Weapon Cast
To make weapon variants, you start with a weapon cast, crafted with 1 smooth stone, 4 clay, and 4 iron nuggets
Next take the weapon cast and put it into a stonecutter to carve it into the weapon type you want. Each weapon has different strengths and weaknesses to appeal to your play style
Each weapon can also obtain a special enchant
Katana
The Katana improves weapon speed and damage slightly, but decreases durability
A good choice to overall improve the vanilla sword
Special Enchant: Air Strike - Gives strength while in midair making critical hits stronger
Rapier
The Rapier improves weapon speed but decreases damage
For those who find the normal sword a bit too slow
Special Enchant: Lunge - Right click while holding the Rapier for a short burst of speed
Broadsword
The Broadsword improves damage and durability but lowers speed
The Broadsword is a middle ground between the sword and axe, if you find the axe too slow but want to cause some extra damage
Special Enchant: Guarding - while blocking with a shield and holding the broadsword you get resistance
Ornate Sword
A designer sword that improves the look of the sword and the luck when enchanting
The Ornate Sword has a greater chance to get better enchants for those who enchant a lot of swords
Special Enchant: Experience Looting - mobs will drop exp orbs when hit
Dagger
The Dagger improves weapon speed drastically but does less damage
If you miss the days of spamming your weapon, the dagger is for you!
Special Enchant: Dashing - gives you a speed buff while sprinting
Battle Axe
The Battle axe is an even slower axe but deals great damage and gives you slowness
It also increases the damage more for the higher level of axe
Special Enchant: Lightweight - gets rid of the slowness debuff while holding
Scythe
The Scythe is slightly slower than the axe, but not as much as the battle axe
It's stats lay between the axe and battle axe, but also has the sword's sweeping attack
Special Enchant: Wither Aspect - Inflicts wither on mobs hit
Each weapon keeps its enchants and name during upgrading, similarly to upgrading a diamond tool to netherite
You can also upgrade the diamond weapons to netherite in the smithing table
This mod is partially inspired by the Spartan Weaponry mod, check it out, and I hope you enjoy