The Beginning and The End¶

The Beginning and The End is a pair of special daggers which have the ability to attract Spirits on attacks, and if both are used in a tandem - a second ability which allows players to telepot to aforementioned Spirits, gainin a short attack buff.

Both daggers can be enchanted with any Sword enchantment. Certain enchantments will have new effects.

The Beginning and The End can be repaired with Netherite Ingots.

Contents

• The Beginning and The End
  • Obtaining
  • Usage
    • Enchantments
  • Tips
  • Sounds
  • Advancements
  • Trivia
  • History

Info
Damage	5 (6 with The Beginning equipped in the offhand)
Attack Speed	Very Fast (2.6)
Tooltip	Attracts spirits on attacks Hold The Beginning/The End in the other hand and look at them to teleport to their location, damaging all mobs and gaining a short buff. 'RIP Spirit Daggers' - Developer Item -
Durability	496
Other	+1 Damage (The Beginning(offhand)), +5% Speed (The End(offhand)))

Obtaining¶

The Beginning and The End can be found in End City and End Dungeon chests. Additionally, you can get them from Void fishing through an ender crate.

Usage¶

Teleporting to the Spirit creates a large area of effect slash which damages all enemies around it for 5 x ₂.₅ damage with 100% armor penetration. Afterwards player receives a small combat buff - 4 points of Absorption, +3 x ₁.₅ damage and +35% movement speed. Assasination buff lasts for 4 seconds. The slash attack has a radius of 3.8 blocks. Slashes receive 60% of melee damage bonuses (excluding Potions of Strength).

Hit mobs which have attracted a Spirit won't be able to do it again for the next 22 seconds, indicated by a spray of particles above their head.

While in the offhand, The Beginning provides a +1 damage to any weapon, while The End gives + 5% speed.

Enchantments¶

Certain enchantments empower Spirit Dagger's slash attack. Enchantment power scales from both Daggers, meaning that having Sweeping Edge III on one of them and Sweeping Edge II on the other one acts as Sweeping Edge V.

Tips¶

• Both the damage and speed bonuses stack with Potions of Strength and Swiftness respectively.
• Spirits can be attracted by ANY damage, including (but not limited to) other Swords, Crossbows, Bows, etc., for as long as you are holding a Beginning or End in any hand.
  • However, the damage dealt has to be higher than 3 х ₁.₅. Anything lower will not attract any Spirits no matter what.
• Teleporting has a distance limit of 70 blocks.
  • This makes this item great for quick long distance travels while exploring or crossing large gaps.
  • Spyglass comes in handy while trying to position your cursor over a Spirit, as you can switch to The Beginning and The End right away once you align perfectly.
• This item pairs extremely well with Sharanga, since Spectral Bolts are completely unaffected by gravity, meaning that it is easier to snipe targets from far away in order to potentially attract Spirits.

Sounds¶

Sound	Name	Description	Subtitle	Resource location
	Teleport Prepare	Plays on the first tick of focusing over a Spirit.		item.spirit_dagger.charge
	Teleport	Plays after teleporting.		item.spirit_dagger.teleport
	kohara Teleport Prepare	Plays on the first tick of focusing over a Spirit if player's name is kohara_.		item.spirit_dagger.charge_kohara
	kohara Teleport	Plays after teleporting if player's name is kohara_.		item.spirit_dagger.slash_kohara

Advancements¶

Icon	Title	Description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Rewards	Resource Location
	Spirit Assasin	Teleport over 60 blocks with The Beginning and The End	Remote Getaway			stellarity:exploration/spirit_assasin

Trivia¶

• This is the second Developer weapon to get added into Stellarity, the first being Prismatic Punch.
  • Though Prismatic Punch lost its Developer Item status in v2.1a.
• This weapon is based on Spirit Daggers - a weapon used by Evelynn¹ in Roblox BedWars². It also once shared a name with it.
  • This is also a reference to the fact that kohara loves this game and plays it far more often than he codes.
• This item had a total of 3 different drop chances prior to official release.
  • It first started with 12.5% base chance with 2.5% Looting bonus, then 15%/+3.5% before being nerfed to 10%/+1%.
    • This wasn't the final change in its drop rate, as in v2.1a it was reduced to 6.5%+0.7%.
• Prior to official release of 2.0a, Spirits used to directly heal 4 HP instead of granting 4 Absorption like it does now. This change was made to further replicate how Evelynn kit works in Roblox Bedwars.
• The Beginning and The End holds the title of the most tweaked weapon before its official release in a stable version, having been tweaked countless times prior to its release in 2.0a.
  • Some of the changes haven't even been listed on changelog Discord channel.
• In the development log from January 27^th 2023, Spirits were said have a light blue glowing outline, however this wasn't actually implemented until 7 months later during the development of v2.1a.
• In PvP, dying to AoE slash attack will result in one of a few custom death messages:
  • 1. VICTIM had their spirit consumed by PLAYER.
  • 1. VICTIM was slashed in half by PLAYER.
  • 1. VICTIM was assasinated by PLAYER.
• If player's name is kohara_, the trail for the teleport is going to spawn Cherry Petals alongisde its regular particles.

History¶