Simply Swords guide for FTB StoneBlock 4 1.1.1 to 1.20.1

Simply Swords is a weapon mod. It adds spears, glaives, chakrams, katanas, greathammers, greataxes, rapiers and many more weapons. In total it has 14 weapon variants, and each one has its own playstyle and attack animations when paired with Better Combat. The pack's mod list shows version 1.63.0.^[1][2]

If you want more variety in melee than a plain sword, this mod is for you. Better Combat is recommended for the unique animations, and Patchouli is recommended for the in-game documentation. The mod itself requires Architectury.^[1]

Crafted weapons

Most weapon types can be crafted, and each one comes in Iron, Gold, Diamond and Netherite versions. That gives you a ladder to climb as your gear improves.^[3]

Unique weapons and runes

Opening chests as you explore can give you a chance at unique weapons. They are exceedingly rare, cannot be crafted, and carry powerful abilities. They can only be repaired with Runic Tablet.^[1][4]

Runic Tablets also turn up in chests. At a smithing table you can use one to etch a rune onto a Netherite weapon, which grants it a magic ability.^[5]

Got a unique weapon you don't want? Smelt it in a furnace to get an Empowered Remnant. Combine that in a smithing table with a catalyst, either a Runic Tablet or a Netherite Ingot, to make a gem. You can then socket the gem into a matching socket on another unique weapon.^[6][7]

Where it fits in the pack

The mod shows up early in the quest book. Quest a quest in "?" in the "gearing_up" chapter lists Sword on a Stick and Runic Tablet among its tasks, so the pack treats these items as part of your early gear progression.^[8]

Simply Swords gives you a big set of craftable weapons, plus a separate layer of rare weapons that you can only find in chests. Here is the order I'd tackle things in this pack, and why.^[1][3][4]

Start with an iron weapon

Every weapon type comes in Iron, Gold, Diamond and Netherite variants, so you can pick the fighting style you like and climb the tiers with it. The pack changed the crafting recipes for the iron-tier weapons, so use the recipe below rather than what you remember from other packs. The Iron Longsword is a good first pick.^[3][9]

Iron LongswordChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any wood stick	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: simplyswords:iron_longsword

This is the pack's own recipe for the Iron Longsword, which the pack has changed from the mod's version.

Turn it into a Sword on a Stick

The Iron Longsword is also the base for the Sword on a Stick. This recipe is the mod's own and the pack has not changed it.^[9]

Sword on a StickMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Iron Longsword	Empty slot
Empty slot	String	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wood stick	Empty slot

Recipe id: simplyswords:sword_on_a_stick

Unchanged mod recipe, built on the Iron Longsword.

The Sword on a Stick is also a task in the gearing_up quest chapter, in quest a quest in "?". That quest lists the Runic Tablet as a task too, which points you to the next step.^[8]

Open chests and look for Runic Tablets

Runic Tablets can turn up in chests as you explore. They can etch runes onto Netherite weapons at a smithing table, which grants powerful magic abilities. Unique weapons can only be repaired with Runic Tablets.^[4][5]

Upgrade through the tiers

Once you have diamonds, craft the Diamond version of the weapon style you like. In this pack the Netherite versions are made at a smithing table from the Diamond version, and the pack changed these recipes too. The Netherite Longsword is a good example.^[3][9]

Netherite LongswordChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
• Diamond Longsword
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: simplyswords:netherite_longsword

Pack-changed smithing recipe that upgrades the Diamond Longsword.

Netherite is the tier that can take rune etching, which makes it the goal of the crafting path.^[5]

Keep spare unique weapons

If you find a unique weapon you don't want, smelt it down into an Empowered Remnant. Combine that at a smithing table to make a gem you can socket into another unique weapon.^[6][7]

The mod's in-game guide describes the Netherfused Gem as an Empowered Remnant plus a Netherite Ingot. The pack changed that recipe and it also uses a Runic Tablet, so follow the recipe below.^[9][10]

Netherfused GemChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Empowered Remnant
• Runic Tablet
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: simplyswords:netherfused_gem

Pack-changed smithing recipe, different from the in-game guide text.

Simply Swords is a weapons mod, and its core systems are all hands-on: you smelt down unique weapons in a furnace, combine the leftovers in a smithing table, and socket the results into other weapons from your inventory.^[5][7][11]

Unique weapons

Unique weapons are the heart of the mod. They turn up in chests, they cannot be crafted, and each carries a powerful ability. They can only be repaired with Runic Tablets.^[1][4]

This pack sets where they can drop. Of the village chests listed in the loot config, only the weaponsmith is set above 0, at 15. The Ender Dragon is set to 50 and the Wither to 5. Ruined portal chests are 0, and the overall unique weight is 0.15.^[12]

• uniqueLootTableOptions.minecraft:chests/village/village_weaponsmith is 15.^[12]
• uniqueLootTableOptions.minecraft:entities/ender_dragon is 50.^[12]
• uniqueLootTableOptions.minecraft:entities/wither is 5.^[12]
• uniqueLootTableWeight is 0.15.^[12]

Remnants and gems

Got a unique weapon you don't want? Melt it down in a furnace. The weapon is destroyed and leaves behind an Empowered Remnant, a small portion of its power.^[7]

Combine that remnant in a smithing table with a catalyst, either a Runic Tablet or a Netherite Ingot, and you get a gem. The catalyst decides the type. A Netherite Ingot gives a Netherfused Gem, and a Runic Tablet gives a Runefused Gem. Once identified, either gem reveals a random power. Runefused Gems can only hold Runic Powers of the 'On hit' variety.^[7][10][13]

Gem sockets are switched on in this pack through enableUniqueGemSockets, which is true.^[14]

Socketing a gem

1. Make sure your inventory holds both the gem and a unique weapon with an empty socket of the same type, runefused or netherfused.^[11]
2. With your inventory open, left click the gem so it anchors to your cursor.^[11]
3. Left click the weapon you want to socket. The gem disappears from your cursor and the weapon is socketed.^[11]

Rune etching and runic powers

Runic Tablets, found in chests, can be etched onto Netherite weapons in a smithing table. That grants the weapon a runic power.^[5]

Most runic powers trigger on hit with a chance, and this pack stores those chances in the gem powers config. Freeze, Weaken, Shielding, Stoneskin, Swiftness, Trailblaze, Zephyr, Float and Imbued all sit at 15. Slow is higher at 50, and Wildfire is lower at 10.^{[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]}

• Slow's chance is set by slow.chance, which is 50 in this pack.^[15][25]
• Wildfire combusts nearby enemies of the same type. wildfire.chance is 10 and wildfire.radius is 10.^[15][26]
• Active Defence periodically fires arrows at nearby enemies, but only while you carry arrows. activeDefence.radius is 5 and activeDefence.frequency is 20.^[15][27]
• Frost Ward fires movement-impairing snowballs at nearby enemies. frostWard.radius is 5 and frostWard.frequency is 20.^[15][28]
• Momentum propels you forward, with momentum.cooldown set to 140.^[15][29]

Contained Remnants

The Contained Remnant is stabilised energy sourced from remnants. In-game it hints that it reacts near some surfaces and that keeping it in your inventory may reveal more. For the End, the tooltip suggests carrying it alongside a Runic Tablet while you explore. Contained Remnants are enabled here via enableContainedRemnants, and containedRemnantTransformFrequency is set to 18,000.^{[9][12][14][31]}

The pack changed this recipe, so this is what you craft in this pack:^[9]

Contained RemnantChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	Empowered Remnant	any iron ingot
Glass	Empowered Remnant	Glass
any iron ingot	Empowered Remnant	any iron ingot

Recipe id: simplyswords:contained_remnant

This recipe is changed by the pack and uses an Empowered Remnant.

Crafted weapon variants

Not every weapon is a rare find. Many weapon types can be crafted, each in Iron, Gold, Diamond and Netherite variants. The pack changed the crafting recipes, so don't rely on the mod's defaults. The spears stand out because they use different ingredient types than the other weapons of their tier. The site renders the exact in-pack recipes below.^[3][9]

Gold SpearChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold plate	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wood stick	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	any wood stick

Recipe id: simplyswords:gold_spear

Different from the other Gold weapons: it takes a gold plate rather than a gold ingot.

Diamond SpearChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Diamatine Crystal	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wood stick	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	any wood stick

Recipe id: simplyswords:diamond_spear

Different from the other Diamond weapons: it takes a Diamatine Crystal rather than a diamond.

There are many different weapon types, and each one comes in an Iron, Gold, Diamond and Netherite variant. In this pack the crafting recipes for those tiers have been changed from the mod's defaults, so check the recipe blocks below instead of relying on what you remember from other packs.^[3][9]

Crafted tiers: Iron to Netherite

Iron, Gold and Diamond weapons are normal crafting recipes that the pack has changed. The Netherite versions are smithing upgrades of the matching Diamond weapon, and the pack changed those too. Here is one example from each stage.^[9]

Iron LongswordChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any wood stick	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: simplyswords:iron_longsword

Starting tier. Every Iron weapon has its own pack-specific recipe.

Diamond SpearChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Diamatine Crystal	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wood stick	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	any wood stick

Recipe id: simplyswords:diamond_spear

The Diamond Spear uses a different kind of ingredient from the other Diamond weapons, so check this one separately.

Netherite KatanaChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
• Diamond Katana
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: simplyswords:netherite_katana

Netherite weapons are smithing upgrades of the Diamond version.

Runic tier

Runic Tablets turn up in chests while you explore. You use them in a smithing table to etch runes onto Netherite weapons, which gives those weapons powerful magic abilities. The pack has changed the Runic smithing recipes too.^[5][9]

Runic recipes are confirmed for the Runic Chakram, Runic Claymore, Runic Cutlass, Runic Glaive, Runic Greataxe, Runic Greathammer, Runic Halberd and Runic Katana.^[9]

Runic KatanaChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Netherite Katana
• Runic Tablet
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: simplyswords:runic_katana

Runic upgrades start from the Netherite version of the same weapon.

Unique weapons

Unique weapons are exceedingly rare chest finds that can't be crafted. They carry powerful abilities, and they can only be repaired with Runic Tablets.^[4]

The recipe blocks below cover the Awakened Lichblade, the Harbinger and the Righteous Relic, which are upgrades of the Waking Lichblade, the Tainted Relic and the Dormant Relic. The pack changed the Righteous Relic recipe.^[9]

Awakened LichbladeMod recipe

Unique Upgrade (simplyswords)

Unique Upgrade (simplyswords)

Soul Sand	Runic Tablet	Soul Sand
Runic Tablet	Waking Lichblade	Runic Tablet
Soul Sand	Nether Star	Soul Sand

Recipe id: simplyswords:awakened_lichblade

HarbingerMod recipe

Unique Upgrade (simplyswords)

Unique Upgrade (simplyswords)

Ender Eye	Runic Tablet	Ender Eye
Runic Tablet	Tainted Relic	Runic Tablet
Ender Eye	Sculk Catalyst	Ender Eye

Recipe id: simplyswords:harbinger

Righteous RelicChanged by the pack

Unique Upgrade (simplyswords)

Unique Upgrade (simplyswords)

any gold ingot	Runic Tablet	any gold ingot
Runic Tablet	Dormant Relic	Runic Tablet
any gold ingot	Enchanted Golden Apple	any gold ingot

Recipe id: simplyswords:righteous_relic

Changed by the pack, so go by this recipe.

Gems from unwanted uniques

If you have a unique weapon you don't want, smelt it in a furnace. The weapon is destroyed, but a small portion of its power remains as an Empowered Remnant. You then combine that remnant in a smithing table to make a gem.^[6][7][9]

Empowered RemnantMod recipe

Smelting

• any gem

Recipe id: simplyswords:gem_melting

A Runefused Gem only holds 'On hit' runic powers and fits runefused sockets. A Netherfused Gem fits netherfused sockets. Both reveal a random power once identified.^[10][13]

To socket a gem, you need the gem and a unique weapon with an empty socket of the same type in your inventory. Left click the gem to pick it up, then left click the weapon.^[11]

Runefused GemMod recipe

Smithing Transform

• Crying Obsidian
• Empowered Remnant
• Runic Tablet

Recipe id: simplyswords:runefused_gem

Netherfused GemChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Empowered Remnant
• Runic Tablet
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: simplyswords:netherfused_gem

Changed by the pack, so go by this recipe.

In the quests

Quest a quest in "?" in the gearing_up chapter lists the Sword on a Stick and the Runic Tablet among its tasks.^[8]

Sword on a StickMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Iron Longsword	Empty slot
Empty slot	String	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wood stick	Empty slot

Recipe id: simplyswords:sword_on_a_stick

The one confirmed link between this mod and another mod in this pack is a recipe the pack changed. The Diamond Spear is crafted with Diamatine Crystal, so you need a crystal from a different mod to make it.^[9]

Diamond SpearChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Diamatine Crystal	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wood stick	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	any wood stick

Recipe id: simplyswords:diamond_spear

The pack changed this recipe, so it can differ from the mod's default.

Quests

In the quest book, a quest in "?" sits in the gearing_up chapter. Its tasks include Sword on a Stick and Runic Tablet, which are both items from this mod, so it is a quest about this mod's own items rather than a link to another mod.^[8]

Same as in the FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 guide

Simply Swords shows up in one quest in the pack, and it sits in the "gearing_up" chapter. That's the only quest involving this mod that I can confirm.^[32]

Gearing Up

The quest a quest in "?" has no title in the quest file. Its task list starts with Sword on a Stick, followed by Runic Tablet. These are item tasks, so you submit the items to complete them.^[32]

Unverified The task list for this quest is cut off after the Runic Tablet, so a third item task exists but I can't tell you what it is. Rewards, quest dependencies and where this quest falls in the chapter's order can't be confirmed either, so check the in-game quest book for those.

Simply Swords keeps its settings in several files under config/simplyswords. This section covers the options you're most likely to care about and the exact values this pack uses. The pack's files are the truth here, so these are the pack's numbers, not guesses at the mod's defaults.^[12][14]

Loot and unique weapons

If you're hunting for weapons, loot is the file to look at. Loot drops, loot in villages and contained remnants are all switched on.^[12]

• enableLootDrops, enableLootInVillages and enableContainedRemnants are all set to true.^[12]
• The loot table weights are 0.05 for standardLootTableWeight, 0.1 for rareLootTableWeight, 0.12 for runicLootTableWeight and 0.15 for uniqueLootTableWeight.^[12]
• Unique weapon table options are set to 50 for the ender dragon (uniqueLootTableOptions.minecraft:entities/ender_dragon), 5 for the wither (uniqueLootTableOptions.minecraft:entities/wither) and 15 for the village weaponsmith chest (uniqueLootTableOptions.minecraft:chests/village/village_weaponsmith).^[12]
• The ruined portal chest and every other village chest listed in the file (armorer, butcher, temple, toolsmith and so on) are set to 0, for example uniqueLootTableOptions.minecraft:chests/ruined_portal.^[12]
• disabledUniqueWeaponLoot is an empty list, so no unique weapon is blocked from loot.^[12]

General and gem settings

• enableUniqueGemSockets is true, and disabledPowers is an empty list, so no gem power is disabled.^[14][15]
• Weapon impact sounds are on (enableWeaponImpactSounds) at a volume of 0.3 (weaponImpactSoundsVolume). enableWeaponFootfalls and enablePassiveParticles are also true.^[14]
• compatEnableSpellPowerScaling is true, and compatGobberEndWeaponsUnbreakable is false.^[14]
• A few gem power chances stand out: slow.chance is 50, simplySkills.leapingChance is 65, and wildfire.chance is 10.^[15]

Weapon damage and speed

The weapon_attributes.toml file holds material damage modifiers, weapon type damage modifiers and attack speeds. Some material examples from this pack: materialDamageModifier.gobberEnd_damageModifier is 6, materialDamageModifier.orichalcum_damageModifier is 5, materialDamageModifier.starPlatinum_damageModifier is 5, materialDamageModifier.netherite_damageModifier is 3.75, materialDamageModifier.diamond_damageModifier is 3.25, and materialDamageModifier.iron_damageModifier is 3.^[33]

By type, typeDamageModifier.greathammer_damageModifier is 4 with an attack speed of -3.2 (typeAttackSpeed.greathammer_attackSpeed). The sai goes the other way: typeAttackSpeed.sai_attackSpeed is -1.5 and typeDamageModifier.sai_damageModifier is -3. Every unique weapon also has its own damage and attack speed entries in the same file, such as uniqueDamageModifier.hearthflame_damageModifier, set to 8.^[33]

The pack ships Simply Swords 1.63.0-1.21.1, and it was already in the pack as of FTB StoneBlock 4 1.0.0 or earlier. Below are the two most recent mod releases, which is where the changes you can feel in this version come from.^[2]

Simply Swords 1.63.0

• Fixed a crash that happened when opening OracleIndex from tooltips.^[34]
• Fixed an incompatibility with Excavated Variants.^[34]
• Added a dependency for Simply Tooltips.^[34]

Simply Swords 1.62.0

• Added a new unique weapon, Chomp'olotl.^[35]
• Many unique weapons can now be acquired deterministically via Contained Remnants.^[35]
• Increased the Contained Remnant hatch time and made it configurable.^[35]
• Changed Tempest's passive particle effect.^[35]
• Fixed a bug that made Enigma damage its owner and friendly players.^[35]
• Fixed some weapons spawning with invalid enchantments.^[35]
• Fixed some inconsistent config translations.^[35]

Unverified No pack changelog entries for Simply Swords are available, so any changes made to the mod between FTB StoneBlock 4 releases are unverified.