Volcano Hammer

Release: 0.1.0-alpha.1
Tier: Tier 3

The Volcano Hammer is a slow, heavy volcanic melee weapon and the weapon that started Fox's Weapons.

It is built around heavy attacks, fire, area control, and the general principle that weapons should actually do something interesting.

Current Balance

The Volcano Hammer uses a custom heavy player swing.

It trades attack speed for impact and durability.

While the Volcano Hammer is held in either hand, the wielder receives Fire Resistance.

Small lava particles also drip from the held weapon.

Right-click the top face of a block to perform Volcano Smash.

The hammer attempts to create a 3×3 ring of fire:

F F F
F . F
F F F

F = fire
. = safe center

The center remains open so the wielder does not immediately barbecue themselves.

Volcano Smash also produces lava, flame, smoke, and impact effects.

Cooldown: 6 seconds
Durability cost: 3
Maximum fire blocks: 8
Center is always skipped
Replaceable vegetation may be cleared for fire placement
Normal Minecraft fire-placement rules still apply
If no valid fire can be placed, the normal cooldown and durability cost are not consumed

Magma Cream

The Volcano Hammer is intended to use a mace-style enchantment family.

It also participates in durability-compatible enchanting.

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The Volcano Hammer established one of the mod's main design rules:

Weapons should actually do something interesting.