Ethereal Heartpiercer

Quickstart

1. Craft the Ethereal Heartpiercer using either the standard crafting recipe or the smithing table upgrade path below.
2. Hold it in your main hand or offhand — it works from either hand.
3. Attack enemies from farther away than a normal weapon allows; it strikes targets up to 5 blocks away.
4. Land kills to claim "souls." Each soul permanently boosts your damage and health for as long as you carry the streak.
5. Die, and your accumulated souls are lost — start building your streak again.

Overview

The Ethereal Heartpiercer is a single, powerful spear-like weapon found in the Combat creative tab. It behaves like an ethereal trident/sword hybrid: it moves faster than most weapons, reaches farther than a normal melee weapon, and grows more dangerous the more kills you rack up without dying.

What It Adds

• Ethereal Heartpiercer — a unique handheld weapon with extended attack range, bonus speed, and a scaling damage/health system tied to kills.

Crafting And Obtaining

You can obtain the Heartpiercer in two ways:

Standard Crafting

Smithing Table Upgrade

Alternatively, upgrade a trident using a smithing table, a Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template, and a Nether Star:

Abilities And Mechanics

• Extended Reach: The Heartpiercer lets you hit enemies up to 5 blocks away, well beyond normal melee range.
• Speed Boost: While held, it grants a noticeable movement speed increase (equivalent to Speed IV).
• Lunge: Attacking with the weapon has a strong forward lunge effect (Lunge IV), letting you close distance quickly.
• Base Damage: It hits as hard as a weapon enchanted with Sharpness X.
• Soul-Claiming: Every kill you land with the Heartpiercer claims a "soul":
  • You gain +1 permanent sharpness level per soul (stacking on top of the base Sharpness X).
  • You gain +2 extra max health per soul.
  • You are healed for 2 health immediately when claiming a soul.
  • A message confirms each soul claimed and your current soul count.
• Soul Cap: Souls cap at 25 — beyond this point, further kills no longer add bonuses.
• Losing Your Streak: If you die, all claimed souls are wiped, your bonus health and damage reset, and you must start building up souls again from zero.

Progression And Strategy

• Treat every kill as progress: the longer you survive with the Heartpiercer in hand, the stronger and tankier you become.
• Because souls reset on death, prioritize survival over reckless aggression once you've built up a strong streak.
• The extended reach and lunge make the Heartpiercer excellent for hit-and-run tactics — strike from range, then retreat before enemies can close the distance.
• Since it counts as a sword-type weapon, it benefits from sword-related interactions while still functioning as your primary means of claiming souls and scaling your power throughout a playthrough.