Elemental Gear
by Mars455
Elemental Gear adds lightning and lava materials for Fabric, with dusts, ingots, blocks, swords and other tools crafted from them.
What it does
The lightning line starts with Lightning Dust, which is made from Elemental Dust, a base crafting resource. Lightning Dust compresses into a Lightning Ingot and a Lightning Dust Block, and the ingot is used for a Lightning Sword. The lava line follows the same pattern, with a Lava Gemstone as its key material and a Lava Gemstone Sword as its first weapon.
The author plans to finish both lines with wood and stone tool sets and decoration blocks, which are not in the current release. The notes describe different effects for the elemental gear as a planned addition, and say the content will grow over time with more tools, gear and mobs. Pre-release builds are updated more often than the release files, and the source code is available for anyone who wants to compile the mod directly.
Installation needs only Fabric. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 1.21.4, and the code is released under the Apache License 2.0, which makes the project open source.
Key features
Lightning materials
Lightning Dust, Lightning Ingot, Lightning Dust Block and Lightning Sword form a crafting chain from Elemental Dust.
Lava materials
A Lava Gemstone and a Lava Gemstone Sword extend the set with a second elemental line.
Elemental Dust
Elemental Dust works as the base crafting resource for the elemental items.
Planned effects
The author notes say different effects are planned for the elemental gear in future updates.
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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
No Netherite Gears is a Fabric mod for 1.21.5 that is open source under the MIT License, with the client required and the server optional. Emerald Gear Mod is a Fabric mod for 1.21.10 that is not open source; it is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, and both sides need it. Gear On Death is a client-side only Fabric mod for 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, while Elemental Gear is a client and server mod for 1.21.4 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elemental Gear | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-06-12 |
| No Netherite Gears | Fabric | 1.21.5 | Client required, server optional | 2025-04-15 |
| Emerald Gear Mod | Fabric | 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-12-01 |
| Gear On Death | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-03-13 |
Questions
Does Elemental Gear need Fabric API?
Does Elemental Gear have to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Elemental Gear support?
Is the source code of Elemental Gear public?
In the catalog
Elemental Gear is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
This is my mod which will expand over time to introduce gear, tools, mobs and more. It is very much a learning process so no guarantees over content over any timeframe! Please be aware this is a pre release and will be updated more often on my github if you'd like to compile yourself. Lightning Resources [Lightning…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/elemental-gear
- Owner
- Mars455
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15