrade system
- Fully compatible with vanilla mechanics
📊 Total Weapons
- 88 total weapons across 9 material tiers
- Complete progression: Wood → Stone → Bronze → Iron → Gold → Diamond → Netherite → Emerald/Demonic/Frost/Mithril
From v0.2.0: 80 weapons across 8 categories
🎉 Major Content Update - 0.2.0-alpha
This is a massive expansion adding 80+ new weapons across 8 weapon types!
⚔️ New Weapons (80 total)
Added 8 Complete Weapon Categories
Each category includes 10 material variants: Wood, Stone, Bronze, Iron, Gold, Diamond, Emerald, Demonic, Frost, and Mithril.
Glaives (10 variants)
- Balanced polearms with sword-like damage
- Damage: 4-10 | Speed: 1.6 | Role: Standard melee weapon
Spears (10 variants)
- Fast-attacking piercing weapons
- Damage: 3-10 | Speed: 2.0 ⚡ | Role: Rapid combo attacks
Tridents (10 variants)
- Three-pronged weapons, faster than glaives
- Damage: 4-10 | Speed: 2.0 | Role: Quick strikes
Broadswords (10 variants)
- Heavy two-handed swords with increased durability
- Damage: 6-12 | Speed: 1.4 | Durability: +25% | Role: Powerful strikes
Battle Axes (10 variants)
- High damage weapons balanced between speed and power
- Damage: 7-17 | Speed: 1.2 | Role: Heavy hitter
Warhammers (10 variants)
- Devastating slow weapons for maximum damage
- Damage: 8-18 | Speed: 1.0 💥 | Role: Crushing blows
Scythes (10 variants)
- Area-of-effect weapons with sweep attack
- Damage: 5-11 | Speed: 1.4 | Role: Multi-target combat
Dagas (10 variants) (from v0.1.0)
- Lightweight fast weapons
- Damage: 4-10 | Speed: 1.6 | Durability: 50% of swords
🔨 Crafting
- All new weapons craftable in the Carpentry Bench (4x4 grid)
- Each weapon type has unique crafting patterns
- Recipes visible in JEI/REI
⚖️ Balance & Design
Weapon Roles:
- Fast (2.0 speed): Spears, Tridents - Lower damage, high DPS through combos
- Standard (1.6 speed): Glaives, Dagas - Balanced all-around
- Medium (1.4 speed): Broadswords, Scythes - Good damage with reasonable speed
- Slow (1.2 speed): Battle Axes - High damage per hit
- Very Slow (1.0 speed): Warhammers - Maximum single-hit damage
Material Tiers:
- Bronze/Copper: Between Stone and Iron
- Emerald: Between Diamond and Netherite-equivalent
- Demonic: High damage, low durability - high risk/reward
- Frost: Diamond-tier using Packed Ice
- Mithril: Legendary tier with extreme durability
🎨 Features
- Custom weapon models with proper holding animations
- Base model system for easy maintenance and consistency
- Compatible with combat mods (Better Combat, Epic Fight, etc.)
- Balanced for survival - each weapon has distinct advantages
- Full JEI/REI integration for all recipes
📊 Stats Summary
| Weapon Type | Count | Total Weapons |
|---|---|---|
| Dagas | 10 | 80 |
| Glaives | 10 | 80 |
| Spears | 10 | 80 |
| Tridents | 10 | 80 |
| Broadswords | 10 | 80 |
| Battle Axes | 10 | 80 |
| Warhammers | 10 | 80 |
| Scythes | 10 | 80 |
🔧 Technical Changes
- Improved weapon base classes for better code organization
- Optimized model inheritance system
- Enhanced recipe system for Carpentry Bench
- Better compatibility with Fabric Loader 0.17.0+
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed Carpentry Bench GUI alignment issues
- Corrected weapon durability calculations
- Fixed recipe matching for Carpentry Bench
📦 From v0.1.0-alpha
Carried over from previous version:
- Carpentry Bench with 4x4 crafting grid
- Custom item group
- Coins, ingots, and gems
- Steel Ingot smelting recipes
- Bullet crafting
🔮 Coming Soon
- Armors: Skirts and full armor sets
- Shields: Various materials with blocking mechanics
- Guns: Ranged weapons using bullets
- Furniture: Tables, chairs, shelves, and more
- Decorations: Lamps, candles, pedestals, banners
- Containers: Crates and barrels
⚠️ Alpha Notice
This is still an alpha release. Expect:
- Possible balance changes
- More features being added
- Potential bugs
Feedback appreciated! Report issues or suggestions in the comments.
📋 Requirements
- Minecraft: 1.20.1
- Fabric Loader: 0.17.0+
- Fabric API: 0.92.2+
Enjoy the arsenal! ⚔️
Initial Alpha Release
✨ Added
Crafting
- Carpentry Bench - 4x4 crafting grid for advanced recipes
- Custom recipe system for 4x4 crafting
⚔️ Weapons
- Daggers (10 variants) - Fast attack weapons with balanced stats
- Wood, Stone, Bronze, Iron, Gold, Diamond, Emerald, Demonic, Frost, Mithril
- Glaives (10 variants) - Two-handed polearms crafted in Carpentry Bench
- Wood, Stone, Bronze, Iron, Gold, Diamond, Emerald, Demonic, Frost, Mithril
💎 Items
- Coins: Bronze, Diamond, Gold, Iron, Emerald, Stone, Wood (decorative)
- Ingots: Steel, Demonic, Mithril
- Gems: Ruby, Sapphire, Amethyst (decorative)
- Special Items: Demonic Heart, Corrupted Skull, Holy Hand Grenade, Bullets
🔨 Recipes
- Steel Ingot (smelting/blasting Iron Ingot)
- Bullets (8 Iron Ingots + Gunpowder = 32 Bullets)
- Carpentry Bench recipe
- All dagger recipes (3x3 crafting)
- All glaive recipes (4x4 Carpentry Bench)
🎨 Other
- Custom item group with all mod items
- Base weapon models for future weapons
- Proper weapon holding animations
📝 Notes
- This is an early alpha release
- Many features from the original Varied Commodities are still being implemented
- Bronze uses Copper Ingots from vanilla Minecraft
🐛 Known Issues
- Limited content compared to original mod
- Some item textures may need refinement
🔮 Planned Features
- More weapons (spears, staffs, scythes, broadswords, warhammers, shields)
- Armor pieces (skirts, full armor sets)
- Furniture (tables, chairs, couches, shelves)
- Decorations (lamps, candles, pedestals, banners, signs, tombstones)
- Containers (crates, barrels)
- More functional items
📜 Credits
Original Varied Commodities mod by Noppes_ for Forge 1.12.2