RG Thorium Bow with Quiver

Thorium Hand Crossbow - Advanced Multi-Shot Ranged Weapon Mod

Thorium Hand Crossbow is a progression-based ranged weapon mod that introduces a high-tier upgrade to the Iron Hand Crossbow, built for players who want higher ammo capacity, sustained DPS, and advanced combat efficiency in mid-to-late game.

This mod adds a Thorium-forged hand crossbow crafted at the Blacksmith’s Anvil, designed to outperform the iron variant while staying balanced within vanilla progression.

Core Feature - 10-Arrow Extended Magazine

Unlike the Iron Hand Crossbow, which reloads only 5 arrows, the Thorium Hand Crossbow reloads up to 10 arrows at once, allowing players to:

• Fire twice as many shots per reload

• Maintain longer combat uptime

• Perform sustained ranged damage

• Reduce downtime during boss fights and intense encounters

This makes it ideal for advanced PvE combat, exploration, and high-pressure engagements.

Crafting Recipe - Blacksmith’s Anvil

Crafted using premium mid-to-late game materials:

• 24x Thorium

• 16x Medium Leather

• 12x Linen Scraps

• 6x Cindercloth Scraps

• 3x Shadoweave Scraps

The recipe ensures a rewarding progression path tied to exploration, crafting depth, and resource investment.

Design Note - Preserved Iron Crossbow Visuals

To maintain animation stability and sprite integrity, I intentionally kept the original Iron Hand Crossbow visual design.

At the moment, I am still learning how to work with full texture sets and advanced item sprites, and I currently focus more on icon design. To avoid breaking original animations, sprites, or visual behavior, I chose to preserve the iron crossbow model, ensuring smooth compatibility and clean visuals.

This guarantees the weapon feels native to vanilla Hytale without risking animation glitches or visual inconsistencies.

Gameplay Philosophy

Thorium Hand Crossbow is designed to:

• Provide a meaningful ranged weapon upgrade

• Extend combat endurance without breaking balance

• Reward late-game crafting investment

• Preserve vanilla animations and weapon feel

• Fit naturally into Hytale’s progression and combat ecosystem

It offers power through capacity, not raw overpowered damage.

Mod Identity & Credits

• Developed by Rargela

• Part of the RGLux / Rargytale mod ecosystem

• Focused on clean integration, balanced progression, and polished gameplay

Planned / Possible Future Expansions

• Additional crossbow tiers

• Elemental or enchanted variants

• Special ammo types

• Unique firing modes

• Visual rework once advanced texture pipeline is mastered