Stab Shot Rod

Quickstart

1. Craft the stabshot at a Crafting Table using the recipe below, or grab it from the Equipment tab in Creative inventory.
2. Hold it in your main hand, aim at a spot on the ground about 8 blocks in front of you, and press Use/Interact (right-click on Java-style controllers, or the interact button on console/mobile).
3. A 7×7 vertical shaft instantly opens beneath your aim point, all the way to bedrock. An explosion particle and sound confirm the shot.
4. Check your action bar — it tells you how many blocks were cleared, entities killed, and totems consumed.

Overview

The Stab Shot Rod is a powerful hand-held tool that fires a single "Stab Shot" — a vertical shaft of destruction that erases a 7×7 column of blocks straight down to the floor of whatever dimension you are in. It is expensive to craft, has limited durability, and comes with a brief cooldown between uses, making each shot feel deliberate and impactful.

What It Adds

The item appears in the Equipment category of the Creative inventory and has its own unique icon.

How To Use

• Equip the stabshot in your main hand.
• Aim horizontally toward your target. The shaft opens 8 blocks ahead of your position in the direction you are facing, not directly under your feet.
• Use/Interact to fire. The shaft carves from just above your current height all the way down to the dimension's lowest air level (y = −63 in the Overworld, y = 1 in the Nether).
• After firing, your action bar displays a summary:
  • "Stab Shot opened a 7×7 shaft to bedrock. Killed: X. Totems consumed: Y."
  • If the area is protected or unloaded, you will see: "Stab Shot could not cut this protected or unloaded area."

Abilities And Mechanics

Shaft Dimensions

The shaft is 7 blocks wide and 7 blocks deep (centred on the aim point), running vertically from near your feet down to the bedrock layer. All blocks in that column are replaced with air.

Entity Killing

Every entity caught inside the shaft when it fires is instantly killed. There is no damage falloff — anything in the column is eliminated.

Totem of Undying Protection

An entity (including other players) holding a Totem of Undying in their offhand is not killed. Instead:

• The totem is consumed (one totem removed from the stack).
• The entity receives Regeneration II (10 sec), Absorption II (5 sec), and Fire Resistance I (40 sec).
• The classic totem particle effect plays at the entity's location.

Durability

Every use consumes 1 durability (100 % damage chance). The stabshot breaks after 128 uses. It cannot be stacked.

Cooldown

After each use there is approximately a 10-second cooldown before the stabshot can be fired again.

Dimension Behaviour

Crafting And Obtaining

Craft the stabshot at a Crafting Table. The recipe unlocks once you have a Blaze Rod, Nether Star, or Totem of Undying in your inventory.

The recipe requires:

• Obsidian (×4, corners)
• Totem of Undying (×1, top centre)
• Diamond Blocks (×2, middle sides)
• Blaze Rod (×1, centre)
• Nether Star (×1, bottom centre)

Progression And Strategy

• Because the shaft opens 8 blocks ahead of you rather than directly underneath, you can fire safely without falling in — position yourself on solid ground and aim forward.
• The totem protection mechanic means PvP opponents carrying a Totem of Undying will survive one shot; plan accordingly or bait them into using their totem first.
• At 128 durability the stabshot is a mid-to-late-game consumable tool. Save shots for clearing large cave systems, draining ocean monuments, or eliminating mob clusters.
• In the Nether the shaft only reaches y = 1, so it will not punch through the bedrock floor — use it to clear vertical tunnel paths between the lava sea and the ceiling.
• The stabshot cannot cut protected or unloaded chunks; fire only into loaded, unprotected terrain to avoid wasting a use and durability.