Duelist's Glove
Duelist's Glove lets a player wield a sword in each hand, with the second sword held in the off hand and swung through a Curios glove slot.
What it does
The mod adds a Duelist's Glove that equips into the gloves slot of the Curios menu. While the glove is worn and a sword is held in the main hand and another in the off hand, attacks alternate between the two hands automatically, with vanilla swing animations for each strike. Every successful dual-sword hit uses one point of durability, and the glove has 3122 durability, so the glove wears down over fights and breaks when it runs out. Once it breaks, dual-sword mode stops until a new glove is equipped. While dual-sword mode is on, both hands get a 30 percent longer attack cooldown, a deliberate cost that slows each blow.
The glove is crafted in survival and works on Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21.1, with both loaders needing the Curios API and the open-hands-lib library. Duelist's Glove is open source under the MIT License and is a client and server mod, so the server and every player need it. Fabric builds also require Fabric Language Kotlin, Trinkets and open-hands-lib, and NeoForge builds require Kotlin for Forge alongside the Curios API.
Key features
Dual-sword attacks
Holding a sword in each hand lets attacks alternate between the main and off hand, each with its own swing.
Glove durability
The glove has 3122 durability and loses one point per successful dual-sword hit, breaking when used up.
Attack cooldown trade-off
Dual-sword mode raises the attack cooldown of both hands by 30 percent.
Curios gloves slot
The glove sits in the Curios gloves slot, which the player opens from the Curios menu.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
How it compares
2handPvP is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 that is not open source and is covered by All rights reserved. Dual Swords is a Fabric and Quilt mod for 1.20 – 1.21.11 under a custom license and is also not open source. DualWielding is open source under the MIT License, but it is for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 and so does not cover 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duelist's Glove | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-28 |
| 2handPvP | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-05-28 |
| Dual Swords | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2025-12-21 |
| DualWielding | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-12-14 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Duelist's Glove is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A Curios glove for dual-wield sword combat on NeoForge. Alternate attacks between your main and off hand with vanilla swing animations — each hit plays from the hand you strike with. When the glove breaks, dual-sword mode stops until you equip a new one.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/duelists-glove
- Owner
- ThrowNewError
- Published
- 2026-06-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
