Javelin
| Stackable |
No |
| Size ↕ |
Large |
| Weight ⚖ |
Medium |
| Reach |
Far |
| Speed |
Fast |
| ItemID |
terrafirmacraftplus:item.16572 - 16575, 16579 - 16582, 16584 - 16588 |
Obtaining
Wooden Spear
The Wooden Spear is crafted by crafting a Pole with a Knife. It is the most primitive form of javelin. It can be used as a weapon. While holding a Wooden Spear, ⇧ Shift 
Right Click will place it in the ground. Placed wooden spears form the frame of a Teepee.
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Spear Bundle
Undamaged Wooden Spears can be stacked into Spear Bundles by pressing ⇧ Shift + Right Click on a placed wooden spear while holding any String (except Grass Cordage). The string will be consumed and the Spear will drop as a Spear Bundle with a quantity of 1. While holding the Spear Bundle in your hand you can ⇧ Shift + Right Click on up to 7 more placed Spears stuck to add them to your bundle.
To Remove spears from the bundle, ⇧ Shift + Right Click the ground with the spear bundle in your hand. On each click a spear will be removed from the bundle and placed in the ground. When the last spear in the bundle is placed, the string is returned to the player.
This allows for quick construction and transport of Teepees.
Stone Javelin
- Main article: Rock
Stone Javelins in order of increasing durability: Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous Intrusive, Igneous Extrusive.
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Metal Javelin
Metal Javelins can only be made from tool metals. They can be cast in ceramic molds, or worked on a metal anvil.
Casting
- Main article: Casting
Bismuth Bronze, Black Bronze, Bronze, and Copper Javelins can be cast using a Vessel or a Ceramic Mold instead of working on an anvil.
Ceramic Mold
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Vessel
Place an empty or partially filled Javelin mold into the slot to fill it with metal from the vessel. It takes 100 units of metal to completely fill an empty Ceramic Mold. The text in the vessel's GUI will be updated to show the amount of metal remaining in the vessel.
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Unshaped Ingot
To fill the Javelin mold from a ceramic ingot mold, right click the liquid unshaped ingot to open the casting interface:
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Put the ceramic Javelin mold in the second input slot and wait for the filled mold to finished.
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Smithing
- Main article: Working
Javelin Heads can also be crafted by using ingots on an anvil with a hammer. This is the only option for higher tier metals that cannot be cast. The durability depends both on the metal used and the skill of the smith forging the tool.
Smithing the Javelin Head
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Finishing the Javelin
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Usage
The Javelin, though capable of being used as a melee weapon, is more effectively used as a throwing spear. The Javelin can be drawn like a bow, making it a ranged weapon which inflicts Piercing Damage on players and mobs that it is used against. The javelin passes through enemies and can be recovered by picking the item up off of the ground or the block it was stuck into. The javelin only takes durability damage when it hits a player or a mob; if the javelin misses, no durability is lost. A javelin with low enough durability will break when hitting an entity.
Achievements
- Main article: Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Prerequisites |
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Paleolithic! | Knap a stone tool to enter the Stone Age | Definitely a rock |
History
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| v2 Build 12 | Removed stone swords, added Javelins. | |
| v2 Build 13 | The javelin can be used in melee. | |
| Javelin thrown damage increased slightly. | ||
| v2 Build 30 | Javelins no longer have infinite uses in melee. | |
| v2 Build 40 | Javelins are crafted with rocks instead of flint. | |
| v2 Build 47 | Removed one stick from the Javelin recipe. | |
| Increased Javelin melee durability to 50 from 35. | ||
| Reduced break chance of a javelin from 20% to 10%. | ||
| v2 Build 48 | Significantly reduced the force of a thrown javelin. | |
| Build 67 | Javelin thrown damage reduced by 45%. | |
| Javelin melee damage reduced by 27%. | ||
| 77.0 | Added javelin skeletons. | |
| Added metal javelins. | ||
| Stone javelins crafted with a knapped head, instead of simply a rock. | ||
| 77.4 | Gave stone javelins a slight damage boost. | |
| 77.5 | Javelin skeletons don't all have the flame enchantment. | |
| 78.0 | Added the quiver to store javelins. | |
Trivia
- Wither skeletons spawn in the overworld carrying javelins. They are the same as regular skeletons in that they have infinite ammo, and do not apply a wither effect.
Gallery
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A javelin sticking out of some thatch blocks.
See Also