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The twin blades of Nightmare's Bite drip with deadly venom, still potent after all these years.

In-game description

The nightmare's bite is a unique sickles variant that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Obtaining[]

Missions

Listed difficulties are considered to be the minimum difficulty the item is obtainable on unless stated otherwise.

Merchants
Ancients

Usage[]

The nightmare's bite possesses low power, moderate speed, and low range. It has a combo consisting of four alternating quick strikes, and two stronger strikes. The first four hits deal the weapon's minimum melee damage, the fifth does 100% more damage, and the sixth deals the maximum melee damage.

Properties[]

  • X melee damage
  • Dual Wield
  • Spawns Poison Clouds (Poison Cloud tier I)

Stats[]

Hit number Base damage Attack duration Area Splash damage drop off Knockback Hitstun
Hit 1 30 0.2 30° 60% 0 1
Hit 2 30 0.2 30° 60% 0.1 1
Hit 3 30 0.2 30° 60% 0.1 1
Hit 4 30 0.2 30° 60% 0.1 1
Hit 5 60 0.4 30° 60% 0.5 1
Hit 6 70 0.5 30° 50% 0.75 1

In-game, damage numbers can vary even in the same power level, and may not be exactly as seen below.

Power Damage
1 6-15
10 11-25
20 17-40
30 27-64
40 43-99
50 65-153
60 100-233
70 151-352
80 228-532
90 344-802
100 517-1207
108 717-1672

Sounds[]

SoundDescription
Impact
Impact
Swing
Swing

History[]

Minecraft Dungeons
Nov 28, 2019The nightmare's bite was first revealed in the Minecraft Dungeons extended gameplay demo.
Dungeons BetaNightmaresBite gearAdded the nightmare's bite.
1.4.3.0Now obtainable from the Lost Settlement.
Now obtainable from the camp merchants.
1.8.0.0Now obtainable from the Warped Forest.
Now obtainable from the piglin merchant.
Now obtainable from the Haunted Caller.
1.10.2.0Now obtainable from the End Wilds.
1.12.0.0Now obtainable from the Tower.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Nightmare's Bite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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