Damascus
by YukiToki
Damascus adds ores, metal tools and armor, and small historical food items to Forge 1.20.1, with Wootziron found underground.
What it does
Wootziron generates underground between -64 and -32 and is the more common of the new ores. Smelting it produces Wootz Steel, the metal historically known as Damascus Steel. Folding three types of steel together creates the modern Damascus Steel used for a Damascus Sword, while Wootz Steel goes into a Damascus Blade. Iron tools and armor can be upgraded into Damascus Tools and Uzite Armor, whose stats sit between iron and diamond, and forged tools reach a level between diamond and netherite.
Hausmannite is a rarer ore, similar in rarity to diamond. Ruins with unique loot can be found in the desert. Crafting uses simple block interactions in place of a GUI crafting table, and the mod also adds some food items to the vanilla game. Some of its content draws on the history and culture of the Middle East and surrounding regions. The mod is licensed under the MIT License and is not open source. It runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it, and the Forge file for 1.20.1 is version 1.1.0, published 2026-03-26.
Key features
Wootziron and Hausmannite ores
Two new ores generate underground, with Wootziron the more common of the pair and Hausmannite much rarer.
Damascus steel line
Smelting Wootziron yields Wootz Steel, and folding three steels together produces Damascus Steel for crafting.
Damascus and Uzite gear
Damascus tools and Uzite armor sit between iron and diamond in stats, and forged tools reach a level between diamond and netherite.
Desert ruins
Ruins in the desert hold items of interest that are generated naturally as structures.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Metalism is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, also running on client and server, and it is not open source. Magia's Steel Equipment is also Forge-only for 1.20.1 and shares the client and server environment, but it is released under All rights reserved. Smithing Steel is the only alternative that also runs on Fabric and NeoForge, covering 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-26 |
| Metalism | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-23 |
| Magia's Steel Equipment | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-06 |
| Smithing Steel | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-05-23 |
Questions
Does Damascus need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Damascus support?
In the catalog
Damascus is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/damascus
- Owner
- YukiToki
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
