Release 3.6.3.111 · SlimeKnights/TinkersConstruct

Mechanics

Shields are crafted like armor, with two variants
Shields have a block amount stat, which determines the maximum damage it can block. If an attack does more damage than the max, it is reduced by the stat.
Shields also have a block angle stat, determining how wide of an area they protect. It ranges from 0 to 180 degrees (180degrees is vanilla shields)
Shields can receive armor, toughness, and knockback resistance. All three stats apply in either hand, even when not blocking

Modifiers

Shields can receive protection modifiers, which work identically to armor. This lets you further increase your protection amount to effectively protect against all 5 main damage types.
Shields can receive counterattack modifiers as upgrades. They only apply when blocking, but are twice as effective as on armor
Shields can receive interaction modifiers, which apply on left click like bows.
Shields can have their wood dyed and their metal embellished, to help them fit your armor set visuals
Shields can receive reflecting to deflect projectiles
Shields can receive wetting and spilling to apply fluids on hit

Travelers Shield

Plate Shield

Blocking Modifier

Blocking is a modifier that can be applied to any held tool, enabling it to block like classic swords.
Most tools have a block amount off 5 with a block angle of 60 degrees

Parrying Modifier

Mechanics

Slime staffs are tools that do nothing. However, they start with at minimum 2 ability slots to make them do something
They are not melee tools, but do count as armor (meaning they can get an armor value from diamond, netherite, and alike)
They support interaction modifiers on both right click and left click. A worktable recipe lets you decide for each modifier where to use it

Modifiers

Slime Staffs can receive any existing interaction modifier, such as blocking, bucketing, pathing, or glowing
Slime Staffs given spilling use it on interaction, allowing you to apply spilling effects to a target without damaging it. When expanded, grants AOE spilling
Slime Staffs can also receive slurping, for applying effects to the player directly
Slime Staffs are "overslime friends", meaning they can receive overslime without penalty

Skyslime Staff

Earthslime Staff

Ichor Staf

Disallow luck on chestplates. Too few people understood that it only worked on unarmed, which is a niche enough usecase that scrapping it in favor of clarity is good
General tools now support blocking as a modifier
Boots now support long fall to fully neutralize fall damage, requires feather falling IV.
Cleanup logic for respiration modifier
Wet sponges can now be used in modifier extraction when combined with enderslime crystals
Sweeping edge is now capped at 3 levels instead of 4
Fixed some weirdness with using modifier crystals and multi-level recipes such as luck and tool belt
Fix modifier crystals potentially breaking JEI on servers
Fix firing a bow with too little velocity deleting arrows
Fix "fast use item" (used by Tinkers' Things shortbow and the Traveler's Shield) causing super speed in some situations

Stackable Daggers

Daggers now stack to 2 when undamaged.
Crafting a dagger now yields 2 instead of 1.
While stacked, they cannot be used, but they can be modified; ideal for creating matched pairs of daggers as it provides a modifier discount.

Protection Rebalance

All conditional protection modifiers now grant 10% protection per level
Protection now grants a flat 5% per level, and is capped at 1 level per piece. This allows me to increase protection amounts without worrying you will go too high once you have draconic.

Rebalanced Modifier

This is not another rebalance, but rather a modifier called rebalanced.
Rebalanced grants +1 modifier slot, but you get to choose the type
All variants require gilded blackstone, or once you are late game dragon scales work just as well
To add +1 upgrade slot, you need to pay skyslime crystals and rose gold
To add +1 defense slot, you need to pay earthslime crystals and cobalt. This slot can be placed on most tools, taking advantage of the shield/staff defense slot mechanics
To add +1 ability slot, you need to pay ichor and queens slime. This also causes you to lose an upgrade slot.
If you try to apply rebalanced a second time, it will replace the original (no getting more than one slot from the modifier)

Added new recipe type for a modifier that has different slot requirements each level but the same inputs
Added improved API for modifiers that are used by charging the tool
Tool Definitions now support custom modules being registered to them, works similarly to modifier hooks
Update to latest Json Things, add ability to add staff like tools (used for shields)
Add scaled FOV modifier for FOV that scales with the slider
Added tool stat for movement penalty when using an item
Walking on snow is now controlled by a volatile flag instead of hardcoded into travelers boots
Tool crafting recipe now supports setting the tool output size and adding extra requirements beyond the parts

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