Axe Armor Trims
by nugrevan
Axe Armor Trims lets axes take armor trim templates and smithing materials, so an axe can be restyled like a trimmed armor piece.
What it does
Axes can be trimmed on a smithing table with an armor trim template and one of eleven smithing ingredients. Each axe type has 199 variants, including the default one, which gives a grand total of 1393 looks. A wooden or netherite axe can be turned into a distinct tool this way, and the appearance changes without altering how the axe performs.
The mod also covers other tools and gear: swords, elytra, maces, pickaxes and shovels receive trims as well. Players without the resource pack or mod see the regular axe, so vanilla clients stay compatible on the server. The server is the side that must run the mod, while players may add it to see the trimmed textures.
Installation needs KSPACK on every loader. Axe Armor Trims is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for 26.1 – 26.3 under the MIT License, and the project is not open source.
Key features
Trimmable axes
Axes accept armor trim templates on a smithing table, changing their look without new stats.
Eleven smithing ingredients
Eleven different smithing materials can be applied to an axe through the trim recipe.
Wider tool coverage
Swords, elytra, maces, pickaxes and shovels can also be trimmed, extending the feature beyond axes.
Many axe variants
Each axe type offers 199 looks, including the default, so the same tool can be styled many ways.
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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 1
How it compares
Trimmable Tools is a server-side mod under the MIT License, open source, with files for 1.19.4 – 26.2 on all four loaders. Goat's Tool Trims is released under All rights reserved and is not open source, with files for 1.21.5 – 26.3 on Fabric and Forge. Elytra Trims Extensions is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, runs on the client alone, and is published for 1.19.4 – 1.21.8 on all four loaders.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axe Armor Trims | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.1 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-17 |
| Trimmable Tools | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.4 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-08 |
| Goat's Tool Trims | Fabric and Forge | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-03 |
| Elytra Trims Extensions | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.4 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-04-29 |
Questions
Does Axe Armor Trims need KSPACK?
Does a player need the mod to join a server running it?
Which loaders and versions are supported?
In the catalog
Axe Armor Trims is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Axe Trims make axes trimmable with any armor trim and any of the 11 smithing ingredients, making each axe type having exactly 199 variants (including the default one) for a grand total of 1393 different looking axes!!! (this is less than 10% of all the axes you can make!)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/axe-trims
- Owner
- nugrevan
- Published
- 2026-03-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15