Hookshot

Quickstart

1. Craft the Hookshot using iron ingots, a string, and a netherite ingot:

1. Right-click to fire the grappling claw. Hold right-click to reel yourself toward the attached block. Release to stop mid-pull.
2. When you're ready for more power, craft the four Charge items and their resistant variants, then combine everything into the Resistant Hookshot — the ultimate grappling tool with full buffs and protections.
3. For crowd control, craft the Chainspear (found in the Creative inventory alongside the other items), right-click to fire it, and watch enemies get yanked to you.

Overview

The Hookshot mod adds two powerful mobility and combat tools: the Hookshot (and its upgraded variants) and the Chainspear. The Hookshot lets you swing and traverse the world like a grappling hook, while the Chainspear pulls enemies, items, and even TNT directly to you. Upgrading through a series of crafted Charge items leads to the Resistant Hookshot, a nearly invincible all-in-one tool.

What It Adds

How To Use

Hookshot

• Right-click to fire the grappling claw in the direction you're looking (range: 50 blocks).
• Hold right-click to be pulled toward the block the claw has attached to.
• Release right-click to stop reeling at any time and float/fall from your current position.
• Slime blocks cause the claw to bounce you away instead of reeling you in — use this for momentum tricks.
• The claw deals heavy damage to any living entity it hits directly.
• Hitting a creeper with the base Hookshot triggers a detonation; using the Resistant Hookshot amplifies the blast.

Resistant Hookshot

While the Resistant Hookshot is held (in either hand), you continuously receive:

• Regeneration, Resistance, Fire Protection, Water Breathing, Night Vision, Speed, Strength, Jump Boost, Haste, and Absorption
• Your air supply is constantly refreshed and any fire on you is extinguished
• Incoming damage is soaked and health is restored with temporary extra golden hearts
• Hunger and saturation are kept full at all times
• The item has an enchanted blue glow in your hand and inventory

The Resistant Hookshot is also an ultra-fast, unbreakable mining tool — it instantly breaks any block while preserving all drops.

If you somehow fall out of the world while holding it, you are safely teleported back.

Chainspear

• Right-click to launch a 3D harpoon on a dark wire up to 50 blocks.
• Anything hookable — mobs, players, items, TNT — is pulled toward you.
• The longer a target is dragged along the wire, the more damage it takes (starts at 2, scales up to 14).
• A squid-ink particle burst and knockback sound play when the target arrives at you.
• You gain full damage immunity while the Chainspear is pulling or retracting, plus 5 seconds of immunity after a successful grab.
• A short cooldown prevents rapid firing — wait for the indicator to clear before shooting again.
• The Chainspear has a chunky, blocky handheld appearance that visually matches the Hookshot's style.

Crafting And Obtaining

All recipes are unlocked automatically when you join a world.

Hookshot

Charge Items

Heat Charge — fire and lava protection upgrade material:

Aqua Charge — drowning protection upgrade material:

Fall Charge — fall damage protection upgrade material:

Block Charge — general damage reduction upgrade material (requires shields and any sword):

Resistant Hookshot Variants

Heat Resistant Hookshot — combine a Hookshot with a Heat Charge:

Drown Resistant Hookshot — combine a Hookshot with an Aqua Charge:

Fall Resistant Hookshot — combine a Hookshot with a Fall Charge:

Block Resistant Hookshot — combine a Hookshot with a Block Charge:

Resistant Hookshot (Final Form)

Combine all four resistant variants together with a base Hookshot:

Chainspear

The Chainspear is available directly from the Creative inventory alongside the other Hookshot items. No crafting recipe is required.

Abilities And Mechanics

Slime Block Interaction

When the Hookshot claw latches onto a slime block, it launches you away from it rather than pulling you in. This can be chained for large aerial traversal maneuvers.

Creeper Detonation

Hitting a creeper with the Hookshot claw causes it to immediately explode. With the Resistant Hookshot, the explosion power is doubled, making it a powerful offensive tool against creeper-heavy areas — while your held protections keep you safe from the blast.

Chainspear Damage Scaling

Chainspear damage scales with pull duration:

• Minimum: ~2 damage at the moment of hook
• Maximum: up to 14 damage after a long drag
• Damage immunity protects you for the entire pull plus 5 seconds afterward

Block Resistant Hookshot Reduction

The Block Resistant Hookshot (and the Resistant Hookshot) reduces most incoming damage by 75%. The exceptions are drowning, fire, lava, and fall damage — which are handled by the other resistant variants (and all covered simultaneously by the Resistant Hookshot).

Progression And Strategy

1. Early game: Craft the base Hookshot for fast traversal and surprise combat. The 50-block range and heavy hit damage make it strong even without upgrades.
2. Mid game: Craft the four Charge types and produce all four resistant Hookshot variants. Each provides a useful passive protection for dangerous environments — bring the Heat Resistant version to the Nether, the Drown Resistant version underwater, etc.
3. End game: Combine all four variants into the Resistant Hookshot. This single item replaces armor, food, torches, and tools — you become nearly unkillable while holding it, can mine instantly, and retain the full grappling functionality.
4. Pair with the Chainspear: Use the Chainspear to pull enemies into melee range, then finish them with the Hookshot claw's heavy damage. The Chainspear's post-grab immunity window gives you a safe window to close in.
5. Creeper farming: The Resistant Hookshot's double-power creeper explosions combined with its own damage immunity make farming creeper drops trivial — fire the claw at a creeper and step back.