Kagurabachi Craft

Combat, Enchanted Blades and sorcery from Kagurabachi in Minecraft.

Kagurabachi Craft is a combat mod for Minecraft 1.21.1. It adds its own attack system, five weapon styles, 28 sorceries, signature techniques, progression, factions and combat NPCs.

The mod can be played in a singleplayer world or installed on a server. Combat results, ability costs, cooldowns and progression are handled by the server.

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Current version	5.0.0 Stable
Minecraft	1.21.1
Loader	NeoForge 21.1.176+
Languages	English and Russian
Sorceries	28 total, 4 marked WIP
Combat styles	Sword, Hand, Dual Katana, Sheathed Katana and Trident

GUI Scale 3x is recommended. The player screens and combat HUD are designed to fit cleanly at that scale.

What is included

Light and heavy attacks that change with the equipped weapon
Blocking, parrying, Stability, guard stress, fatigue and stagger
Clashes and reactions between attacks, projectiles and sorcery objects
Enchanted Blades with separate contracts and ability sets
Six sorcery slots powered by Spiritual Energy
Awakenings for supported sorceries
Four signature techniques powered by Style points
Target lock, combat HUD and damage previews
Dodge charges, extra jumps, wall movement and water walking
Origins, factions, contracts, clans, ranks and mastery
Combat NPCs that use the same damage and reaction systems as players
An in-game Patchouli guide and a technique library
Gamerules for combat, NPCs, awakenings, destruction and performance

Combat system

Combat Mode

Combat Mode UI

Press Y to enter Combat Mode. Normal Minecraft attacks are replaced by the current style's combat actions while this mode is active.

Tap LMB for a light attack. Hold it for at least 5 ticks to use a heavy attack. Inputs made near the end of a cooldown can be buffered.

Dash Attack

Your held weapon determines the active style:

Sword uses direct cuts, forward pressure and clinch attacks.
Hand uses punches, kicks and close-range Stability damage.
Dual Katana uses longer strings and wider multi-hit attacks.
Sheathed Katana uses draw attacks, short bursts and displacement.
Trident uses reach, thrusts and impaling attacks.

Hand	Dual Katana

Sword	Sheathed Katana

Defense

Hold Shift to block. A fresh press also opens the parry window. The result depends on timing, Stability and the incoming attack.

Repeated defense builds guard stress. Heavy attacks and some abilities deal additional Stability damage, which can force a stagger or break.

Press Ctrl to dodge. Dodge uses charges that recover over time. Additional charges unlock through Sorcery Level progression.

Dodge

Attack interactions

Attacks can meet before either hit is confirmed. Depending on the attacks involved, the result can be a clash, redirect, projectile cut, carry, pin or overpower.

Combat attacks and abilities can also damage suitable blocks. Server owners can adjust or disable destruction through gamerules.

Target lock

Press the middle mouse button to lock onto a target. Lock-on is used by the camera, damage preview and abilities that need a selected target.

Sorcery and Spiritual Energy

Sorcery UI

Press R to use Sorcery Mode. It can be configured as hold or toggle in the mod settings.

Sorceries use six common slots:

Slot	Default input
Primary	R + LMB
Secondary	R + RMB
Utility	R + Shift
Supportive 1	Z
Supportive 2	X
Special	G

Each sorcery defines its own costs, cooldowns and activation rules. Abilities can activate immediately or use charging, holding, channeling and persistent modes.

Spiritual Energy regenerates over time. The current amount, ability costs and cooldowns are shown on the HUD and in the Sorcery page opened with P.

Awakening

Supported sorceries fill an Awakening meter during combat. Press V at 100% to activate it. Awakening can replace abilities, add new effects or change how an existing kit works for a limited duration.

The availability and duration of Awakenings can be changed by server gamerules.

Enchanted Blades

Enchanted Blades are items with their own contracts and sorceries. A contract is stored separately from the combat style selected by the weapon in your hand.

Enten uses Kuro, Aka and Nishiki. Its abilities cover ranged cuts, attack absorption, copied attacks and movement.
Kuregumo uses Thunder charges for lightning attacks and also controls ice, fog, rain and water.
Kumeyuri uses Play and Banquet abilities. It applies Intoxication, changes enemy perception and moves objects or structures.
Tobimune uses feather and crow techniques for teleportation, flight and position swaps. Suzaku and Black Flames add healing, cleansing and fire attacks.
Magatsumi uses insect techniques and applies its Curse while unsheathed. This blade is currently WIP.

Press H to draw or sheathe a katana.

All sorceries

Tobimune

Enten
Kuregumo
Kumeyuri
Tobimune
Flame Bone
Shiba Teleportation
Murasama
Isou
Twilight Wave
Jobaku
Warrior's Path
Lightning Menace
Yellow Chains
Airborne Spikes
Light
Coin
Daruma
Pine Tree
Jikai
Demon Bite
Smoke Axe
Kurotsuchi
Di Algodze
Adaptation

WIP

Magatsumi
Gansui
Storehouse
Sumika

The four WIP sorceries are included in the build and can be used.

Signature techniques

Signature Technique

Signature techniques are selected separately from sorcery. They consume Style points earned through active combat.

Tap Tab to use the selected technique. Hold Tab for at least 200 ms to open the selector.

Iai

Requires a single sword. The user moves forward and cuts every target along an 11-block path.

Execution

Requires the Hand style. The user rushes forward and strikes the first target, dealing direct and area Stability damage.

Freedom Style

Requires a single sword. The user moves behind the selected target and attacks from the rear. A successful rear hit ignores Stability.

Cigarette Cross Slash

Requires a sword-based style. The first use throws a cigarette marker. Press Tab again to teleport to it and cut nearby targets. A direct hit triggers the teleport immediately.

Progression and factions

Kamunabi contract board

Origin

The origin screen opens when a character first joins. Origin sets the initial faction and reputation values. Sorceries, combat styles and later faction changes remain available.

Factions

The active factions are:

Kamunabi
Hishaku
Team Chihiro
Mercenaries

Factions use Fame, Infamy, Renown, ranks and contracts. Contract boards show the current objective, requirements, progress and reward.

Character progression

Sorcery Level increases maximum health, Spiritual Energy, damage and dodge charges.
Sorcery Mastery records progress with the active sorcery.
Style Mastery records progress with combat styles.
Clan lineages add their own progression and perks.
Datenseki is used by several progression and faction systems.

Press P to open the player screen. It contains Sorcery, Signature, Progression, Library and Settings pages.

Movement and interface

Combat movement includes:

Dodge charges
Extra jumps
Wall running and wall movement
Conditional water walking
Movement attached to individual attacks and abilities

Dash	Double jump

The HUD displays combat state, Spiritual Energy, Stability, cooldowns and sorcery-specific resources.

The Library inside the player screen contains descriptions and values for combat styles, sorceries and signature techniques.

The Patchouli book covers controls, combat, movement, progression and unlocked sorceries.

Default controls

Key	Action
Y	Toggle Combat Mode
Tap LMB	Light attack
Hold LMB for 5 ticks	Heavy attack
Shift	Block and parry
Ctrl	Dodge
Middle mouse	Target lock
P	Open player screen
Tap Tab	Use selected signature
Hold Tab	Open signature selector
R	Sorcery Mode
R + LMB	Primary sorcery slot
R + RMB	Secondary sorcery slot
R + Shift	Utility sorcery slot
Z	Supportive 1
X	Supportive 2
G	Special
V	Awakening
H	Draw or sheathe katana

Keybinds can be changed in Minecraft's control settings.

Required dependencies

Use the versions made for Minecraft 1.21.1 and NeoForge:

NeoForge 21.1.176 or newer
playerAnimator 2.0.1+1.21.1 or newer
Patchouli 1.21.1-92 or newer

playerAnimator and Patchouli are required on both the client and server.

WIP status

Magatsumi The kit and its presentation are still being worked on.
Gansui Terrain behavior is still being worked on.
Storehouse The domain, archive and room behavior are still being worked on.
Sumika The kit is still being worked on.

Server configuration

The mod provides gamerules for:

Combat cooldowns and timing
Damage and backstab modifiers
Dodge and air-combo behavior
Target lock
Awakenings
NPC spawning and distant NPC updates
Block destruction
Performance limits

Use the same mod and dependency versions on the client and server. Back up important worlds before changing mod versions.

Credits

Kagurabachi Craft is an independent fan project based on Kagurabachi by Takeru Hokazono.

Some models were used with permission from Kagurabachi: Sacred Steel by giggity2990.

Other custom models were created by Nyakitoy, my good friend.

Permission given to this project does not grant permission to redistribute its assets.

Installation

Install Minecraft 1.21.1 with NeoForge 21.1.176 or newer.
Install playerAnimator and Patchouli.
Place Kagurabachi Craft and both dependencies in the mods folder.
Use the same files on the server when playing multiplayer.

When reporting a problem, include the Kagurabachi Craft version, NeoForge version, dependency versions and the latest log or crash report.

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