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Better Armor Swap

by HeyBlack233

Better Armor Swap is a Fabric client mod that backports the armor swapping feature Mojang added in 1.19.4 to older game versions.

FabricClient-side onlyMIT LicenseOpen source1.16.5 – 1.20.1

What it does

Better Armor Swap brings the armor swapping behavior of 1.19.4 to earlier builds, letting a player move armor pieces through the hotbar or the inventory with a shift and right-click. Only the client needs it, so players can join servers without installing anything. Builds cover 1.16.5 – 1.20.1, with 0.1.0 for 1.20.1 as the latest Fabric file, released under the MIT License as open source.

Key features

  1. Hotbar armor swap

    On versions before 1.19.4, armor can be swapped from the hotbar, a route the official feature does not offer there.

  2. Shift and right-click swap

    Holding shift and right-clicking an armor piece swaps it with the matching slot, using the same method as the inventory.

  3. Inventory swap in one motion

    A single shift and right-click moves a piece between armor slots and the rest of the inventory without opening a separate menu.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.10.1.0
1.200.1.0
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.40.1.0
1.19.30.1.1
1.19.20.1.1
1.19.10.1.1
1.190.1.1
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.18.20.1.1
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.50.1.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Armor Quick Swap is the closest alternative for armor swapping, covering Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.3 under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 as open source. It works on either side, and neither needs it. Automatic Tools Swapping is a Fabric mod for 26.1 – 26.1.1, released under the MIT License, and it swaps tools rather than armor. Only the client needs it.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Better Armor SwapFabric1.16.5 – 1.20.1Client-side only2023-06-11
Armor Quick SwapFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 26.3Client or server, optional2026-09-27
Automatic Tools SwappingFabric26.1 – 26.1.1Client-side only2026-04-06

Questions

Does Better Armor Swap need to be on the server?

No. Only the client needs it, so servers run without it and players install it themselves.

In the catalog

Better Armor Swap is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.

Equipment mods17,631Fabric modsMods for 1.20.134,764

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What the author says

This mod might be incompatible with other mod, might be considered as cheating on some server with anticheat system. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK Minecraft 1.19.4 added the ability to swap armor / elytra in hotbar, why don't we backport this nice feature to older versions and make it even better?
HeyBlack233, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
HeyBlack233
Published
2023-04-29
Updated on Modrinth
2023-06-11
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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