AstralSwords v1.3.0 — Nine-Sword Ability Overhaul

Release Date: August 27, 2026

Summary

The nine-sword roster now has clearer combat identities, expanded passive abilities, stronger storage protection, and reliable cooldown controls.

Changes

• Nine-Sword Roster — Dragon's Wrath and Shadowbane have been removed. Servers using their recipes or configuration entries should remove those references.
• Skyfall Blade Reworked — Launch from the ground, boost while airborne, and trigger a velocity-scaled blast on landing while remaining immune to fall damage.
• Soul Reaver Expanded — Soul Harvest damages nearby enemies and converts the harvest into healing, while weapon hits retain their lifesteal effect.
• New Combat Passives — Warden's Oath gains Echo Sense, Eclipse Blade gains Lunar Edge damage in darkness, Venom Edge poisons on hit, and Power House gains stronger falling smash attacks.
• Hold-Based Eclipse Stealth — Eclipse Blade hides its wielder only while held in the main hand, with no timed invisibility effect.
• Decorated Pot Protection — Astral Swords can no longer be inserted into decorated pots alongside the existing container, hopper, frame, shelf, bundle, and anvil protections.
• Cooldown Toggle Fixed — /aswords cooldown immediately clears active ability cooldowns and their displays. No new cooldowns are created until cooldowns are re-enabled.

Compatibility

• Paper 1.21.x on Java 21
• Paper 26.x on Java 25