Orbital strike

Quickstart

1. Obtain a fishing rod and TNT.
2. Craft Stab Shot from one fishing rod and one TNT.
3. Hold Stab Shot in your hand and use it—right-click on keyboard and mouse, or use the item action on touch or controller.
4. Aim at a block to select the impact point. Stab Shot clears the area around the target and creates a deep explosive shaft.
5. For the largest strike, craft a Nuke by surrounding Stab Shot with eight TNT blocks.
6. Use the Nuke while aiming at an open area, then move away immediately. The strike begins after a short delay and drops a massive TNT payload from the sky.

Both weapons are single-use. Each item is consumed after activation.

Overview

Orbital strike turns ordinary fishing rods into powerful explosive weapons:

• Stab Shot creates a concentrated surface blast and deep excavation.
• Nuke summons a delayed orbital bombardment with hundreds of TNT entities and expanding shock waves.

Aim at terrain, structures, or open ground before using either item. Explosions can destroy blocks and cause extensive environmental damage.

What It Adds

The items appear in the Equipment section of the Creative inventory and do not stack.

How To Use

Targeting

The weapon first looks for a non-passable block in the direction you are facing, up to 96 blocks away. If no suitable block is found, it selects a point roughly 32 blocks ahead.

Aim at the block or location you want to destroy before using the item. The target is based on your view direction, not on a fishing line or projectile.

Stab Shot

Use Stab Shot while aiming at a target:

• A wide area around the impact point is cleared.
• A large shaft extends downward toward the bottom of the world.
• Eight TNT entities appear around the target and detonate after a short fuse.
• Blocks are destroyed rather than simply overwritten, so the blast can leave drops and debris.

Because the shaft and impact chamber are large, test Stab Shot away from buildings, bases, and valuable terrain.

Nuke

Use the Nuke while aiming at the intended strike point:

1. The weapon pauses briefly after activation.
2. Hundreds of TNT entities appear high above the target.
3. The TNT spreads outward as it falls, covering a very large area.
4. Twenty shock-wave explosions expand from the target in timed rings.
5. The explosions break blocks but do not deliberately set them on fire.

The Nuke is best used in a remote testing area with plenty of distance for the payload and shock waves.

Crafting And Obtaining

Stab Shot

Craft Stab Shot with one fishing rod and one TNT at a crafting table.

Nuke

Craft the Nuke by placing one Stab Shot in the center of a crafting table and surrounding it with eight TNT.

You can also obtain both items from the Creative inventory under Equipment. For commands, their item IDs are:

• Stab Shot: com_explosive_cast_e64jsynd:my_sword
• Nuke: com_explosive_cast_e64jsynd:nuke

Abilities And Mechanics

Single-use weapons

Stab Shot and Nuke have a maximum durability of one. Activating either weapon uses it up, so prepare a replacement before planning a series of strikes.

Stab Shot targeting and blast shape

Stab Shot combines a broad surface excavation with a narrower, deeper shaft. It also creates a ring of TNT around the selected location, giving the weapon a short delay before the main detonation.

The target can be on the ground, on a wall, or at another visible solid block. Aim carefully when using it near the edge of a structure, since the cleared area extends several blocks in every direction.

Nuke targeting and blast shape

The Nuke’s payload starts approximately 110 blocks above the selected target. Its TNT spreads to cover a radius of roughly 100 blocks while descending.

The follow-up shock waves begin near the target and expand outward in concentric rings. The strike reaches far beyond the point where the TNT first lands, so flying away or hiding just beside the target is not sufficient protection.

Progression And Strategy

• Start with Stab Shot to test how targeting works and to excavate a controlled quarry or tunnel.
• Use Stab Shot to prepare a large open area before testing the Nuke.
• Craft multiple weapons if you want to compare blast sizes, since each activation consumes the item.
• Aim at a solid block for reliable targeting.
• Keep valuable builds, villages, storage, and other players well away from the target.
• Use the Nuke in a remote area or a dedicated destructive testing world.
• Move away as soon as the Nuke is activated; its delay is only a warning period, not a safe observation distance.