BotaniaCombat

The BotaniaCombat mod significantly expands the player's combat arsenal using resources from Botania and providing deep integration with modern combat systems.

Main Features

The mod introduces various weapons for all Botania metals, including:

• Daggers made from Elementium and Terrasteel (Manasteel equivalent already exists as Soulscribe)
• Slaughtersaw - manasteel weapon for animal processing, functioning as a knife
• Soulstaff - battle staff version of the Soulscribe
• Spears made from Elementium and Terrasteel

Unique Capabilities

Vazkii supporters receive special bonuses:

• Terrasteel weapons emit mana beams with colors from your Psi CAD colorizer
• Gaia Greatsword uses all colors from your Patreon collection

Improvements to Existing Mechanics

The mod enhances Botania mechanics:

• Player-summoned pixies always receive +2 damage bonus, previously only available with Elementium Sword
• Adds Gaia Gifts - secret weapons obtained under special conditions when defeating Gaia II
• Evil Teru Teru Bozu allows summoning thunderstorms for Channeling Trident and Thundercaller use

Better Combat Integration

With BetterCombat installed, the mod adds:

• Pixie summon chance attribute to Elementium weapons for both hands
• Pixie summon chance attributes for Elementium Axe
• Terrasteel weapons ability to shoot beams during BetterCombat attacks
• Similar mechanics available for Starcaller
• Changes to Thundercaller attack range

Additional Mod Integration

Fabric Shield Lib

Adds shields for all Botania metals:

• Manasteel Buckler
• Elementium Shield
• Terra Tower Shield
• Special Gaia Gift Shield

Ranged Weapon API

Expands ranged combat arsenal:

• Pull Time and Ranged Damage attributes for Botania bows
• Livingwood and Crystal Crossbows
• Ranged Damage attribute for Mana Blaster with Damage lens
• Gaia Gift Bow

Gameplay showcase video

Technical Features

The mod includes a resource pack for proper Botania Lexica and subtitle display. Current localization supports English only.

Configuration and Compatibility

Extensive configuration available via ModMenu with options for:

• BotaniaCombat weapon settings
• Balance changes for standard Botania items
• Compatibility parameter adjustments

Translations for other languages are welcome.

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):

Forge version planned? Possibly in future Minecraft versions, unlikely for 1.20.1

Mana beam damage from new weapons? 8 damage (4 hearts), same as Terra Blade, configurable

Why so many optional dependencies? Preference for using libraries over direct vanilla code manipulation

Is there a config file? Yes, with extensive settings via ModMenu