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Better Chainmail

by kotajacob

Better Chainmail changes the stats of chainmail armour so it sits closer to iron and diamond in the game's armour progression.

FabricServer-side onlyGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 onlyOpen source1.18 – 1.18.1

What it does

The mod reworks chainmail armour, which the vanilla game leaves weaker than iron and hard to obtain. Each piece gets new armour values, so the set behaves more like a slightly weaker diamond. Only the server needs the mod, since it sets the armour values on that side, but durability values can still look wrong to players who do not have it installed.

Key features

  1. Diamond-like protection

    The set is buffed to sit close to diamond armour, offering protection that is slightly different from it.

  2. Stronger chainmail pieces

    Each chainmail piece gets new armour values of 4, 6, 8 and 4, replacing the weaker vanilla figures.

  3. Harder-to-match defence

    The reworked set makes chainmail a more competitive choice against iron armour during early progression.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.18.10.1.0
1.180.1.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

How it compares

Full comparison

Chainmail Recipe is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.16 – 1.21.5 that also requires the server side, while Craft chain armor is a client and server mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21. Better Chainmail is server-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and published for 1.18 – 1.18.1.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Better ChainmailFabric1.18 – 1.18.1Server-side only2022-02-20
Chainmail RecipeFabric and Forge1.16 – 1.21.5Server required, client optional2025-04-08
Craft chain armorFabric1.20.1 – 1.21Client and server2024-09-18

Questions

Does Better Chainmail need to be installed on the client?

No. Only the server needs it, and players join without installing anything. Players without it can still join, though durability values may look wrong to them.

In the catalog

Better Chainmail is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 4,416 mods support Minecraft 1.18.1.

Equipment mods17,631Fabric modsMods for 1.18.14,416

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What the author says

Minecraft mod that makes chainmail armour better. Chainmail armour is rather difficult to obtain in Minecraft, but is worse than iron armour making it pretty much useless. This mod buffs the armour such that it's similar, but slightly different than diamond. Specifically, the new armour values are 4, 6, 8, 4 and the…
kotajacob, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
kotajacob
Published
2022-02-20
Updated on Modrinth
2022-02-20
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Equipment
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