Equipment Rebalancing

Several changes have been made in hopes of rebalancing combat. The main changes revolve around making Golden equipment usable and ensuring consistency across equipment tiers.

Tools and Weapons

• Wooden Tools

  • Wooden Spear: Jab Damage increased to 2.0 from 1.0
  • Wooden Axe: Attack Speed increased to 1.0 (1 second) from 0.8 (1.25 seconds)
  • Wooden Hoe: Damage increased to 3.0 from 1.0

• Stone Tools

  • Stone Spear: Jab Damage increased to 3.0 from 2.0
  • Stone Axe: Damage decreased to 8.0 from 9.0, Attack speed increased to 1.0 (1 second) from 0.8 (1.25 seconds)
  • Stone Hoe: Damage increased to 4.0 from 1.0, Attack speed decreased to 1.0 (1 second) from 2 (0.5 seconds)

• Copper Tools

  • Copper Sword: Damage increased to 5.5 from 5.0
  • Copper Spear: Jab Damage increased to 3.5 from 2.0
  • Copper Axe: Damage decreased to 8.5 from 9.0, Attack speed increased to 1.0 (1 second) from 0.8 (1.25 seconds)
  • Copper Pickaxe: Can now mine blocks that an Iron Pickaxe can, Damage increased to 3.5 from 3.0
  • Copper Shovel: Damage increased to 4.0 from 3.5
  • Copper Hoe: Damage increased to 4.5 from 1.0, Attack speed decreased to 1.0 (1 second) from 2 (0.5 seconds)

• Iron Tools

  • Iron Spear: Jab Damage increased to 4.0 from 3.0
  • Iron Axe: Attack Speed decreased to 1.0 (1 second) from 0.9 (1.11 seconds)
  • Iron Hoe: Damage increased to 5.0 from 1.0, Attack speed decreased to 1.0 (1 second) from 3 (0.33 seconds)

• Golden Tools: Durability increased to 120 from 32

  • Golden Sword: Damage increased to 6.0 from 4.0
  • Golden Spear: Jab Damage increased to 4.0 from 1.0
  • Golden Axe: Damage increased to 9.0 from 7.0
  • Golden Pickaxe: Can now mine blocks that an Iron Pickaxe can, Damage increased to 4.0 from 2.0
  • Golden Shovel: Damage increased to 4.5 from 2.5
  • Golden Hoe: Damage increased to 5.0 from 1.0

• Diamond Tools

  • Diamond Spear: Jab Damage increased to 5.0 from 4.0
  • Diamond Hoe: Damage increased to 6.0 from 1.0, Attack speed decreased to 1.0 (1 second) from 4 (0.25 seconds)

• Netherite Tools: Durability increased to 2100 from 2031

  • Netherite Spear: Jab Damage increased to 6.0 from 5.0
  • Netherite Hoe: Damage increased to 7.0 from 1.0, Attack speed decreased to 1.0 (1 second) from 4 (0.25 seconds)
  • Each upgrade increases Durability by 100 and Damage by 0.25

• Bow

  • Fully charged arrows deal 6 base damage (can vary based on arrow speed).
  • Power increases the bow's damage tag by 0.5 per level, which increases arrow damage. Read about how this damage is calculated here.
  • Critical arrows now deal a consistent extra 2 damage.
  • These changes only apply to player-fired bows.

• Crossbow

  • All shots deal a consistent 9 damage.
  • Power increases damage dealt by 0.5 * (1 + level).
  • These changes only apply to player-fired crossbows.

• Mace: Attack speed increased to 0.8 (1.25 seconds) from 0.5 (2 seconds)

  • Smash damage is now calculated using the following formula: damage = 4 * log2(fall_distance_in_blocks + 2) - 4
  • Density now increases the fall distance used in this calculation by 5% per level.

• Spear Charge attack damage is now calculated using the following formula: damage = 8 * log4(multiplier * relative_velocity_in_blocks_per_second) - 4

  • Wooden Spear multiplier: 0.7
  • Stone Spear multiplier: 0.8
  • Copper Spear multiplier: 0.85
  • Iron Spear multiplier: 0.9
  • Golden Spear multiplier: 0.9 (Activation Delay, Charge Duration, and Minimum Dismount Speed have all been set to those of Iron Spear)
  • Diamond Spear multiplier: 1.05
  • Netherite Spear multiplier: 1.2

Armor

• Copper Armor

  • Copper Helmet: Armor Toughness increased to 0.5 from 0.0
  • Copper Chestplate: Armor increased to 5.0 from 4.0, Armor Toughness increased to 0.5 from 0.0
  • Copper Leggings: Armor Toughness increased to 0.5 from 0.0
  • Copper Boots: Armor Toughness increased to 0.5 from 0.0

• Chainmail Armor

  • Chainmail Helmet: Armor Toughness increased to 0.5 from 0.0
  • Chainmail Chestplate: Armor Toughness increased to 0.5 from 0.0
  • Chainmail Leggings: Armor Toughness increased to 0.5 from 0.0
  • Chainmail Boots: Armor Toughness increased to 0.5 from 0.0

• Iron Armor

  • Iron Helmet: Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0
  • Iron Chestplate: Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0
  • Iron Leggings: Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0
  • Iron Boots: Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0

• Turtle Armor

  • Turtle Shell: Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0

• Golden Armor

  • Golden Helmet: Durability increased to 99 from 77, Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0
  • Golden Chestplate: Durability increased to 144 from 112, Armor increased to 6.0 from 5.0, Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0
  • Golden Leggings: Durability increased to 135 from 105, Armor increased to 5.0 from 3.0, Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0
  • Golden Boots: Durability increased to 117 from 91, Armor increased to 2.0 from 1.0, Armor Toughness increased to 1.0 from 0.0

• Netherite Armor: Each upgrade increases Armor Toughness by 0.125

  • Netherite Helmet: Each upgrade increases Durability by 11
  • Netherite Chestplate: Each upgrade increases Durability by 16
  • Netherite Leggings: Each upgrade increases Durability by 15
  • Netherite Boots: Each upgrade increases Durability by 13

Enchantments

• New Enchantment: Reinforcement

  • Replaces the vanilla Protection enchantment.
  • Protects against all damage sources that armor already protects against.
  • Protection: (level * 4)%

• New Enchantment: Protection

  • Replaces the vanilla Projectile Protection enchantment.
  • Protects against all damage sources that armor does not protect against, except for damage sources that bypass Resistance (starvation, void, /kill command).
  • Protection: (level * 8)%

• Smite: Increases weapon damage by (level + 1) * 0.25 against all targets, and deals an additional (level + 1) * 1.25 damage to undead mobs.

• Bane of Arthropods: Increases weapon damage by (level + 1) * 0.25 against all targets, and deals an additional (level + 1) * 1.25 damage to arthropods while slowing them down.

• Impaling: Increases weapon damage by (level + 1) * 0.25 against all targets, and deals an additional (level + 1) * 1.25 damage to aquatic mobs.