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Forked Pole
The Forked Pole is a long-reaching weapon and a tool for pushing siege ladders off a wall.
Use one iron ingot, two iron nuggets and two sticks. Place the ingot in the upper-right corner, the sticks in the centre and lower-left slots, and the nuggets immediately left of and below the ingot. The recipe produces one pole.
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- Stand on the wall near the upper end of a deployed ladder.
- Aim at a reachable rail or rung from the wall, hold the pole and hold use (right mouse button by default). You need a clear line of sight to that contact.
- Keep bracing until the ladder goes over. Progress appears in the action bar.
The top eases away from the wall while you brace. Releasing early stops the push and lets the ladder fall back. A completed push uses one durability point. Bracing by several players does not pool their progress.
The default base time is 1.5 seconds, increased by the ladder's lean and the number of climbers on it. At the tip, a ladder leaning 45° from vertical takes 3 seconds when empty, or 4.5 seconds with one climber. Bracing lower down gives less leverage and takes longer. These are game-time durations at normal tick rate.
The player must be on the wall side near the top; using the pole from the ground at the foot does not push the ladder off. See Ladder pushing settings for server adjustments.
Hold it in the main hand to receive its attack and reach attributes. With Better Combat installed, it uses that mod's spear weapon attributes. Epic Fight supplies its combat animations when that integration is active.
| Property | Default |
|---|---|
| Total attack damage with normal player base attributes | 5 |
| Attack speed | 1 attack/second |
| Additional entity reach | 1 block |
| Durability | 64 |
| Maximum stack | 1 |
| Item ID | siegeworks:forked_pole |
Items in #siegeworks:ladder_pushers can push ladders too; the forked pole is included. With default settings, weapons that add at least one block of entity reach can also be used. The threshold is configurable; setting it to zero restricts pushing to tagged items.