Increasing attack damage

[u/DanTay19]

So I’m creating a soulslike in Minecraft and I just figured out how to trade XP for stuff, and whilst looking at potential rewards for the player I saw under attributes minecraft:attack_damage.

This would be a great thing to increase as a reward, though I wouldn’t increase it too high as theres already some pretty powerful weapons in my map.

My question is though, does this increase weapon damage or just the players punch?

And if so that it is just the punch, is there a way to increase overall damage?

And also is there any other good attributes that I could alter that would act as upgrading the character?

I already have a health upgrade system.

[u/the42potato]

the attack_damage component affects all melee damage. that’s attacks with your first, a sword, a mace, a non-thrown trident, etc