
More gear for fighting, including bows, shields, arrows, and gauntlets.
60.3 of the 71 points that apply = 85 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
Expanded Combat broadens Minecraft’s combat equipment with quivers and specialized arrows, configurable shields and bow or crossbow progression, gauntlets, enchantments, and a varied arsenal of melee weapons. Equipped in a Curios slot, a quiver stores extra arrows that are drawn before those in the main inventory; quiver tiers hold two to ten stacks, and iron, gold, diamond, and Netherite arrows come in regular and tipped forms with different damage and gravity. Players can cycle which quiver stack is used first, and a display shown while holding a bow or crossbow previews the first, last, and next stacks. Shields are upgraded through material slots at a smithing table, with materials affecting durability and, when Mending is applied, repair behavior; bows and crossbows can also be advanced through material-based crafting, increasing bow range, while unevenly balanced materials can impair their performance. Gauntlets provide armor and extra damage, and enchantments add effects such as knockback resistance, agility-related boosts or dodging, and improved blocking for shields and katanas. The melee collection includes battlestaffs, broadswords, claymores, cutlasses, daggers, dancers’ swords, flails, glaives, great hammers, katanas, maces, scythes, sickles, and spears, with different strengths and attributes such as damage, range, attack speed, and Mending repair rate. Some weapons have distinctive abilities: scythes can deliver crafted potion effects on hit, katanas can block arrows, and hammers, broadswords, and claymores can use Ground Slam to damage nearby entities. A rare, singular HeartStealer found in Ancient Cities steals health as it is used, but carrying it becomes dangerous: the wielder takes damage if separated from it and may suffer harm in sunlight as its power grows. The mod also offers extensive configuration of equipment damage, crafting, and enchantability, and lists compatibility with JEI and Better Combat, among other mods.
Written from Modrinth and CurseForge . How we write it
Changes the game's code in 4 areas, as a library other mods build on: Inventory and itemsChanges 3 game code files in this area: items, chests and other containers, crafting and enchanting., Mobs and their behaviorChanges 2 game code files in this area: mobs, animals, villagers, projectiles and how they move and act., PlayerChanges 1 game code file in this area: your character: movement, abilities, hunger and controls. and Blocks and fluidsChanges 1 game code file in this area: how blocks, fluids and redstone work..
Adds 1 block, 141 items, 1 structure, 4 enchantments, 127 recipes, 3 advancements, 8 loot tables and 2 key bindings.
Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.
Replaces 2 of vanilla Minecraft's mob and entity textures and 1 item texture.
No harmful code found
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1,153 modpacks include Expanded Combat in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Mods that modpacks often add together with Expanded Combat. Share: how many of the modpacks with Expanded Combat also have that mod.
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The files for recent versions come first. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.
In the last 2 years, 1 release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem. This counts in the grade, but it is too few to lose points.