Caves and Katanas
Caves and Katanas adds katana swords to Minecraft, crafted from vanilla materials in several tiers.
What it does
The katanas are crafted from vanilla materials, with a leather-wrapped stick as the handle, and the smithing recipes cover wood, stone, iron, gold, diamond and netherite. A copper katana can be crafted in the 1.21.9 and later builds. Compared with swords of the same material, the katana deals less damage per hit, costs slightly more to craft, and swings faster. Both client and server need the mod, and it is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge with All rights reserved.
Key features
Katanas in every tier
Katanas exist in wood, stone, iron, gold, diamond and netherite, made through smithing.
Faster attacks
Katanas attack faster than the matching swords but deal less damage per hit.
Copper katana
A copper katana is available from 1.21.9 onward, using its own recipe.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Caves and Katanas need to be on the server?
In the catalog
Caves and Katanas is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
This is a small mod whichs adds 6 (7 in 1.21.9+) katanas to Minecraft, which have a faster attack speed but deal less damage compared to swords of the same material, while costing slighty more to craft then a sword.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/caves-and-katanas
- Owner
- DetailsOmitted
- Published
- 2026-07-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15