Combat skills

Weapon skills, support skills, damage calculation, Parrying, and Wrestling mechanics.

Combat skills determine how much damage you deal, how often you land critical hits, and how effectively you block incoming attacks. Two skills — Tactics and Anatomy — apply to every form of combat regardless of weapon choice.

Weapon skills

Each weapon type has a dedicated skill. You raise the skill by dealing damage with that weapon, whether the attack hits or misses.

Skill	Weapons	Raises when
Swordsmanship	All swords (Wood → Netherite)	Dealing damage with a sword
Axe	All axes (Wood → Netherite)	Dealing damage with an axe
Mace Fighting	Mace (1.21+)	Dealing damage with a mace
Spear	All spears (1.21.5+)	Dealing damage with a spear
Archery	Bow, Crossbow	Dealing projectile damage
Throwing	Trident	Dealing damage with a trident
Wrestling	Unarmed (empty hand)	Dealing unarmed damage

Weapon-to-skill mapping

Item	Skill
Wooden / Stone / Iron / Gold / Diamond / Netherite Sword	Swordsmanship
Wooden / Stone / Iron / Gold / Diamond / Netherite Axe	Axe
Mace	Mace Fighting
Wooden / Stone / Iron / Gold / Diamond / Netherite Spear	Spear
Bow, Crossbow	Archery
Trident	Throwing
Empty hand	Wrestling

Support skills

Tactics

Tactics is the primary damage multiplier — every attack you land uses it.

Tactics multiplier = Tactics / 100   (range 0.1 – 1.0)

At Tactics 0 you deal only 10 % of your potential damage. Tactics must be raised alongside your weapon skill — without it even the best sword will hit weakly.

Tactics raises when an attack lands (hit, not miss). Combat difficulty for gain checks is based on the target mob’s strength.

Anatomy

Anatomy adds a flat damage bonus and provides critical hit chance.

Anatomy damage multiplier = 0.5 + (Anatomy / 100)   (range 0.5 – 1.5)
Critical hit chance       = Anatomy / 2 %            (max 50 %)
Critical hit multiplier   = 2.0×

Anatomy raises when you kill an enemy.

Parrying

Parrying gives a probability-based block that reduces incoming damage by 50 % when triggered. It also reduces enemy accuracy against you.

Equipment	Block chance (melee)	Block chance (ranged)
Shield equipped	Parrying × 0.5 % (max 50 %)	Parrying × 0.6 % (max 60 %)
Weapon only (no shield)	Parrying × 0.25 % (max 25 %)	0 % — cannot block arrows
Unarmed	0 %	0 %

When a block triggers, the hit deals 50 % of its normal damage. Parrying raises when a block succeeds.

Parrying also lowers enemy hit chance against you in PvP:

enemy hit chance = enemy weapon skill − (your Parrying / 2) + 50

Focus

Focus improves your stamina pool, reduces sprint consumption, and speeds up recovery.

Max stamina      = 100 + DEX + (Focus / 2)
Consumption      = base × (1 − Focus / 200)    (Focus 100 → 50 % less)
Regeneration     = base × (1 + Focus / 100)    (Focus 100 → 2× faster)

Focus raises every 5 seconds while you are sprinting.

When stamina reaches 0 you enter an exhausted state: walk speed drops 50 %, jumping is disabled, and a panting effect plays. Normal movement resumes only after recovering 50 stamina.

Damage calculation

All combat damage follows this formula:

final_damage = base_damage
             × (Tactics / 100)
             × (0.5 + Anatomy / 100)
             × [0.5 + Wrestling / 100]   ← unarmed only
             × (1 + STR / 200)
             × quality_modifier
             × (1 + enchant_DI / 100)
             × critical_multiplier       ← 2.0× if crit triggered

After weapon damage is computed, armor reduces it:

defense_reduction = target_AR / (target_AR + 50)
post_armor_damage = final_damage × (1 − defense_reduction)

Hit chance formula

hit_chance = weapon_skill − (target_defense / 2) + 50

• Against mobs: target_defense comes from the mob’s configured physical_defense.
• Against players: target_defense is the target’s Parrying skill.
• Capped at 5 % minimum, 95 % maximum.

Weapon quality modifiers

Quality	Damage modifier
Low Quality (LQ)	−15 %
Normal Quality (NQ)	±0 %
High Quality (HQ)	+15 %
Exceptional (EX)	+25 %

Enchantment DI (Damage Increase)

Enchantment	DI per level
Sharpness	+10 %
Smite (vs. undead)	+15 %
Bane of Arthropods (vs. arthropods)	+15 %
Power (bow)	+10 %

Combat difficulty by mob type

Mob	Difficulty
Zombie, Skeleton	20
Spider	25
Creeper, Phantom	30
Ghast	35
Witch	40
Blaze, Vindicator	45
Enderman, Wither Skeleton	50
Evoker, Piglin Brute	55
Ravager	60
Warden	100
Player (PvP)	Target’s average combat skill

Wrestling specifics

Unarmed combat applies Wrestling’s own damage multiplier on top of the standard formula.

Wrestling damage multiplier = 0.5 + (Wrestling / 100)   (range 0.5 – 1.5)
Base unarmed damage         = 3

Wrestling also grants a stun chance:

Wrestling	Damage multiplier	Stun chance
0	×0.5	0 %
50	×1.0	12.5 %
100	×1.5	25 %

• Stun duration: 1 second (Slowness 255 + Jump Boost −128)
• Stun cooldown: The same target cannot be stunned again for 5 seconds.
• Works against mobs and players alike.

Archery distance and movement penalties

Bow and crossbow deal full damage at short range but lose effectiveness at distance and while moving.

Base weapon damage

Weapon	Base damage
Bow	6
Crossbow	10

Distance falloff

Distance	Damage
0 – 15 blocks	100 %
15 – 30 blocks	100 % → 50 % (linear)
30+ blocks	50 %

Movement penalty

State	Damage
Stationary	100 %
Moving (horizontal speed ≥ 0.1)	70 %

For maximum ranged damage: stop moving before you release, and engage targets within 15 blocks. Archery is still competitive at range — the falloff exists to balance it against magic, which requires mana and reagents.