CiCi's Climbing Axes

Two ice axes for White Knuckle.

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Features

• Starts in your inventory — a pair of climbing axes at the beginning of every run
• Lodge anywhere: swing into any static surface to plant the pick and grip it
• Alternate hands to climb: swinging with the lodged hand drops the pick — the other hand has to plant the next move
• Anchor guard: you can't instant-save yourself mid-freefall — the other hand must already have an axe equipped or be gripping a surface before a new lodge takes
• Voluntary release: whiff-swing into empty air to let go
• Jump to detach: jumping off a lodge returns both axes to hand cleanly
• Durability 30 per axe: each successful lodge spends 1 durability on release. The mesh visibly darkens as durability drops. Broken axe is removed from inventory
• Idle regen: axes recover 1 durability per minute while not being used
• Swing wind-up: 0.5s charge-up animation plays before each swing fires — no instant clicks
• Hit feedback: randomized impact sounds at the wall, distinct break sound at the player's ear, slight camera shake on landed swings
• Lighter than a hammer: 1/3 the weight, so carrying two still costs less encumbrance than a vanilla hammer

How to use

The axes spawn in your inventory at run start. Equip both hands and start climbing:

1. Swing the first axe at a wall — it lodges and your hand grips
2. Swing the other axe higher up — it lodges, and the first auto-releases
3. Repeat. Whiff-swing to drop on purpose. Jump to detach cleanly.

Credits

• Li-0 — art, design, mechanics
• Mesh made in Blockbench
• Source available on the Thunderstore page "Source" tab