Tinkers’ Gadgets

Tinkers’ Gadgets

Tinkers’ Gadgets is a lightweight add-on for Tinkers’ Construct 2 that adds new tools, parts, and materials.

Features

🪃 Boomerang

An early-game ranged weapon craftable before the Tool Forge.

• Made with two knife blades and a clasp.
• Right-click to charge, release to throw.
• Automatically returns after impact.
• Each Boomerang is tracked independently—use multiple at once.

🔪 Throwing Knife

A mid-range throwing weapon inspired by the original Tinkers’ Construct from the 1.7.10 era.

• Made with a knife blade, arrow shaft, and grip.
• Right-click to charge and throw a single knife.
• Sneak + right-click charges longer to fan out three knives.
• Knives can be picked up after impact to recover ammunition.

🔫 Heat Ray Gun

A high‑tech energy weapon that fires devastating heat rays.

• Made with a tough tool rod, large plate, fuel tank, and heat ray emitter.
• Right-click to charge, automatically fires after full charge.
• Consumes fuel (any burnable item) per shot; fuel capacity and efficiency depend on the Fuel Tank material.
• Overheats after continuous fire; cooldown scales with Heat Capacity.
• Supports materials:
• Fuel Tank: Brick, Nether Brick, Iron, Stone, Cobalt.
• Heat Ray Emitter: Iron, Stone, Cobalt (Stone parts are only useful for casting molds).

⛓️ Chain Blade

A group-fighting weapon that bounces between enemies, building momentum for a devastating sweep.

• Made with a tool rod, arrow head, and chain.
• Right-click to charge, release to throw. Bounces up to 6 times between nearby enemies.
• Sneak + right-click to perform a sweeping melee attack (60° arc, 3.5 block radius).
• Each hit builds Charge (max 30). At 10+ Charge, Sweep deals 2× damage and covers a wider area (120° arc, 4.0 block radius).
• The Chain material determines bounce count, bounce range, ammo bonus, and speed rate (charge/sweep cooldown).
• Supports Chain materials: Iron, Cobalt, Stone, Nether Quartz, Slimeball, Blue Slimeball, Redstone.

🗡 Pistol Sword

A hybrid weapon that gathers bullets in melee and fires them at range.

• Made with a tool rod, sword blade, and gun barrel.
• Left-click to slash. Hits gather ammo based on the target’s type, and each round has its own effect when fired.
• Right-click to fire the current round (12-block range).
• Rounds are stored as a stack—the front round is always the next to fire.
• Firing a round enhances your next melee hit with a small burst; special rounds also add poison or bonus piercing damage.
• Gun Barrel materials: Iron, Stone, Cobalt, Brick, Nether Brick, Chorus, Nether Quartz, Redstone.

🎯 Projectile Traits

Exclusive traits for thrown weapons:

| Trait | Effect |
| ————— | ——————————————————————————— |
| Piercing | Pierces through up to 3 enemies without altering flight path. |
| Bouncing | Bounces up to 3 times between nearby foes, with damage decreasing 25% per bounce. |
| Return Damage | Damages foes during return flight. |
| Fracture | Splits into two shards on hit. |
| Hooked Blade | Latches onto targets for continuous damage. |
| Collection | Collects nearby items and XP while flying. |
| Deflect | Knocks away incoming projectiles during flight. |
| Interactive | Simulates right-click on block impact. |
| Instant Return | Vanishes on impact for rapid follow-up throws. |
| Rebound | 50% chance to bounce off targets and drop, allowing recovery. |
| Recovery | Automatically returns after hitting a block. |
| Shatter | Destroys soft blocks on impact. |

🧪 Materials for the Clasp

| Material | Trait |
| ——————— | ————— |
| Leather | None |
| Glass | Fracture |
| Slimeball | Bouncing |
| Popped Chorus Fruit | Piercing |
| Nether Quartz | Hooked Blade |
| Magma Cream | Return Damage |
| Shulker Shell | Collection |
| Redstone | Interactive |
| Blue Slimeball | Deflect |
| Ender Pearl | Instant Return |
| Prismarine Crystals | Shatter |

🧪 Materials for the Grip

| Material | Trait |
| ————- | ——— |
| Leather | None |
| Slimeball | Rebound |
| Wool | None |
| Shulker Shell | Recovery |

Installation

1. Install Minecraft Forge for 1.12.2.
2. Install Tinkers’ Construct 2 (1.12.2-2.13.0.183+).
3. Place the mod .jar in your mods folder.

For 1.20.1: Most content has been ported to Casual Tinkering.

Notes

_Code written with AI assistance._