Pedernal Tools

A primitive-to-endgame flint tool progression for NeoForge 1.21.1. Start with nothing, knap flint against stone, weave plant fiber into string, and work your way up a full line of knives — from a fragile flint blade all the way to an unbreakable Quantum Knife.

Designed as the starter-tools layer for the upcoming Industry Nightmare modpack, and a companion to my other mod BloodyPunch. Works as a standalone mod too.

Features

• 🪨 Knapping — right-click flint on stone to chip off flint shards. No crafting table needed.
• 🌿 Plant fiber & string — harvest fiber from plants and turn it into plant string that works in any vanilla string recipe (bows, leads, scaffolding…).
• 🔪 A full knife tier line — flint, stone, iron, gold, diamond, netherite, and a quantum knife.
• 🪓 Flint axe & pickaxe — weak, fragile starter tools (wood mining speed, 1 attack damage) to get you going.
• ⚙️ Deeply configurable — almost every number and item list is exposed in config/pedernaltools/config.toml.

Progression

gravel → flint → (knap on stone) → flint shards → (+ stick) → flint knife
flint knife on plants → plant fiber → (×3) → plant string
shards + string + stick → flint axe / pickaxe
flint knife → (smithing table) → stone → iron → diamond → netherite
quantum knife: netherite knife + Quantum Upgrade in a Modern Industrialization Electric Packer

Knife mechanics

The knife isn't just a weapon — it cuts materials into other items:

• Break grass, ferns, or flowers with a knife in hand to harvest plant fiber (drop chance scales with the knife's tier).
• Hold the knife in your main hand and a stack of leaves/vines in your off hand, then right-click to shred them into fiber. Damaged input items (like worn armor) return proportionally less.

Higher-tier knives can cut tougher materials — fully configurable per material.

Configuration

Everything lives in config/pedernaltools/config.toml:

• Knapping output and whether it consumes flint.
• Per-tier fiber drop chances and the list of harvestable plants (add modded plants!).
• Custom cutting rules: inputItem;count;outputItem;count;minTier — add any conversion you like, including items from other mods.

Compatibility

• NeoForge 1.21.1
• BloodyPunch (optional) — designed to pair with it.
• Modern Industrialization (optional) — only needed to craft the Quantum Knife. The recipe loads conditionally and is safely ignored if MI isn't installed.

License

MIT — feel free to use, modify, fork, or include in modpacks. I hope you enjoy it. Cheers!