Scythes Vanilla Mod

Scythes Vanilla

Scythes Vanilla adds scythes to Minecraft: a new family of sweeping weapons made to feel like part of the vanilla game. They come with their own enchantments, loot, villager trades, mob gear, advancements and original sounds.

Loaders: Fabric (Minecraft 26.3) · NeoForge (Minecraft 1.21.1)
Languages: English and Spanish

Scythes

Scythes trade a little single-target damage for wide sweeping attacks. Every scythe has 1.2 attack speed and +1 reach, and its sweep gets stronger with the material.

• Wooden, Stone, Iron, Golden, Diamond and Netherite Scythes
• Copper Scythe (Fabric 26.3 only)
• Heavy Scythe: the strongest scythe in the mod. Deals 12.5 damage but swings slowly, needs both hands, and disables shields like an axe

Scythes also cut leaves, crops, grass and vines faster, can be smelted into nuggets (iron, gold and copper), and the wooden one works as furnace fuel.

Scythe Upgrade

A new smithing template used to upgrade scythes: Iron → Diamond → Netherite → Heavy Scythe. It can be found in chests, bought from Expert Weaponsmiths, and duplicated in a Crafting Table like vanilla templates.

Enchantments

• Soul Devourer (I–III): chance to heal when you kill a monster
• Grim Harvest (I–III): kills can grant a short burst of Speed and Resistance
• Eclipse (I–III): extra damage against undead at night, in the dark, and always in the Nether and the End
• Withering (I–II): melee hits can inflict Wither
• Reaper's Step (I–III): right-click to dash forward. With the Heavy Scythe it becomes Seismic Slam, a leap that sends out a shockwave on landing
• Reaping (I): harvests and replants the grown crops around you in a 3×3
• Curse of the Reaper: no health regeneration from food while you hold the scythe

Reaper's Step and Reaping are treasure enchantments, and the curse only appears on scythes found in chests.

Soul Counter

Every scythe counts the souls it has reaped and shows them in its tooltip. Souls add up when you combine scythes in an Anvil or Grindstone and carry over when you upgrade one. Can you reach a hundred?

World Integration

• Loot: scythes, enchanted books and Scythe Upgrades in dungeons, strongholds, Ancient Cities, Bastions, End Cities, Trial Chambers, Ominous Vaults, buried treasure and more
• Trades: Weaponsmiths sell scythes and the Scythe Upgrade, and Farmers sell an iron scythe with Reaping
• Mobs: Zombies, Piglins, Piglin Brutes and (very rarely) Wither Skeletons can spawn holding scythes, and they sweep too. Piglins love the Golden Scythe
• Advancements: a full set, from your first cut to collecting every scythe

Original Sounds

Custom sounds for sweeps, dashes, the Seismic Slam and the soul enchantments, with subtitles in both languages.

Compatibility

• Scythes use the c:tools/melee_weapon tag, so other mods recognize them as melee weapons
• Enchantments are data-driven and can be changed with datapacks
• Enchantment descriptions are shown by mods like Enchantment Descriptions

Changelog Full

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JGjRRe6BTW0RTU05lSf9R57IlV4BmrrcLokGbQ5mobc/edit?usp=sharing

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.

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

This gives players additional reasons to explore different structures and dimensions.

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 enough to understand and balanced around vanilla progression.

Crafting

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

Languages

The mod includes language support for:

• Spanish (es_es)
• English (en_us)