RG Thorium Bow with Quiver

Thorium Hand Crossbow - Advanced Multi-Shot Ranged Weapon Mod

Thorium Hand Crossbow is a progression-based ranged weapon mod that introduces a high-tier upgrade to the Iron Hand Crossbow, built for players who want higher ammo capacity, sustained DPS, and advanced combat efficiency in mid-to-late game.

This mod adds a Thorium-forged hand crossbow crafted at the Blacksmith’s Anvil, designed to outperform the iron variant while staying balanced within vanilla progression.

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Core Feature - 10-Arrow Extended Magazine

Unlike the Iron Hand Crossbow, which reloads only 5 arrows, the Thorium Hand Crossbow reloads up to 10 arrows at once, allowing players to:

• Fire twice as many shots per reload

• Maintain longer combat uptime

• Perform sustained ranged damage

• Reduce downtime during boss fights and intense encounters

This makes it ideal for advanced PvE combat, exploration, and high-pressure engagements.

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Crafting Recipe - Blacksmith’s Anvil

Crafted using premium mid-to-late game materials:

• 24x Thorium

• 16x Medium Leather

• 12x Linen Scraps

• 6x Cindercloth Scraps

• 3x Shadoweave Scraps

The recipe ensures a rewarding progression path tied to exploration, crafting depth, and resource investment.

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Design Note - Preserved Iron Crossbow Visuals

To maintain animation stability and sprite integrity, I intentionally kept the original Iron Hand Crossbow visual design.

At the moment, I am still learning how to work with full texture sets and advanced item sprites, and I currently focus more on icon design. To avoid breaking original animations, sprites, or visual behavior, I chose to preserve the iron crossbow model, ensuring smooth compatibility and clean visuals.

This guarantees the weapon feels native to vanilla Hytale without risking animation glitches or visual inconsistencies.

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Gameplay Philosophy

Thorium Hand Crossbow is designed to:

• Provide a meaningful ranged weapon upgrade

• Extend combat endurance without breaking balance

• Reward late-game crafting investment

• Preserve vanilla animations and weapon feel

• Fit naturally into Hytale’s progression and combat ecosystem

It offers power through capacity, not raw overpowered damage.

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Mod Identity & Credits

• Developed by Rargela

• Part of the RGLux / Rargytale mod ecosystem

• Focused on clean integration, balanced progression, and polished gameplay

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Planned / Possible Future Expansions

• Additional crossbow tiers

• Elemental or enchanted variants

• Special ammo types

• Unique firing modes

• Visual rework once advanced texture pipeline is mastered