
Shadow Blade
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Vanish into Invisibility and reposition with a smoke-cloaked leap, or strike from the shadows with a thrown dagger.
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Shadow Blade
Inspired by AltarSMP.
Base item: Netherite Sword
Command: /shadowblade [player]
Permission: customweapons.shadowblade (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
S
Where:
I= Iron IngotS= Stick
Drop the ingredients into a crafting table in that pattern (. = empty slot) to get the Shadow 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: 7
cooldown-ability-2: 9
recipe:
enabled: true
shape:
- "I"
- "I"
- "S"
ingredients:
I: IRON_INGOT
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 /shadowblade only.
Abilities & Triggers
| Trigger | Ability | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Right-Click | Stealth Leap | Grants 3 seconds of Invisibility and launches you forward in a puff of smoke, letting you reposition unseen. |
| Shift+Right-Click | Shadow Dagger Throw | Throws an Iron Nugget dagger for 5 damage on a direct hit. |
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 ShadowBladePlugin.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 40 KB
- Download link checked 9 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.