Easier Backstabs
by rorykl
Easier Backstabs lets a player land a backstab on a target whose shield is raised, by hitting from anywhere behind the shield's arc.
What it does
The mod draws a half-circle on the client, centered on the player with a radius of three blocks and spanning 180 degrees, so the area where a backstab counts is visible. Any hit landing inside that arc, which is the area behind a shielded opponent, deals backstab damage instead of being blocked. The author notes that it was made with AI assistance and that the visual is client-side only, so servers do not need to run it to see the arc or land the hits. Fabric API is required.
Key features
Visible backstab arc
A half-circle with a three-block radius shows the 180-degree zone where a hit breaks the shield.
Backstab damage
Hitting a shielded player anywhere inside that zone deals backstab damage rather than being blocked.
Client-side visual
The arc is drawn on the player's own screen, so the mod adds nothing for others to see.
Gallery
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 1
Questions
Does Easier Backstabs need Fabric API?
Does the server need Easier Backstabs?
In the catalog
Easier Backstabs 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
Simple mod that allows you to see the angle that the shield blocks when a player is using it, this mod allows you to get a visual on that half circle starting from the center of the player with a 3 block radius spanning the 180 degrees that the shield blocks, if your hitting them from anywhere behind this radius…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/easier-backstabs
- Owner
- rorykl
- Published
- 2026-05-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15