The Eight Fabled Blades

Introduction

Typically, creating a sword in Minecraft requires just a stick, diamonds, and a crafting table. But why spend valuable resources on weapons when they could be used for more useful tools? This mod breaks traditional patterns by offering something completely different.

Mod Overview

The Eight Fabled Blades adds eight legendary swords to the game, each with unique damage characteristics, durability, and enchantability. These blades cannot be crafted on a workbench or repaired—they can only be found by exploring various world structures.

Legendary Sword Locations:

• Arrow Slasher — jungle temples and village blacksmith forges
• Disenchanting Saber — Nether fortresses and stronghold libraries
• Haymaker — dungeons and abandoned mineshafts
• Heart Piercer — jungle temples and desert temples
• Lunar Edge — igloos
• Shield Breaker — desert temples and village blacksmith forges
• Sword of the Great End — End cities
• Sword Slicer — igloos and Nether fortresses

Due to their rarity and irreparability, these swords should only be used in situations where their special abilities are truly necessary.

Blade Awakening (Version 2.0.0+)

Dormant legendary swords can be awakened when they accumulate enough energy to restore their original power. Upon awakening, the blade's true name is revealed and cannot be changed.

The methods for accumulating legendary energy remain a mystery that players must discover on their own.

Sword Abilities

Each legendary blade possesses unique abilities that make it indispensable in specific situations:

Arrow Slasher — guaranteed arrow deflection, completely neutralizing archers.

Disenchanting Saber — 8% chance to remove enchantments from enemies. Can also affect items in the player's inventory.

Haymaker — knocks back enemies over great distances. Compatible with knockback enchantment for enhanced effect.

Heart Piercer — 30% chance to apply "heart pierced" and "armor pierced" status effects.

Lunar Edge — allows invisibility and "lunar attunement" effect at night. Attacking removes invisibility but applies "shattered hope" to the opponent.

Shield Breaker — passively disables shields for longer periods than axes.

Sword of the Great End — applies "interfered" effect to opponents.

Sword Slicer — damages items in the opponent's hands. Damage doubles when attacking non-swords and non-tools. For stackable items, may reduce quantity; for non-stackable items, may destroy them.

Status Effects

Armor Pierced — each level reduces armor protection and toughness by 25%.

Heart Pierced — severely weakens health regeneration and damages the effect bearer.

Interfered — Endermen cannot teleport normally. Players cannot use Ender pearls.

Lunar Attunement — provides invisibility until attacking. Attacking with this effect applies "shattered hope" to the opponent.

Shattered Hope — reduces damage output and attack speed.

Configuration

Almost all aspects of the mod can be configured through the configuration file. In version 2.0.0, sword tooltips were replaced with legendary blade lore.