Katanas

Katanas

Katanas are fast precision weapons built around timing. Their main mechanic is Sheath Strike: if the katana has not landed a hit for 3 seconds, the next hit becomes a primed strike.

The old screenshot crafting examples have been removed because katana crafting now uses hilt, guard, and blade components instead of direct sword-style recipes.

Katana List

Katana	Main-hand attack damage modifier	Main-hand attack speed modifier	Durability	Special tier effect
Iron Katana	+3	-2.0	450	None beyond Sheath Strike.
Golden Katana	+2	-1.6	128	Faster handling, lower durability.
Diamond Katana	+4	-1.8	1561	25% chance to inflict Weakness I for 2 seconds on hit.
Netherite Katana	+5	-1.7	2031	Fire resistant; 33% chance to inflict Weakness I for 3 seconds on hit.

Sheath Strike

After 3 seconds without landing a hit, the next katana hit becomes Sheath Strike.

Effects:

• Adds burst damage on the primed hit.
• Dashes the attacker forward toward the target.
• Creates sweep/trail particles.
• Shows a blue readiness bar while recharging.
• Gives the attacker a short 8 tick dash protection window:
  • Projectiles are blocked completely.
  • Direct melee damage is reduced by half.
  • Knockback is ignored.

Shield Pressure

Primed Sheath Strike attacks bypass shields through a custom damage type.

When the target is blocking with a shield:

• The hit can connect through the block.
• A player target's shield is disabled for 5 seconds, matching the vanilla axe-style disable duration.

Air Combo Behavior

Katanas have extra synergy with launched or airborne targets.

When Sheath Strike hits a target that is already airborne:

• The target is popped upward.
• Player targets receive a smaller vertical boost than non-player targets.
• The attacker still dashes, but with reduced forward distance so the target remains easier to track.

This pairs especially well with the Wind Staff's target launch.

Crafting Progression

All finished katanas use the same component layout. x marks an empty slot.

xxb
xgx
hxx

Key	Meaning
h	Katana Hilt
g	Matching Guard
b	Matching Katana Blade
x	Empty slot

Katana	Hilt	Guard	Blade
Iron Katana	Katana Hilt	Iron Guard	Iron Katana Blade
Golden Katana	Katana Hilt	Golden Guard	Golden Katana Blade
Diamond Katana	Katana Hilt	Diamond Guard	Diamond Katana Blade
Netherite Katana	Katana Hilt	Netherite Guard	Netherite Katana Blade

Component Recipes

Katana Hilt:

xnx
xlx
xnx

• n: Iron Nugget
• l: Leather
• x: Empty slot

Iron and Golden Guards:

xnx
nxn
xnx

• Iron Guard uses Iron Nuggets.
• Golden Guard uses Gold Nuggets.
• x: Empty slot

Diamond Guard:

xdx
dxd
xdx

• d: Diamond
• x: Empty slot

Iron, Golden, and Diamond Katana Blades:

xmx
xmx
mbx

• Iron Katana Blade uses Iron Ingots for m and Blaze Powder for b.
• Golden Katana Blade uses Gold Ingots for m and Blaze Powder for b.
• Diamond Katana Blade uses Diamonds for m and Blaze Powder for b.
• x: Empty slot

Netherite components are smithing upgrades:

Template	Base	Addition	Result
Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template	Diamond Guard	Netherite Ingot	Netherite Guard
Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template	Diamond Katana Blade	Netherite Ingot	Netherite Katana Blade

Enchanting

Katanas are tagged as melee, sharp, weapon, fire aspect, durability, and vanishing enchantable items.

This means they are intended to work with normal weapon enchantments such as Sharpness, Looting, Fire Aspect, Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing where the current Minecraft enchantment rules allow them.