
Ancient Blade
A sculk-attuned blade that pulses echolocation to reveal hidden players, drapes enemies in Darkness, and grows stronger with every kill.
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Ancient Blade
Inspired by AltarSMP.
Base item: Netherite Sword
Command: /ancientblade [player]
Permission: customweapons.ancientblade (default: op)
Resource Pack: Install the AltarSMP Texture Pack - this plugin set is built around it and looks/sounds as intended with it installed.
Cross-Plugin Detection (/weapons)
Every AltarSMP weapon plugin registers /weapons [player], which hands you one weapon from every other AltarSMP plugin currently installed and enabled - a live check each run, nothing to configure.
Crafting Recipe
. S .
I D I
. S .
Where:
S= SculkI= DiamondD= Echo Shard
Drop the ingredients into a crafting table in that pattern (. = empty slot) to get the Ancient Blade. Recipe can be turned off in config.
Enchantments
- Sharpness V
- Sweeping Edge III
- Fire Aspect II
- Looting III
- Unbreaking III
- Mending I
8 Attack Damage, 1.6 Attack Speed (Netherite Sword-level, regardless of the weapon's own material). The item is also unbreakable.
config.yml
weapon:
cooldown-ability-1: 8
cooldown-ability-2: 10
recipe:
enabled: true
shape:
- " S "
- "IDI"
- " S "
ingredients:
S: SCULK
I: DIAMOND
D: ECHO_SHARD
Cooldowns are in seconds and reload from config on server start. Set recipe.enabled: false to disable crafting and hand the item out with /ancientblade only.
Abilities & Triggers
| Trigger | Ability | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Passive | Deep Connection | Standing on Sculk, Sculk Catalyst or Sculk Vein grants Speed I for 5 seconds. |
| Right-Click | Echolocation | Sends a real sculk pulse expanding outward from you up to 24 blocks. Any player the expanding pulse actually reaches gets revealed and marked, rather than everyone in range instantly. |
| Shift+Right-Click | Presence | Applies Darkness for 5s to your target (within 8 blocks) and surrounds them with Sculk Soul particles. |
| Passive (kill-based) | Growing Power | Permanent buffs unlock as you rack up kills with the blade: 2 kills = Speed I, 4 kills = Strength II, 5 kills = Strength III. |
Notes
- The weapon is bound to the player who receives it via a persistent NBT tag, so lore/name changes won't break ability detection.
- The activating player is never hit by their own ability's damage, knockback, or negative effects, even for area attacks, explosions and travelling projectiles/waves.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as AncientBladePlugin.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 44 KB
- Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.