Effective Weapons
by br_matias_br
Effective Weapons adds a set of Fabric weapons whose effects revolve around status effects, plus a fire-resistance style potion and a way to craft them.
What it does
Each weapon in the mod carries its own mechanic built on status effects rather than only raw damage. Weapons can be upgraded with weapon-specific smithing templates, and each weapon has a recipe that uses a template for crafting. Crafting a weapon requires an enchanting bottle, which is the prerequisite item in its recipe.
The mod makes combat a little more tactical while leaving vanilla progression largely intact. Fire Guard is a weaker, easier-to-obtain version of Fire Resistance: it reduces fire damage taken and halves burning time, and it is brewed from a Crushed Netherrack base potion made with redstone. Crushed Netherrack comes from crafting a single netherrack block in the crafting grid, and one block yields three pieces. Witches drop experience bottles when they are killed by a player.
The mod is client and server, so a server and every player need it installed. It is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric only. Files cover 1.21 and 1.21.1, and the latest file is 1.5.0 for 1.21.1.
Key features
Status effect weapons
Weapons with distinct mechanics built around status effects instead of plain damage numbers.
Reflecting weapons
Some weapons reflect melee or projectile damage back at attackers and grant the wielder extra knockback resistance.
Fire Guard potion
A potion that reduces fire damage taken and halves burning time, weaker than Fire Resistance and easier to obtain.
Crushed Netherrack
A crafting material made from netherrack, which yields three pieces per block and is used in the Fire Guard potion.
Remote Counter effect
While Remote Counter is active, the affected entity cannot receive any other status effect, and the mod also includes cures that clear poison and invisibility.
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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.
How it compares
Effective Invisibility is a Fabric mod for 1.20 – 1.21 that is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, so players can join without installing it. Status Effect Fix is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.21.5 – 26.2 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Better Fire resistance is open source under the MIT License and covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.6, but it is client-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Weapons | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-10-12 |
| Effective Invisibility | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21 | Server-side only | 2024-07-19 |
| Status Effect Fix | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-25 |
| Better Fire resistance | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.6 | Client-side only | 2025-06-22 |
Questions
Does Effective Weapons need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Effective Weapons support?
How is Crushed Netherrack obtained?
In the catalog
Effective Weapons is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
My objective when developing this mod was to give players more options on how to handle status effects, such as a way to more reliably rid yourself of poison or one to remove invisibility from a spider in order to see it better during combat, while not getting too much in the way of vanilla's own progression, mainly…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/effective-weapons
- Owner
- br_matias_br
- Published
- 2024-07-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-10-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15