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Damage Tester

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Damage Tester

By Star_1mpik

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A training dummy that shows the real damage of every hit, wobbles when struck, tracks your DPS and comes in several variants and skins.

Mod Loaders
Minecraft
26.3
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About

Description

A training dummy that shows you exactly how much damage you deal. Place it, hit it, and watch it wobble while the number pops up above its head.

Features

  • Real damage. Damage is measured after armor, enchantments and effects, exactly as a normal mob would take it. The dummy never dies, so even a 500-damage hit shows up in full.
  • Floating damage numbers, colored by damage type: fire, magic, explosions, freezing, lightning, wither, thorns, trident and more.
  • Critical hits stand out: bigger, golden and marked with ✦.
  • Action bar stats: last hit, DPS, total damage and number of hits in the current series.
  • Wobble animation. The harder you hit, the further it leans back before springing upright again.
  • Armor. Right-click to put armor, a pumpkin or a head on the dummy and test how much damage it absorbs. Right-click with an empty hand to take it off.
  • Redstone. A dummy standing on a target block powers it when hit, with a signal strength equal to the damage (up to 15).
  • Pick it up with Sneak + punch with an empty hand. In survival it drops as an item.
  • Dispensers can place dummies.

Skins

Right-click the dummy with an item (shears restore the default look):

Item Skin
Hay bale Straw dummy
Any planks, including modded ones Wooden dummy made of those planks
Any dye Burlap in that color
Jack o'Lantern Pumpkin head with a glowing face
Name tag jeb_ Cycles through all colors, just like the sheep

Variants

Item What it does
Damage Tester The classic dummy on a stand
Small Damage Tester Child-sized, for testing damage against small mobs
Hanging Damage Tester Hangs under a block (right-click the bottom face) and swings like a punching bag
Moving Damage Tester Rides on a little cart, great for archery practice. Sneak + right-click with an empty hand to switch modes: circle → back and forth → stopped
Damage Counter (block) Its screen shows the stats of the nearest dummy within 8 blocks: last hit, DPS, total, hits and best hit

Recipes

  • Damage Tester: stick, hay bale, stick in the top row, armor stand below the hay bale.
  • Small Damage Tester: hay bale, stick and wooden slab in a column.
  • Hanging Damage Tester: Damage Tester + lead.
  • Moving Damage Tester: Damage Tester + minecart.
  • Damage Counter: planks on the sides, a glass pane on top, a target block in the middle, redstone at the bottom.

All items are in their own "Damage Tester" creative tab.

Config

File config/damage_tester.json:

  • damage numbers on/off;
  • damage shown in hearts;
  • wobble strength;
  • action bar stats;
  • seconds before a hit series resets;
  • straw particles.

Requirements

  • Minecraft 26.3
  • Fabric (+ Fabric API) or NeoForge
  • Required on both the server and the client.