Sidearms is a mod that aims to add more flavor to combat by introducing various new items to occupy the offhand, as well as changing how shields work.
Shield Tweaks
Shields now have a short cooldown after blocking. Blocking with precise timing will reward you with a much shorter cooldown.
New Items
Cactus Shield
Deals 3 damage to an attacker upon blocking a melee attack, but has a slightly longer block cooldowns and perfect block window than the regular shield.
Golden Shield
Has no shield warmup (Starts blocking as soon as right click is held), but tighter perfect block window and moderately longer cooldowns compared to the regular shield.
Reflector
Blocking allows you to reflect any incoming projectile, as well as small mobs (such as silverfish and vexes). Requires very precise block timing.
Reflector Enchantments
- Reflex: Parrying increases the length of the current parry window and you can parry multiple projectiles in one window.
- Ignition: Parried projectiles are lit on fire.
For mod/datapack developers
You can configure custom shield timings using a datapack.
JSON files are located at "data//sidearms_shielding"
This example shows the configuration for the shield.
{
"item": "minecraft:shield",
"perfect_window": 20,
"perfect_cooldown": 10,
"normal_cooldown": 60
}
