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Craftable Chainmail Armor

by Sumbaii999

Craftable Chainmail Armor lets players craft chainmail armor from chains, making it cheaper than iron armor on survival servers.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalMIT License1.16 – 26.2

What it does

Chainmail armor becomes craftable with chains instead of being limited to other sources. Its recipe is tuned so a full set costs 15 iron ingots, against 24 for a full iron set. The change works on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and a data pack build is also available. The server must run the mod, while players may join without installing it. Released under the MIT License, it is not open source. Builds cover 1.16 – 26.2.

Key features

  1. Chain-based crafting

    Chainmail armor pieces are made from chains, giving the armor a crafting path of its own.

  2. Lower material cost

    A full chainmail set takes 15 iron ingots, cheaper than the 24 a full iron set requires.

  3. Chain recipe balance

    The chain recipe yields two chains per craft, a balance fix over the earlier version that gave one.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
26.21.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod
26.1.21.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod
26.1.11.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod
26.11.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.111.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod
1.21.101.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod
1.21.91.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod1.4+mod
1.21.8v1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-mod
1.21.7v1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-mod
1.21.6v1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-mod
1.21.5v1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-mod
1.21.4v1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-mod
1.21.3v1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-mod
1.21.2v1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-modv1.3-mod
1.21.11.4-mod1.4-mod1.4-mod1.4-mod
1.211.4-mod1.4-mod1.4-mod1.4-mod
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Questions

Does Craftable Chainmail Armor need to be on the client?

No. Players may join without installing it, but the server must run it.

Which loaders does the latest build support?

The latest file is 1.4-mod for 1.21.1, published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

In the catalog

Craftable Chainmail Armor is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Equipment mods17,631Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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What the author says

To fix this balance, download Craft More Chains, a mod/datapack that gives you 2 chains from the chain recipe instead of 1. This makes chainmail armor cheaper than iron armor. So crafting a full set of iron armor costs 24 iron ingots, while a full set of chainmail armor costs only 15 iron ingots, which is a…
Sumbaii999, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Sumbaii999
Published
2025-05-04
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-05
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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