Night Slayer

Quickstart

1. Craft the Night Slayer at a crafting table:

1. Place it in your main hand and head into combat.
2. Right-click to cycle Wind Burst between levels 1, 2, and 3 — your current level shows on the action bar.
3. Jump, fall toward an enemy, and left-click to strike. The greater the fall distance, the harder the hit.
4. At Wind Burst III, crouch while airborne to fast-fall back down faster and set up stronger follow-up attacks.

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Overview

The Night Slayer is a custom heavy mace built for aggressive, high-impact melee combat. It hits hard, inflicts Wither on every target it touches, and launches enemies into the air with each swing. A built-in Wind Burst system lets you tune the weapon's launch power on the fly, making it equally useful for locking enemies down or repositioning yourself mid-fight.

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What It Adds

• Night Slayer — a single, powerful mace weapon found in the Combat creative tab and craftable in Survival.

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Abilities And Mechanics

On-Hit Effects

Every successful melee strike applies two effects to the target:

• Wither I for 4 seconds, dealing lingering decay damage.
• Upward launch — the target is knocked upward with force scaled to the current Wind Burst level (0.4 × level, so Wind Burst III launches the hardest).

Wind Burst Levels

Right-click while holding the Night Slayer to cycle through Wind Burst I, II, and III. The active level is shown on your action bar. The level is baked in as a real Wind Burst enchantment, so it interacts with the full mace fall-damage bonus system. Higher levels mean bigger launches on hit and more repositioning power.

Fast-Fall (Wind Burst III Only)

When Wind Burst is set to level 3, crouching while airborne (and not in water, not flying, not on the ground) accelerates your downward speed up to a capped maximum. This lets you close the vertical gap faster after a launch and re-enter melee range sooner for combo follow-ups.

Built-In Enchantments

The Night Slayer always carries the following enchantments internally — they are active even though the weapon shows no enchantment glint:

Density V dramatically increases fall-damage bonus scaling, making aerial dive attacks devastating. Breach IV cuts through a large portion of enemy armor.

Durability and Enchantability

The Night Slayer has 500 durability and an enchantability of 15. It can be further enchanted with Unbreaking and Mending at an anvil or enchanting table, just like a standard mace.

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How To Use

Basic combo loop:

1. Get airborne (jump, get launched by Wind Burst, or find high ground).
2. Fall toward your target — the more fall distance you build, the greater the smash bonus from Density V.
3. Left-click to strike. Wither is applied, and the target is launched upward.
4. If on Wind Burst III, crouch in the air to fast-fall back down and chain another hit.

Choosing a Wind Burst level:

• Wind Burst I — moderate launch, tighter knockback, good for controlled fights.
• Wind Burst II — higher launch, useful for stacking more fall distance on follow-ups.
• Wind Burst III — maximum launch power and enables the fast-fall crouch mechanic. Best for aggressive aerial combos.

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Crafting And Obtaining

The Night Slayer requires rare materials, reflecting its power:

The recipe is unlocked as soon as you join a world, so it appears in the recipe book immediately.

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Progression And Strategy

• Craft the Night Slayer after reaching the Nether — you need both Netherite ingots and a Heavy Core (obtained from Vaults), making it a late-game weapon.
• Add Mending as soon as possible to offset durability loss during extended fights.
• Unbreaking III is a strong early investment before you have reliable XP for Mending.
• In boss fights, use Wind Burst III and the fast-fall loop to chain multiple aerial smashes in quick succession, stacking Wither's decay alongside each smash's fall-damage bonus.
• Against groups, Wind Burst II or III scatters enemies vertically, letting you pick them off one at a time on their way back down.