Projectiles - Lode Entities

Things that fly. The custom projectiles (projectile, missile, orbital, totem, beam, chainmissile) are invisible on their own: they move a point through the world and run skills as they go, so you decide what they look like and what they do.

  effects:
  - missile{onTick=shard_trail;onHit=shard_hit;velocity=8;inertia=1.2;maxRange=32} +onTimer:60 @target
  shard_trail:
  - particle{p=end_rod;a=2} @origin
  shard_hit:
  - damage{a=6}                       # no targeter: acts on what it hit
  - particle{p=crit;a=20} @origin

Inside a projectile’s skills, @origin is the projectile’s current position. In onHit, the entities it hit are the inherited targets, so a line with no targeter acts on them.

Mechanic	Usage	What it does
`arrowvolley`	`arrowVolley{amount=20;spread=45;velocity=20}`	Fires a spread of arrows.
`beam`	`beam{duration=20;material=END_ROD;onHit=<skill>}`	A beam between the caster and the target that hits what it crosses.
`chain`	`chain{onBounce=<skill>;bounces=2;radius=5;delay=1}`	Runs a skill that bounces from target to target.
`chainmissile` _{also cmi}	`chainMissile{bounces=2;radius=5;onHit=<skill>}`	A homing projectile that jumps to new targets on hit.
`missile` _{also mi}	`missile{onTick=<skill>;onHit=<skill>;velocity=5;inertia=1.5}`	A homing projectile that steers toward the target.
`modifyprojectile`	`modifyProjectile{trait=VELOCITY;action=MULTIPLY;value=<n>}`	Changes the projectile that is running this skill (speed, range, …).
`orbital` _{also o}	`orbital{radius=2;points=1;onHit=<skill>;duration=200}`	Projectiles circling the target, hitting what they touch.
`projectile` _{also p}	`projectile{onTick=<skill>;onHit=<skill>;velocity=5;maxRange=40;bullettype=NONE}`	Launches a custom projectile that runs skills on tick, on hit and on end.
`projectilevelocity` _{also pvelocity}	`projectileVelocity{vx=0;vy=0;vz=0;mode=SET}`	Sets the velocity of the projectile running this skill.
`raytrace`	`raytrace{maxdistance=50;entityskill=<skill>;locationskill=<skill>}`	Traces a line forward and runs skills on the entity or block it hits.
`raytraceto`	`raytraceTo{entityskill=<skill>;locationskill=<skill>}`	Traces a line to the target and runs skills on what it hits.
`setprojectilebulletmodel`	`setProjectileBulletModel{model=<n>}`	Sets the custom model data of the running projectile’s bullet.
`setprojectiledirection`	`setProjectileDirection{magnitude=1}`	Points the running projectile at the target.
`shoot` _{also shootprojectile}	`shoot{type=arrow;damage=5;velocity=1}`	Shoots a vanilla projectile (arrow, trident, …) at the target.
`shootfireball` _{also fireball}	`shootfireball{yield=1;incendiary=false;velocity=1;small=false}`	Shoots a fireball at the target.
`shootpotion`	`shootPotion{type=<effect>;duration=100;level=1;velocity=1}`	Throws a splash potion at the target.
`shootshulkerbullet` _{also shootshulker}	`shootShulkerBullet{onHit=<skill>}`	Shoots a shulker bullet at the target.
`shootskull` _{also shootwitherskull, witherskull, skull}	`shootSkull{yield=1;velocity=1}`	Shoots a wither skull at the target.
`terminateprojectile` _{also endprojectile, terminateproj, endproj, stopprojectile, stopproj}	`terminateProjectile`	Ends the projectile running this skill.
`totem` _{also toteme, t}	`totem{charges=0;onTick=<skill>;onHit=<skill>;duration=400}`	A stationary projectile that runs skills on what comes near it.
`volley` _{also shootvolley}	`volley{type=arrow;amount=10;radius=10}`	Fires several vanilla projectiles at once.

Bullets

A custom projectile can carry something to look at with bullettype: ARROW, BLOCK or SMALLBLOCK (a block display), TEXT, MOB (a LodeEntities mob or vanilla entity riding along), or MODELENGINE (a model). The default, NONE, is invisible. setProjectileBulletModel changes the bullet’s custom model data mid-flight.

Firing on an animation frame

For an attack that leaves the mob’s hand on the right frame of its animation, call the skill from a keyframe in Blockbench rather than guessing a delay. See Animating Your Model.