
Nightpiercer
Transform into a burst of vampiric speed, then drain your target's health to heal yourself with a Crimson Bite.
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Nightpiercer
Inspired by AltarSMP.
Base item: Netherite Sword (vampiric)
Command: /nightpiercer [player]
Permission: customweapons.nightpiercer (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
. I .
I R I
. S .
Where:
I= Iron IngotR= RedstoneS= Stick
Drop the ingredients into a crafting table in that pattern (. = empty slot) to get the Nightpiercer. 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: 15
cooldown-ability-2: 6
recipe:
enabled: true
shape:
- " I "
- "IRI"
- " S "
ingredients:
I: IRON_INGOT
R: REDSTONE
S: STICK
Cooldowns are in seconds and reload from config on server start. Set recipe.enabled: false to disable crafting and hand the item out with /nightpiercer only.
Abilities & Triggers
| Trigger | Ability | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Right-Click | Transformation | Grants Speed III for 8 seconds with a bat takeoff sound, for a burst of vampiric mobility. |
| Shift+Right-Click | Crimson Bite | Drains 4 health from your target (within 4 blocks) and heals you for half of that amount. |
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 NightpiercerPlugin.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 39 KB
- Download link checked 4 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.