Artisan Tools
by ThisPabom
Artisan Tools is a Fabric mod that levels up tools as they are used, letting a single tool carry through the whole game.
What it does
Tools gain experience as they are used and rise in level, and an anvil can raise a tool's quality tier. Reaching level 5 opens access to Styles, which are separate items with their own textures that are applied to a tool to activate bonuses. Pre-built Styles can be configured, and players can also write custom Styles from a wide set of modifiers. Bonus categories include Abundance, Harvester, Excavator, Terraformer and Berserk, and modifiers can adjust combat strength, digging rate, running speed, health pool, endurance, wear rate and bonus drops.
Several modifiers add effects beyond stats: lifesteal heals the player on hits, area-of-effect mining widens the block break radius within a set list of allowed blocks, and auto replant restores crops after harvesting. Custom addons can extend the system further. The mod runs on Fabric and is released under the MIT License, but it is not open source. It is a client-side only mod, so servers run without it and players install it alone. Builds exist for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, and the latest Fabric file is 0.2.1 for 1.21.11 on the beta channel.
Key features
Tool leveling
Tools gain experience through use and level up over time, so one tool can be followed through the game.
Anvil quality upgrades
An anvil raises a tool's quality level, adding to what the leveling already provides.
Styles with bonuses
Styles are applied to tools to activate bonuses, and become available once a tool reaches level 5.
Custom Style modifiers
Players can build their own Styles from modifiers covering combat strength, digging rate, lifesteal and area mining.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Single long-running tool
A player can keep one pickaxe or sword through the whole game, leveling it instead of crafting replacements.
Specialized mining builds
Excavator or Terraformer Styles with area-of-effect mining and auto replant suit players who work large sections of terrain.
Who it’s for: Players who want tools that grow with use and customize their stats through Styles. Modpack authors can also write addons for the system.
Questions
Does Artisan Tools need to be installed on a server?
Which game versions does Artisan Tools support?
Does Artisan Tools support custom bonuses?
In the catalog
Artisan Tools is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/artisantools
- Owner
- ThisPabom
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
