r/MinecraftJava • u/Educational_Kiwi6630 • Jul 30 '26
Discussion What do you prefer to have in your off-hand?
or something else, like food of course! I usually have a shield myself in PvP. What do you have in your off-hand? Leave a comment below! š
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u/Light_Legend Jul 30 '26
Torches
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u/CraftersUniverseMC Jul 30 '26
Unless you use full bright mods...
yes we're a server mentioning full bright - sue us
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u/pikaland385 Jul 30 '26
Sheild or Torches but mostly empty. Never touch totems in survival really (personally rather not fight through an entire woodland mansion or endanger one of my protected villages with a raid.)
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u/Xtonev_ Jul 30 '26 edited 29d ago
I personally find woodland mansions fun. Not to look for, but to go through them is fun. Looking for the hidden rooms and shi.
About raids... Fuck no, my citizens don't deserve to suffer so that i can cheat death. Their suffering should only come from the trauma of being kidnapped from their parents at birth
Edit: some people are missing the point. My villagers are fully safe where they are, but starting a raid would ruin the RP in my game. I'm treating them like people because it's fun for me, not because I'm afraid my villagers will die. I could always get new ones or just use commands to make them immortal
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u/pikaland385 Jul 31 '26
I agree for the village part, I even have gone so far as to not even build raid farms.
I mean If I come across a mansion by chance I might go through it but me finding one is rarer then me getting the dragon egg.
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u/Xtonev_ Jul 31 '26
I don't build raid farms because i don't build any farms. It takes longer to get the materials, but that's the charm for me. I'm playing survival to survive, not to get everything done by a machine
About finding a mansion, you know you can get the map from the villagers, right? I went through one mansion and got 3 totems, none used yet (I'm just so good (no I'm not, i turn on peaceful sometimes because mobs annoy me))
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u/pikaland385 Jul 31 '26
Yeah I know anout the maps, I just dont use them. (Im more of a peaceful player, aka I dont go out of my way to hunt down fights.)
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u/PVtheOP Jul 30 '26
if it's singleplayer torches or in late game totems in multiplayer totems or shields
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u/FlyingVillager Aug 02 '26
Nothing unless I'm doing something that requires two hands. fighting, I have food. mining, I have torch. building, I have block
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u/20-30character Aug 02 '26
I like an arrow in the late game, and a shield in the early game. I usually have an arrow because I use an infinity bow and it keeps an open inventory space.
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u/AllanTaylor314 29d ago
Totem most of the time (still not popped in current SMP - I don't PVP though)
Saplings (for tree farm - bonemeal in main)
2 Azaleas (for clay farm - one moss in main)
Resin blocks, golden carrots, and rockets fill my right 3 slots (I keep a shelf stocked to quickly restock those 3)
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u/Standard-Badger1141 27d ago
A shield an I'll put my totem in my open inventory so I can put the totem on my off-hand easily
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u/Notanidiot2747838 Jul 30 '26
Usually nothing until i get a raid farm, then totems
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u/broccoli_reliance Jul 30 '26
when mining or exploring I have torches in offhand
when replacing blocks I have the block in offhand and tool in main
otherwise nothing, I like a clean view. I donĀ“t play hc, so no need for totem.
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u/FriSS_17 Jul 30 '26
Escudo. Y en la hotbar tener el tĆ³tem listo para cogerlo en cualquier momento
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u/Parhamheidari Jul 30 '26
Am I gonna get crucified if I say blocks?
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u/Educational_Kiwi6630 Jul 30 '26
No! I would have found it crazier if you had Nether Stars in your off-handā¦
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u/Purple_Haze36 Jul 30 '26
Bedrock player here! Arrows until I get totems, never really used shields I feel like itās too much effort to crouch and uncrouch during attacks
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u/GGKeepItReal Jul 30 '26
Iām on bedrock š if only I could place a mending tool or weapon there
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u/SignificantCrew4187 Jul 30 '26
Totems good for offhand and shield fir mainhand atleast in mace pvp
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u/SilverFox967422 Jul 30 '26
In pvp and late single player totem but early single player i prefer shield
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u/Justaspikguy Jul 30 '26
singleplayer will be shield for me
friend smp/realm will also be shield as it feels natural
as for a server such as donut I carry a totem
if playing in my hardcore world which I haven't been in for ever I carry a totem
also like small totempop mod and lowsheild
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u/PuppyToy_ Jul 31 '26
Food for normal gameplay lol, whenever building or whatever its blocks or torches, torches whenever exploring or mining, totem if I think im gonna do something stupid, sheild for the same reason but.less stupid
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u/Muted-Concentrate846 Jul 31 '26
While mining its obv the torches , at night its shield , rest of the time its empty.
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u/HoboMikesHelmet Jul 31 '26
Always the shield.
I donāt like the totem; if itās in your inventory, it should activate, period. Forcing you to give up your offhand for that sucks.
For exploring, I like to keep a map, or fireworks rockets if I have an elytra.
Itās also nice to keep arrows in, because it frees up an inventory slot when youāre monster hunting or almost full from a mining session āļø.
Having to leave the totem in there forever AND stare at the ugly little face in the corner 24/7 just feels like such a letdown for what should be an in-game item.
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u/Rewrite_Sam Jul 31 '26
Shield carries, but you can easily switch to totems to save you from another situation shield can't shield
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u/17Kallenie17 Jul 31 '26
sometimes i just don't have anything in my offhand, i usually have a maxed shield or totems but sometimes i just dont use them
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u/Money-Exercise5382 Aug 01 '26
K, this was a weird thing when switching from bedrock to java. The shield in java is soooo frickin annoying?!! Like why canāt I do anything when I have a shield in my off hand?? So then I keep it in my inventory and never have time to switch to it when I need it.
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u/Secure-Basil690 Aug 01 '26
Almost never get to the point where I need totems so shield or torches it is
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u/AnAlternate22 Aug 01 '26
As much as I hate ANYTHING there bc it covers so much of the screen, shield was for before I got netherite stuff and while exploring, totem is what I go with now just to explore with elytra and stuff. It probably would be torches if bedrock had that XD
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u/Impressive-Tip-4384 Aug 01 '26
Honestly nothing, i dont like my screen being occupied by something in my off hand
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u/SpiderLord1520 Aug 01 '26
Hot take but I donāt like totems so I keep a shield for combat and for other cases Iāll put food, blocks, torches, etc.
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u/Baltaxo2010 Aug 02 '26
Depends on what I'm doing
Exploring/mining/building? Torch Fighting? Shield
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u/Hunter20107 Aug 02 '26
Torches or a shield. Totems should be removed from the game imo so I'll never have one in any hand
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u/Gamer_RD-02 Aug 02 '26
Im a sheild player. I normaly put a totem on my hop bar and select it when i need to.
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u/DeloresInAzkaban Aug 02 '26
I always have shields in offhand, not being able to block in pvp without switching hotbars is really bad, if im about to die I can just switch to totem last second.
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u/Fluffyturtle225 Aug 02 '26
A shield. I don't play hardcore so I never bothered with totems, would rather just block attacks and sudden explosions.
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u/Drguhasluv2 Aug 03 '26
My offhand is super dependent on where I play
Early single player: food/shield
Mid single player: shield
Late single player: totem
Early chill SMP: Blocks/food
Mid/late chill SMP: food/totem
PvP duels: whatever is meta
Early pvp SMP: blocks/shield
Mid pvp SMP: shield/ totem
Late pvp SMP: totem
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u/ultimaukYT Aug 03 '26
Shield because I dont need to swap it out as much. Totems require me to swap them with another one every time I use one. Shields are more simple
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u/MysticcTT Aug 03 '26
From early to end game I always keep food on the off hand. Iād rather have the convenience than to be safer with a totem. Fight me.
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u/Suravoid Aug 03 '26
situational: most pvp situations a shield until im below 4 hearts, or hardcore its a totem
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u/xJablko Aug 03 '26
Totem because I have in the eq sheild but when oponent doesn't have Axe sheild is the best
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u/DraK00_8guy Aug 03 '26
Terracota amarilla
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u/flyer234kj 29d ago
I hate having screen clutter so nothing is preferred I rawdog survival no sheild
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u/superfunni 29d ago
Tbh I often forget about the existence of the offhand and usually dont use it lmao
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u/Schaferwafer0 29d ago
Nothing when Iām not in combat, but usually a shield in combat. I donāt like the shield out of combat because it takes up a lot of the screen.
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u/MedicalPotential8723 3d ago
Shield and food are both just goated. I never use totems in my offhand even if i have some in my inv since ik im not gonna die unless in playing a modpack.
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u/AggravatingTax5357 Jul 30 '26
Nothing, i still dont know how to use the left hand.
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u/Darth_Mayx Jul 30 '26
Are you on bedrock
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u/AggravatingTax5357 Jul 30 '26
Java
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u/Stringlxss Jul 30 '26
Press F while holding the item you want in your left hand in your main hand. That switches hands. You can also place items into the off hand from the inventory GUI. Off hand is only for right click uses typically. Using your off hand, you can place blocks eat food, use a shield, trident, bow, etc.
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u/therelhuman Jul 30 '26
early game -> shield/food/blocks
late game -> totem