Shattering Mire Stone

Quickstart

1. Gather stone, soul sand, and clay, then craft the Shattering Mire Stone at a crafting table.
2. Hold the block in your hand.
3. Right-click (use) to hurl it as a gravity-affected projectile.
4. Watch where it lands — on impact it converts a 5×5 area of ground into mire blocks.
5. Walk into the mire to see the slow and fatigue effects, then break the fragile mire blocks by hand in seconds.

Overview

The Shattering Mire Stone is a white-gray carved stone block that doubles as a throwable weapon and area-denial tool. When thrown, it arcs through the air under gravity and shatters on landing, flooding a patch of terrain with temporary mire blocks that punish anyone who steps inside them. The mire blocks are extremely fragile, so the hazard is short-lived — making the stone best used as a tactical disruptor rather than a permanent trap.

What It Adds

How To Use

• Throwing: Hold the Shattering Mire Stone and right-click. The stone launches forward as a gravity-affected projectile (similar to a snowball arc). One stone is consumed per throw.
• Impact zone: When the projectile hits a surface or lands, all blocks in a 5×5 flat area at that point are replaced with mire blocks.
• Mire effects: While standing inside mire blocks, players (and other entities) receive a significant movement speed reduction and Mining Fatigue.
• Breaking mire blocks: Mire blocks take only about 0.4 seconds to mine and drop nothing — they simply disappear when broken.
• Placed block: You can also place the Shattering Mire Stone as a decorative carved stone block. When mined, it drops itself.

Crafting And Obtaining

Craft the Shattering Mire Stone at a crafting table using stone, soul sand, and clay:

The recipe unlocks automatically once you have stone, soul sand, or clay in your inventory.

Abilities And Mechanics

• Gravity arc: The thrown stone follows a realistic curved path, so aim slightly above your target at longer distances.
• 5×5 replacement: The mire fills a full 5×5 square on the Y-level of impact, overwriting whatever blocks were there.
• No damage: Mire blocks themselves deal no damage — their threat is purely the slow and fatigue debuffs.
• Fragility: Mire blocks have very low durability and vanish without dropping anything, making the hazard temporary by design.
• No explosion resistance concern: Mire blocks have low explosion resistance and can also be cleared by blasts.

Progression And Strategy

• Early use: All three crafting ingredients are available from the very start of a world, so the Shattering Mire Stone is accessible immediately.
• Combat: Throw it at an enemy's feet to slow their approach and hamper their ability to break blocks or fight back effectively.
• Choke points: Toss it into narrow corridors or doorways to create a temporary hazard zone for pursuing mobs or players.
• Conservation: Each throw consumes one stone, so keep a small stockpile crafted before heading into situations where you'll need it.
• Cleanup: If mire blocks are placed somewhere inconvenient, they break almost instantly — a single hit removes them.