Boey's Emerald Gear
by DesireAustra
Boey's Emerald Gear adds vanilla-styled emerald tools and armor for Fabric, with emerald pieces that refund a share of their emerald when burned down.
What it does
Emerald tools and armor are crafted much like the vanilla equivalents, so the recipes feel familiar and differ only slightly in a few places. The tools carry 250 uses each, with an efficiency of 14 for faster mining and attack damage for combat. The armor set gives protection across all four slots: helmet 2, chestplate 4, leggings 5 and boots 3.
Smelting and blasting are handled by the emerald gear, and burning down a worn piece returns emerald as a refund. The mod is published for Fabric on 1.21.8 only, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is not open source; the license is Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0, and the mod was first published and last updated on 2025-10-19.
Key features
Emerald tools
Pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe and sword in emerald, with 250 uses and an efficiency of 14.
Emerald armor
A full set with protection values of 2, 4, 5 and 3 for helmet, chestplate, leggings and boots.
Emerald refund
Burning down an emerald tool or piece of armor gives back part of its emerald.
Smelting and blasting
Emerald gear works with smelting and blasting, adding a processing role to the items.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Emerald Equipment is a Fabric and Quilt mod for 1.19.4 – 1.21, released under the MIT License and not open source. Emerald & Ruby Tools Armor is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.4 that is open source under the MIT License. Show me your blast protection is client-side only, published under All rights reserved for 1.21.4 – 1.21.8, so it does not run on the server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boey's Emerald Gear | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-10-19 |
| Emerald Equipment | Fabric and Quilt | 1.19.4 – 1.21 | Client and server | 2025-01-07 |
| Emerald & Ruby Tools Armor | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-02-10 |
| Show me your blast protection | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-01-10 |
Questions
Does Boey's Emerald Gear need to be on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Boey's Emerald Gear support?
Does the emerald refund work on every item?
In the catalog
Boey's Emerald Gear is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
All tools and armor can be crafted just like vanilla tools and armor. There isn't much difference on those recipes except for some.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/boeys-emerald-gear
- Owner
- DesireAustra
- Published
- 2025-10-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15