{"id":26228,"date":"2026-06-01T12:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/basicweapons\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:08:26","slug":"basicweapons","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/basicweapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;\"  src=\"#\"> &nbsp; This description is up to date with the most recent version of Minecraft that the mod supports.<br \/>\nFeatures may be modified or missing in earlier versions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"markdown-row\">\n<p>![Static Badge](https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/26.1-active_development-seagreen)<br \/>\n![Static Badge](https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/1.21.11-bugfixes-dodgerblue)<br \/>\n![Static Badge](https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/1.21.1-bugfixes-dodgerblue)<br \/>\n![Flag US](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/US\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag China](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/CN\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Russia](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/RU\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Turkey](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/TR\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Chile](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/CL\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Brazil](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/BR\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Spain](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/ES\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Ukraine](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/UA\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Germany](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/DE\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Argentina](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/AR\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Vietnam](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/VN\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Korea](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/KR\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Poland](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/PL\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Romania](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/RO\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Sweden](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/SE\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Japan](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/JP\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Italy](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/IT\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Netherlands](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/NL\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag France](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/FR\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Hungary](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/HU\/shiny\/24.png)<br \/>\n![Flag Belarus](https:\/\/flagsapi.com\/BY\/shiny\/24.png)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>![Basic Weapons Banner](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/2d502599025f03b1d821284de4ddbbf8d230d0c2.webp)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"markdown-header\"><\/p>\n<p>![Explore All Mods Button](https:\/\/khazoda.com)![Help Translate Button](https:\/\/poeditor.com\/join\/project\/vW0G3i42PX)![Material Packs Button](https:\/\/www.khazoda.com\/basicweapons\/materialpacks)![Full Mod Description Button](https:\/\/www.khazoda.com\/basicweapons)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"markdown-row\">\n<p>![GitHub Repository Button](https:\/\/github.com\/khazoda-mods\/basicweapons)![GitHub Repository Button](https:\/\/github.com\/khazoda\/basicweapons-legacy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p># About<\/p>\n<p>**Basic Weapons expands on Minecraft&#8217;s melee offerings with six vanilla-styled weapon types for every<br \/>\nvanilla tool material.**<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Adds daggers, clubs, hammers, pikes, quarterstaves and glaives<br \/>\n&#8211; Balances each weapon around damage, speed, reach, crafting cost and effects<br \/>\n&#8211; Install bespoke material packs to add weapons from other mods materials<br \/>\n&#8211; Includes built-in Bronze mod compatibility<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>**\u26a0\ufe0f Minecraft Bugs That Affect This Mod**<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u274c **Problem**: Minecraft 1.21.10 and below has a bug that causes item models in Vanilla Minecraft to have visible gaps.<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udfe2 **Solution**:<br \/>\n  &#8211; 1.21.10 and earlier: I strongly recommend using the **Model Gap Fix** mod<br \/>\n  &#8211; 1.21.11+: Mojang has fixed this bug in 1.21.11 (MC-73186)<br \/>\n&#8211; \u274c **Problem**:<br \/>\n  Minecraft 1.21+ has a bug (MC-271840) that<br \/>\n  stops damage increase enchantments (like Sharpness and Might) from showing the damage increase in a weapon&#8217;s tooltip.<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udfe2 **Solution**:<br \/>\n  &#8211; 1.21 &#8211; 1.21.4: Install Legendary Tooltips<br \/>\n  &#8211; 1.21.10+: Make sure you&#8217;re using Basic Weapons 2.2.2+1.21.10 or later, which includes a fix for any weapon that accepts Sharpness or Might.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Basic Weapons adds **six** new tiered melee weapon types to complement the<br \/>\nexisting sword, axe and spear in Minecraft. Each weapon is balanced around damage, attack speed, crafting<br \/>\ncosts, attack reach and special effects.<br \/>\n_If you have Better Combat installed, the weapons are also balanced around number of enemies hit and<br \/>\ncombos._<\/p>\n<p>![Assorted Basic Weapons](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/e7436b268b5c88d9db1a927204bc166452130e01.png)<\/p>\n<p>Weapons should feel _unique, powerful, easy to use_ and _fair._ I made Basic Weapons because I was<br \/>\nlooking around for weapon mods that would fit seamlessly into vanilla gameplay, and didn&#8217;t quite<br \/>\nfind what I was looking for. I hope that in creating Basic Weapons, I&#8217;ve made that search a little<br \/>\neasier for those of you who&#8217;ve had a similar experience.<\/p>\n<p>This high level overview should give you an idea of what each weapon is good and bad at:<\/p>\n<p>| Weapon        | Damage | Speed     | Baseline Effect      | Reach     |<br \/>\n| &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- | &#8212;&#8212; | &#8212;&#8212;&#8212; | &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; | &#8212;&#8212;&#8212; |<br \/>\n| Vanilla Sword | Medium | Medium    | Sweeping             | Medium    |<br \/>\n| Vanilla Axe   | High   | Slow      | Shield Break         | Medium    |<br \/>\n| Dagger        | Low    | Fast      |                      | Medium    |<br \/>\n| Club          | High   | Slow      | Slow target          | Medium    |<br \/>\n| Hammer        | High   | Very Slow | Knock target upwards | Medium    |<br \/>\n| Pike          | Medium | Medium    |                      | Very High |<br \/>\n| Quarterstaff  | Low    | Medium    | Sweeping             | High      |<br \/>\n| Glaive        | High   | Very Slow | Sweeping             | High      |<\/p>\n<p># Material Pack System<\/p>\n<p>Do you want compatibility with another mod&#8217;s material? Check the<br \/>\nPublic Material Pack List to see if a<br \/>\nmaterial pack for that mod has been created.<br \/>\nIf it doesn&#8217;t exist? No problem! You can create materialpacks yourself with the<br \/>\nMaterial Pack Creator web application, and<br \/>\nsubmit them to the public list if you wish.<\/p>\n<p>Material Packs are loaded at the start of the game from the **basicweapons_materialpacks**<br \/>\nfolder in your Minecraft root directory. Make sure you add packs before loading the game up, if you<br \/>\nadd them after, they won&#8217;t load. **Treat them as if they are mod files rather than resource or datapacks.**<\/p>\n<p># Mod Integrations<\/p>\n<p>Basic Weapons can be enhanced by installing other mods alongside it. The following are mods that<br \/>\nBasic Weapons has built-in support for.<\/p>\n<p>## Bronze<\/p>\n<p>My Bronze mod adds bronze &#038; tin basic weapons automatically when both<br \/>\nmods are installed together. No material pack required.<\/p>\n<p>![Bronze Basic Weapons](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/d44bac5d553666b2d6cf517f9f6acda108f3165e.png)<\/p>\n<p>## Better Combat<\/p>\n<p>With Better Combat installed, quarterstaves receive exciting new attack combos, daggers and clubs<br \/>\ncan be paired with other weapons for dual-wielding mayhem, and the hammer even features a fully<br \/>\ncustom attack animation.<\/p>\n<p>## Community Mods<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bonded with their<br \/>\n  compatibility module<br \/>\n&#8211; Kev&#8217;s Equipment Sets<\/p>\n<p>**If you have a project that includes Basic Weapons let me know! I love seeing what people create,<br \/>\nand can add your project to this list if you wish.**<\/p>\n<p># Frequently Asked Questions<\/p>\n<p>**What does the &#8220;Might&#8221; enchantment do?**<\/p>\n<p>Might functions exactly the same as vanilla Sharpness.<br \/>\nIt increases the damage of your weapon by a flat amount based on the enchantment level.<br \/>\nI felt that blunt weapons having Sharpness didn&#8217;t make much sense, hence Might.<\/p>\n<p>**Is there a (fabric\/forge\/neoforge\/risugami&#8217;s modloader) version?**<\/p>\n<p>Basic Weapons exists on both Fabric and NeoForge. If you&#8217;re running Quilt, use the Fabric jar.<\/p>\n<p>**Can you backport the mod to Minecraft 1.X.X?**<\/p>\n<p>Basic Weapons will not be backported. 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