Cord cosmetics
Gold beads and the Embers trail
What it is
Change how your Cord looks: the beads it’s strung with, their glow, and the trail your casts leave. It’s looks only; your spells work the same. Everyone near you sees your style.
How to get it
| Unlocked by | Options |
|---|---|
| Always yours | Glass beads, your spells’ colours (glow), no trail |
| 1st Heart Circle | Sparks trail |
| 4th Heart Circle | Obsidian beads |
| Runebreaker feat (slay a Runebound) | Bone beads |
| Helping slay a boss | Stars trail |
| 4 Gold Ingots | Gold beads |
| 4 Amethyst Shards | Amethyst beads |
| 4 Prismarine Crystals | Prismarine beads |
| 4 Pink Petals | Petals trail |
| 8 Snowballs | Snow trail |
| 4 Blaze Powder | Embers trail |
| 1 dye | That colour’s glow (16 colours, one per dye) |
- Bought options are yours for good. You pay once, in every game mode, Creative included.
- Heart Circle options unlock as soon as you form that circle. See Heart Circles.
- Feat options unlock with the feat in your Grimoire.
- Helping slay a boss means being alive within 96 blocks when a boss dies. You don’t need the killing blow. The same kill is your heart’s breakthrough to the 7th Circle.
How to use it
Open the Cord screen (K) and pick the Cosmetics tab.
The Cosmetics page, pointing at Amethyst beads
- Point at any option, even a locked one, to preview it on your figure.
- Below the options you see its name, a line about it, and how to get it.
- Click an option you own to wear it. Your choice is saved and kept through death.
- Click an option you can buy and, if you carry the materials, they’re taken and you wear it at once.
Beads
| Beads | Looks |
|---|---|
| Glass | Clear glass, lit through by each rune’s colour |
| Gold | Polished gold with a warm light inside |
| Amethyst | Faceted amethyst that catches the light |
| Prismarine | Sea-green, glowing like deep water |
| Obsidian | Dark volcanic glass; the light burns brightest against it |
| Bone | Carved bone, a trophy from a Runebound |
Glow
The default glow lights each bead in its rune’s colour. A dye glow lights every bead in one fixed colour.
Cast trails
A trail streams from your Cord hand as you cast, with a burst on release and a faint stream while charging. Players within 48 blocks see it.
| Trail | Looks |
|---|---|
| None | Nothing |
| Sparks | Crackling sparks |
| Petals | Drifting blossom petals |
| Snow | Swirling snowflakes |
| Embers | Rising embers |
| Stars | Streaming motes of starlight |
Tips and counterplay
- You can’t wear anything locked. If an option you wore stops being yours, it resets to the default when you next join.
- Bosses that count: the Ender Dragon, Wither, Warden, Elder Guardian, the Archivist, dungeon bosses, the Buried Keeper and Sword Masters.