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Critical Strike

Mod

by daedelus_dev

🍀 Chance based critical hits for melee and ranged attacks!

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

608,598

CurseForge ID

1379562

Modrinth Downloads

74,886

Modrinth ID

ilvNBzFn

Last Updated

Jun 12, 2026

Description

Critical Strike

A Minecraft mod that adds chance-based critical hit mechanics for melee and ranged combat, complete with flashy visual and audio feedback. Replicates Critical Hit mechanics from Minecraft Dungeons.

Features

Chance-Based Critical Strikes

  • RNG-based critical hit system that replaces vanilla jump criticals
  • Melee critical strikes - Weapons have a chance to deal bonus damage on hit
  • Ranged critical strikes - Arrows and projectiles can critically hit targets
  • Configurable mechanics - Toggle vanilla jump crits and customize critical chance/damage
  • Batching option - Cache critical chance calculations per tick for performance

Particle and Sound Effects

  • Fancy particle effect are shown on critical strikes:
    • Sparkle - Burst of small sparkles radiating from impact
    • Skull - Floating skull particles that ascend and fade
    • Circle - Expanding animated ring at the center of impact
    • with customizable colors
  • Dynamic sound effects - Two critical hit sound variants with randomized pitch
  • Configurable volume - Separate volume controls for melee and ranged crits

Content

Attributes

  • Critical Hit Chance (critical_strike:chance) - Determines probability of landing a critical hit
    • Base innate bonus: +5%
    • Increased by enchantments and status effects
  • Critical Hit Damage (critical_strike:damage) - Multiplier for critical hit damage
    • Base innate bonus: +50% (1.5x damage)
    • Increased by enchantments and status effects

Enchantments

  • Critical Hit (Max level 5) - Increases critical strike chance by +4% per level
  • Critical Impact (Max level 5) - Increases critical damage by +10% per level
  • Both enchantments work on swords, axes, bows, crossbows, and other weapons

Status Effects

  • Critical Hit Effect - Beneficial potion effect that boosts critical chance (+5% per level)
  • Critical Impact Effect - Beneficial potion effect that boosts critical damage (+10% per level)
  • Available as potions, splash potions, lingering potions, and tipped arrows

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