Melee Expansion

Enhance Minecraft combat with new vanilla-styled melee weapon types, each featuring unique mechanics that blend seamlessly with the game.

Melee Expansion is a Minecraft mod that expands vanilla-style melee combat with carefully designed weapons, deeper mechanics, and broad mod compatibility — all while staying balanced and immersive.
This mod focuses on quality, progression, and clean integration, making it ideal for both vanilla-plus and heavily modded setups.


Weapons & Mechanics

🔹 Katana -  A fast and precise blade built for aggressive playstyles. 

• Successful hits grant a temporary attack speed boost.


🔹 Mace - A heavy weapon designed to break defenses. 
• Built-in attack knockback.
• When Better Combat is installed, the third strike deals more damage
Impact Enchantment:

Increases base damage (similar to Sharpness).
Increases the chance to disable enemy shields: No Impact: 15% - Impact V: 65%


🔹 Scythe A versatile tool for both combat and farming.
• Right-click crops to harvest and replant automatically.
Reaper Enchantment:

Pulls mob drops and harvested items directly into the player's inventory.

 

World Integration

  • Piglins and Zombified Piglins have a 50% chance to spawn holding a Mace instead of a sword
  • Wither Skeletons have a 25% chance to spawn holding a Katana instead of a sword
  • Weapons can be found in villager trades and vanilla structure loot chests.


Mod Compatibility (Optional & Clean)

Melee Expansion dynamically registers content only if the corresponding mod is installed, ensuring zero clutter and perfect integration.
Supported mods:

Existing weapon types (Katana, Mace, Scythe) automatically support expanded material sets from these mods.


Localization

Supported languages:

  • English (en_us)
  • German (de_de)
  • Chinese Simplified (zh_cn)
  • Brazilian Portuguese (pt_br)
  • Russian (ru_ru)
  • Arabic (ar_sa)
  • Persian (fa_ir)

Translations were generated using AI.
If you notice any mistakes or have better wording suggestions, feedback is greatly appreciated!

Balance & Recommendations

  • Designed around Better Combat for the intended experience.

                         

  • Playable as a standalone mod, but Better Combat is highly recommended.

Notes

  • Suggestions, balance feedback, and bug reports are always welcome!
  • You are free to include Melee Expansion in your modpack, but all rights are reserved. Redistribution or sale is not allowed.

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