Too Many Bows

Too Many Bows — Configurable Bow Power & Loot Fixes

This update adds one of the most requested features: configurable power values for every bow. It also includes several fixes for accessory loot, special projectiles, advancements, and damage calculations.

Added

• Added configurable power values for all 34 bows.
• Each bow can now be individually balanced through config/too_many_bows.json.
• Added a separate configurable loot pool for accessories and trinkets.
• Invalid configured item IDs are now logged and skipped instead of creating broken loot pools.

Bow Power Configuration

Every bow now has its own configurable base power value.

Example:

"bowPower": {
  "too_many_bows:aethers_call": 2.0,
  "too_many_bows:ancient_sage_bow": 8.0,
  "too_many_bows:dark_bow": 20.0,
  "too_many_bows:shulker_blast": 10.0
}

Lowering or increasing a value adjusts that bow’s base projectile damage while preserving:

• Draw-strength scaling
• Power enchantment bonuses
• Critical-hit bonuses
• Accessory and trinket damage bonuses

A game restart is required after changing the configuration.

Loot Changes

Added the following accessories to their own configurable loot pool:

• Windwoven Gloves
• Sharpshot Ring
• Stormbound Signet
• Fletcher’s Talisman
• Dead Eye’s Pendant

Loot pools now perform one guaranteed item roll after their configured chance succeeds.

Previously, a loot pool could successfully pass its chance condition but still roll zero items, causing intended drops to appear missing.

Bow and Projectile Fixes

• Fixed Aether’s Call bypassing configurable bow power.
• Fixed Demon’s Grasp bypassing configurable bow power.
• Fixed Dark Bow’s Sonic Boom using hardcoded damage.
• Fixed Shulker Blast applying projectile damage twice.
• Fixed Dusk Reaper replacing its intended projectile damage with 2.0.
• Fixed Spectral Whisper calculating accessory damage before enchantment bonuses.
• Fixed Tidal calculating accessory damage before enchantment bonuses.
• Preserved Power, Punch, Flame, critical-hit, and accessory behavior where supported.

Configuration Fixes

• Fixed the shared configuration instance not being initialized correctly.
• Fixed potential crashes or null errors involving Emerald Sage and Crimson Nexus.
• Existing custom bow loot lists are preserved.
• Accessory loot settings are now stored separately from bow loot settings.

Advancement Fixes

• Fixed a missing Frozenite advancement reference.
• Added Webstring to the Master Bow Collector advancement.
• Fixed the Ancient Sage Bow advancement reward attempting to create two unstackable bows in a single stack.

Validation

• Verified all 34 registered bows against the power configuration.
• Verified all 41 configurable loot items against their registered item IDs.
• Checked accessory models, texture references, translations, Curios tags, and Trinkets tags.
• Validated 107 Java files and 236 JSON resource files.