Spears No Dead Zone
by MicaTheRock
Spears No Dead Zone removes the minimum melee range that vanilla spears have, through a datapack that adds a cheap smithing table recipe.
What it does
A datapack changes the vanilla spear so it can hit targets at close range, closing the dead zone where a spear could not reach a nearby enemy. Damage, attack speed and maximum reach keep their vanilla values. The change is applied by the datapack alone, and the recipe to craft the modified spear uses a stick, a piece of leather and a smithing table. Builds exist for Fabric and for servers that run a data pack, covering 1.21.11 – 26.2. The server is required, and clients may leave the mod out.
Key features
Minimum range removed
Vanilla spears no longer have a minimum melee range, so nearby targets can be struck.
Vanilla values kept
Damage, attack speed and maximum reach stay at their vanilla values after the change.
Smithing table recipe
The modified spear is crafted at a smithing table from a stick and a piece of leather.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Spears No Dead Zone need to be on the client?
Which game versions does Spears No Dead Zone support?
In the catalog
Spears No Dead Zone is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Don't you hate when a monster gets right up in your face, but your spear can't hit it because of the vanilla minimum range? Well, fear no more! I got so annoyed by this mechanic that I made a datapack to fix it.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spears-no-dead-zone
- Owner
- MicaTheRock
- Published
- 2026-08-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15