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Shadow's Complexity Swords

Complexity Swords is a parody of Simply Swords. Please report any bugs and send any suggestions to me on my Discord, shadowepicgamer3375, or in the CurseForge comment section. Not recommended to be used with OptiFine.

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Latest stable file shadows_complexity_swords-3.5.0-forge-1.20.1.jar
Game version 1.20.1
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About this project

What does Shadow's Complexity Swords add?

WARNING: DO NOT DOWNLOAD COMPLEXITY SWORDS FROM 9MINECRAFT OR ANY WEBSITES OTHER THAN MODRINTH OR CURSEFORGE! IT'S EITHER STOLEN OR MALWARE!

Complexity Swords is a parody of Simply Swords.

If you have any suggestions or bugs you'd like to report, please comment them on the mod's CurseForge page.

This mod is not recommended to be used with OptiFine, as most of its textures may break.

Even if it's not listed on every version, this mod is compatible with both Forge and NeoForge.

This mod was made by the same guy who helped make the mobs and textures you see in The Sculking: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/the-sculk-expansion-2

This mod, much like Simply Swords, is recommended to be used with Better Combat.

What this mod adds (for now):

  • Silver (used to craft most of the divine weapons)
  • Lead (fuck you, get lead poisoning)
  • Steel (crafted using 1 raw iron and 1 coal, more durable than bronze)
  • Bronze (crafted using 1 raw copper and 1 tin, more durable than iron)
  • Brass and brass knuckles (and all other types of metal knuckles)
  • Zinc
  • Silver, steel and bronze armor sets.
  • Tin (acquired by mining rich stone and smelting the casserite from it)
  • High-grade steel (crafted using 1 iron ingot, 3 coal, 3 tin and 2 silver ingots)
  • Katanas (gold, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Tantos (gold, silver, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Sai (gold, silver, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Stylish Steel Katana
  • Health Stone, Soul Stone, and Rage Stone
  • Firearm license (useless beyond roleplay. fireproof)
  • Chainmail armor recipes.
  • Bundle recipes.
  • Transfiguration Dagger (upgraded Sacrificial Dagger that deals armor-bypassing damage)
  • Souls (used to craft the soul stone and the transfiguration dagger)
  • AK-47 (Creative-only)
  • Switchblades
  • Deepslate dust (throw it in your enemy's eyes to blind them)
  • Crushed diamonds (used to craft night dust)
  • Night dust (makes you temporarily invisible upon use)
  • Daggers (gold, iron, bronze, silver, steel, cold steel, holy, diamond, netherite, burning)
  • Battle axes (gold, iron, bronze, silver, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Throwable chakri (gold, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Lead poisoning
  • Lead pipes
  • Lead-infused honey (covert poison)
  • Rapiers (gold, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite, silver)
  • Cleavers (gold, silver, iron, bronze, silver, diamond, netherite)
  • Ratio Cleaver from JJK
  • Reinforced golden tools.
  • Multiple Divine weapons (powerful white weapons that have very high damage and attack speed, and are expensive to obtain.) [Examples; Destroyer of Gods (katana), Ender of Worlds (sledgehammer), Decider of Fate (glaive), Warlord (greatsword), Widowmaker (cutlass), Annihilator (spear), Piercer of The Heavens (rapier), Imperial Executioner (longsword), Bringer of Ruin (dagger), Harvester of Souls (scythe), Obliterator of Archangels (tanto), Slasher of Reality (sai), Splitter of Skulls (battle axe), Whisperer of Secrets (chakri), Heavy Cutter (cleaver)]
  • Remnants (hyperactive, cursed, mending)
  • Sacrificial Dagger (permanent item from the collaboration with Kitty78906's "The Sculking")
  • Holy dagger/greatsword
  • Flint knife
  • Raging Axe
  • Envelopes (unsealed, sealed)
  • Flint fragments (used to craft stabbing arrows and bone shivs)
  • Bone shivs
  • Wine (young, aged, poisoned young, poisoned aged)
  • Gift boxes
  • Single-use flares (throw them in the sky or at your enemy)
  • Fire pokers
  • Briefcases
  • Locked and unlocked metal boxes
  • Scythes (gold, iron, silver, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Flintlock Blunderbuss and its cartridge
  • Golden pendants
  • Stabbing Arrows (normal, reinforced (AKA steel))
  • Chakrams (gold, silver, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Chakri (gold, silver, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Greatswords (gold, silver, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Cutlasses (gold, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Spears (wooden (AKA pointy stick), stone, gold, iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Bats (wooden, nailed wooden, steel)
  • Nether stew (crafted with 1 bowl, 1 warped fungus, and 1 crimson fungus, gives 30 secs of fire resistance)
  • Relics (decaying (initial, traded by master librarians), charged (requires a hyperactive remnant to be crafted, is used to craft all other Relics), pyromantic (shoots fireballs using fire charges, crafted using a charged relic and blaze powder), necromantic (deals wither damage and slowness, crafted using a charged relic and a wither rose), healing (heals the target and gives brief resistance, doesn't deal melee damage), Drowned (gives water breathing and dolphin's grace when held))
  • Artifacts (Eye of Truth (grants permanent night vision as long as it's held)), Helm of (Darkness (grants 1.5 minutes of invisibility when right-clicked)), (Travel Runes (Ordinary; teleports to the Overworld), (Scorching; teleports to the Nether), (Cosmic; teleports to the End)), Pendant of The Soulless Warrior (grants strength and resistance at the cost of taking some of your health and granting slowness), Holy Silver (removes all negative status effects from the player), Cursed Lead (gives the player every negative status effect in the game))
  • Throwable rocks
  • Four paintings ("Everlasting Despair" (1x1), "Art of War" (2x2), "The Icon" (1x1), "The End" (1x2))
  • Sledgehammers (iron, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Longswords (gold, iron, silver, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Glaives (gold, iron, silver, bronze, steel, diamond, netherite)
  • Over a dozen new achievements
  • Another reason for you to install JEI, REI or NEI.

What this mod doesn't add but plans to add in the near future:

  • Rusted weapons (potentially)
  • More artifacts
  • More relics
  • More achievements
  • Many more things

Complexity Swords is the property of Lord Shadow IV (formerly shadowEpicGamer3375) and is protected under copyright law. Complexity Swords may not be altered or reuploaded without direct permission from shadowEpicGamer3375.

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