Epic Fight × Twilight Forest Compat

Dual Wielding Skill

• Added the Dual Wielding passive skill.
• True dual sword and dual axe movesets now require the Dual Wielding passive.
• Players can still equip a valid weapon in the offhand without the passive, but attacks remain one-handed.
• Dual Wielding supports sword and axe weapon categories.
• Added a dedicated Dual Wielding passive icon styled like the Epic Fight skill editor icons.
• Fixed offhand weapon durability so offhand sword and axe hits consume durability correctly.

Mortis Sarabande

• Introducing the rough completion of the dual sword innate skill
• Mortis Sarabande requires 100 damage dealt to become ready.
• The skill is single-target only.
• On a valid hit, normal targets are launched upward and controlled through an aerial combo.
• The caster becomes invulnerable once the slash sequence begins and remains protected through the finisher.
• The target cannot move, attack, or act while controlled by the skill.
• Biped targets use the borrowed Antitheus Lapse-style airborne pose during the controlled sequence.
• Non-biped launchable targets use knockdown-style handling instead of the biped lapse pose.
• Heavy targets such as golems, wardens, Epic Fight Super Golem, and Epic Fight Super Warden are not launched upward.
• Heavy targets are knocked back, rooted, attack-disabled, and still receive the slash sequence and finisher
• Mortis Sarabande damage is based on the average damage of the two equipped swords.
• Total skill damage is 420% of the average equipped sword damage.
• Launcher hit deals 25%.
• Ten rapid strikes deal 25% each, for 250% total.
• Finisher 1 deals 40%.
• Finisher 2 deals 45%.
• Final ground slam deals 60%.
• Rapid slash hits can trigger a 40% chance to deal 120% critical damage.
• Critical hits use a dedicated critical slash effect and stronger critical sound.

Dual Sword Combat Tuning

• Dual sword jump attack damage now uses 50% of the average damage of both equipped swords per hit.
• Dual sword combo attacks 1 and 2 no longer apply unwanted knockback.
• Fixed several dual sword hit timing issues where visible sword swings did not line up with damage.
• Improved dual sword handling against targets that are very close to the player.

Axe Barrage

• Axe Barrage now charges from damage dealt with dual axes.
• Reaching 100 charge grants 2 stored casts.
• Charge cannot refill while a stored cast remains unused.
• Added a 5 second recast cooldown between stored Axe Barrage uses.
• Cleaned up duplicate x2 display behavior on the Axe Barrage HUD.
• Axe Barrage performs 6 hits.
• Each hit deals 100% of the average base damage of the two equipped axes.
• The caster is invulnerable during Axe Barrage.
• Light targets caught at the start can be dragged along with the caster through the full barrage.
• Dragged targets can receive all 6 hits and Bleeding.
• Raised shields can stop Axe Barrage instead of allowing it to freely punch through blocking.

Dual Axe Combat Tuning

• Dual axe combo and dash attack damage now use the average damage of both equipped axes.
• Dual axe jump attack damage now deals 50% of the average damage of both equipped axes per hit.
• Dual axe combo attacks 1 and 2 no longer apply unwanted knockback or knockup.
• One-handed axe combo attacks 1 and 2 no longer apply unwanted knockback or knockup.
• One-handed axe combo 3 now keeps its heavy knockdown behavior on the final strike instead of the first strike.

Greatsword Poise

• Added poise protection for greatsword attacks.
• While a supported greatsword attack is already in motion, the first incoming attack will not interrupt or cancel it.
• A second incoming hit during the same attack can still interrupt the player.
• This gives greatswords a heavier commitment identity without making them fully unstoppable.
• Supported greatsword-style weapons include the vanilla Epic Fight greatsword tiers and the Knightmetal Greatsword.

Crossbow Rework

• Crossbows now behave as heavy ranged weapons.
• Left click starts and releases custom charged shots.
• Right click reloads the crossbow.
• Default crossbows now load 1 shot.
• Phantom Chamber increases the magazine to 5 loaded shots.
• The crossbow HUD now shows loaded arrows and charge state.
• The HUD uses the actual loaded arrow item where possible, including tipped arrows.
• The reload icon is shown when the crossbow needs to reload.
• The crosshair and ammo HUD are hidden when no shot is loaded.
• Crossbow camera behavior now follows the loaded-crossbow aiming feel while keeping the custom attack animations.
• Crossbow zoom during charge was smoothed.
• Crossbow aim and shot direction were improved for first-person and third-person consistency.
• Epic Fight's red target highlight was removed while using crossbows.

Crossbow Shot Values

• Normal shot damage is 10.
• Partial charge damage is 15.
• Full charge damage is 20.
• Normal shot projectile speed is 3.15 x 1.4 = 4.41.
• Partial charge projectile speed is 3.15 x 1.8 = 5.67.
• Full charge projectile speed is 3.15 x 2.2 = 6.93.
• Normal shot range is 8 blocks before Farshot.
• Partial charge range is 10 blocks before Farshot.
• Full charge range is 12 blocks before Farshot.
• Farshot adds +1 block per level, up to +3 blocks at Farshot III.
• Maximum full-charge range with Farshot III is 15 blocks.
• Normal shot has 1 Impact and 10% armor negation.
• Partial charge has 2 Impact, 15% armor negation, and pierces 1 additional target.
• Full charge has 3 Impact, 20% armor negation, pierces up to 3 targets, and applies 1 knockback.
• Full charge shots count as Heavy Bolts and can inflict Bleeding.
• Crossbow shots are no-gravity projectiles and use limited effective range.

Crossbow Animation And Reload

• Crossbow reload animation was slowed and cut to a committed reload length.
• Reloading can begin while walking or running, but the player must commit once the reload animation starts.
• Crossbow firing uses a hold phase and a release phase so charged shots feel heavier.
• Full charge shots add a stronger recoil feel and prevent immediate action until the heavy shot animation finishes.
• Crossbow shot timing was adjusted so the projectile releases closer to the visual firing moment.

Ranged Enchantments

• Added Farshot for crossbows.
• Farshot adds +1 block of crossbow range per level.
• Added Phantom Chamber for crossbows.
• Phantom Chamber changes crossbows from a 1 shot weapon to a 5 shot magazine weapon.
• Added Piercing Force for crossbows.
• Piercing Force adds armor negation by level: 5%, 7%, 9%, 12%, and 15%.
• Added Heavy Bolts for crossbows.
• Heavy Bolts adds damage by level: +7%, +10%, and +15%.
• Heavy Bolts also makes crossbow charging slower by level: +10%, +20%, and +30% charge time.
• Added Quickdraw for bows only.
• Quickdraw increases bow attack speed by 10%, 20%, and 30%.
• Quickdraw cannot be applied to crossbows through normal enchanting or books.
• Added Arcane Quiver for bows and crossbows.
• Arcane Quiver gives a chance to not consume ammunition: 10%, 20%, and 30%.
• Added Deadeye for bows.
• Deadeye improves Ice, Ender, and Seeker Bow proc chance.
• Power was rebalanced from the old large vanilla-style scaling to +5% per level, up to +25% at Power V.
• Quick Charge now affects crossbow reload speed and crossbow charge speed.
• Infinity is restricted to vanilla bows.
• Twilight Forest bows and Mortis Bow use Arcane Quiver instead of Infinity.
• Ice Bow cannot receive Flame.

Bow Targeting And Ranged Balance

• Vanilla bows and Twilight Forest bows now have an 8 block Epic Fight auto-targeting cap.
• Mortis Bow has a 10 block Epic Fight auto-targeting cap.
• Bows remain the longer-ranged weapon style overall because their projectiles still fly naturally, while crossbows use tighter hit-confirm, no-gravity or air resistance shots and limited effective range.
• Bow visuals and hotbar arrow behavior were polished so bow use better reflects loaded and firing states.

Airborne Combat And Knockup Handling

• General biped knockups now use a borrowed Antitheus Lapse-style airborne pose.
• Knockup height is capped at 4 blocks.
• Targets hit while airborne stay suspended briefly so players can follow up with air combos.
• If the target is no longer being hit, it falls back down with player-like gravity.
• Knockdown animations no longer play while targets are still floating in the air.
• If an airborne target is knocked down, it is forced to the ground first, then plays knockdown.
• If an airborne target is killed, it is forced down first, then resolves death on the ground.
• Fixed cases where survivors of Mortis Sarabande could play stray hit animations after recovering.
• Cleaned up slow-falling behavior after knockup and aerial hits.

Weapon And Tooltip Polish

• Minotaur Axe tooltip text now correctly says "Chance to inflict Bleeding."
• Knightmetal Greatsword name presentation remains corrected in item and hotbar display.
• Mortis Sarabande tooltip follows Epic Fight-style formatting with colored requirement, damage, impact, target count, and stun details.
• Fixed multiple edge cases where controlled targets, airborne targets, or player state could remain stuck after a special sequence.