anti's Better Combat Overhauls
by anticode
anti's Better Combat Overhauls, usually shortened to ABCO, is a Fabric addon for Better Combat that adds weapon attributes and special attacks to melee combat.
What it does
The mod builds on Better Combat and expands its attribute list, so a weapon can be given unique right-click actions, combos and special attacks. Critical hits depend on the combo, and critical damage scales with the weapon, with higher attack speed weapons gaining the most from it. The author describes the goal as making combat more engaging, and the mod adds new attack attributes for datapack developers to define their own weapons.
Installation requires Better Combat, Cloth Config API, Fabric API and playerAnimator. The mod runs on Fabric for 1.20.1 only, and it is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The latest file is 0.3 for 1.20.1, published 2026-07-27 on the beta channel.
Key features
Versatile weapons
Versatile weapons carry two attack sets, one used with a single hand and one used when two-handing, with extra damage shown in the tooltip.
Paired weapons
Paired weapons give a special attack when dual-wielded with another weapon of the same type.
Finesse parry
Finesse weapons replace a special attack with a parry, which costs a cooldown and damage resistance when blocking.
Datapack-defined attributes
Weapon attributes are defined through datapacks, so developers can set special attacks and right-click actions for their own items.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 4
How it compares
Better Combat Extension is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under the MIT License, and it is open source. Better Crit is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License and open source, focused on critical hits. Better Combat Conquest's Medieval Armors and Weapons Patch covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 and is not open source, under the MIT License. Combat Crafts is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License and open source. Conquest's Weapons Balance Patch is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the MIT License and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anti's Better Combat Overhauls | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-27 |
| Better Combat Extension | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-19 |
| Better Crit | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-22 |
| Better Combat Conquest's Medieval Armors and Weapons Patch | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-10-15 |
| Combat Crafts | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-26 |
| Conquest's Weapons Balance Patch | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-10-16 |
Questions
Does ABCO require Better Combat?
Does ABCO need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does ABCO support?
In the catalog
anti's Better Combat Overhauls is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,348 Library mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
# ABCO ABCO is a mod designed to add many features to Better Combat necessary to make it a truly engaging combat experience. If your weapon has a unique right click action AND uses default Better Combat attributes, ABCO may overwrite the right click action. To prevent this, set the special_attacks attribute of the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/antis-better-combat-overhauls
- Owner
- anticode
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15