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Scythes Vanilla Mod

Adds vanilla-style scythes with area damage, extended reach, and a unique life-steal enchantment. A perfect balance between swords and axes.

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Latest stable file Scythes Vanilla v1.5.2 - 26.3 - Fabric
Game version 26.3
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About this project

What does Scythes Vanilla Mod add?

Scythes Vanilla

Scythes Vanilla adds a new family of weapons designed to feel like a natural part of Minecraft while offering a different combat style from traditional swords and axes.

The mod currently adds 7 different scythes, exclusive enchantments, special combat mechanics, world loot and advancements to discover.


Scythes

There are currently 7 scythe variants, each based on a different vanilla material:

  • Wooden Scythe
  • Stone Scythe
  • Copper Scythe
  • Iron Scythe
  • Golden Scythe
  • Diamond Scythe
  • Netherite Scythe

All scythes are designed around sweeping attacks, making them especially useful when fighting groups of enemies.

Every scythe has:

  • 1.2 Attack Speed
  • +1 Entity Interaction Range
  • Sweeping attacks similar to swords
  • Sweeping damage that increases depending on the material

Exclusive Enchantments

Scythes have access to four exclusive enchantments, each providing a different combat ability.

Soul Devourer I–III

Soul Devourer allows the player to recover health by killing enemies with a scythe.

  • Level I: Restores 1 heart
  • Level II: Restores 2 hearts
  • Level III: Restores 3 hearts

Soul Devourer can be obtained from the Enchanting Table and as rare loot in Ancient Cities.


Grim Harvest I–III

Grim Harvest gives the player a chance to receive a temporary combat boost after killing an enemy.

The effect provides:

  • Speed
  • Damage Resistance

The higher the enchantment level, the greater the chance and duration of the effect.

Level I: 40% chance — 6 seconds
Level II: 70% chance — 9 seconds
Level III: 100% chance — 12 seconds

Grim Harvest can be obtained from the Enchanting Table.


Eclipse I–III

Eclipse is a combat enchantment specialized for fighting undead enemies at night or in complete darkness.

Each level increases the damage dealt to undead enemies:

  • Level I: +2 damage
  • Level II: +4 damage
  • Level III: +6 damage

Eclipse can be obtained from the Enchanting Table.


Reaper's Step I–III

Reaper's Step gives the scythe a special movement ability.

Right-clicking with a scythe allows the player to dash forward, making it useful for quickly approaching enemies or repositioning during combat.

Using the ability:

  • Consumes 1 durability
  • Higher levels deal more damage
  • Higher levels have longer cooldowns
  • Reaper's Step can be found in Trial Chamber Vaults.

Loot

Several scythes and enchantments can be discovered as loot while exploring the world.

  • Iron Scythe — Overworld chests
  • Golden Scythe — Nether chests
  • Soul Devourer III — Ancient City chests
  • Reaper's Step — Trial Chamber Vaults

Advancements

Scythes Vanilla also adds several advancements for players to discover:

The First Cut

Craft your first Iron Scythe.

Soul Harvest

Recover health using Soul Devourer.

Soul Collector

Obtain all 7 scythe variants.


Designed for Vanilla Minecraft

Scythes Vanilla is designed to complement Minecraft rather than completely change its combat system.

The weapons, enchantments and abilities are intended to provide new gameplay options while keeping the mechanics simple, intuitive and balanced around vanilla progression.


Crafting

Scythes follow a crafting system that stays consistent with vanilla Minecraft design.

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Languages

The mod includes language support for:

  • Spanish (es_es)
  • English (en_us)

Project description from CurseForge.

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