Emerald Armor And Tools!
Emerald Armor And Tools is a Fabric mod that adds craftable emerald armor, tools and weapons to Minecraft 1.21.11, so emeralds have a use beyond villager trading.
What it does
Emerald Armor And Tools adds a full armor set in emerald (helmet, chestplate, leggings and boots) and a complete toolset with sword, pickaxe, axe, shovel and hoe. Every piece is built with standard vanilla crafting patterns from emerald gems, so a player collects the material and crafts the gear at a normal crafting table. The author describes the emerald gear as better in protection and durability than netherite, and worse in its other stats; the mod does not change vanilla balance elsewhere.
The mod also adds emerald horse armor and emerald spears to the content list. It needs Fabric API and is published for Fabric only, in one game version: 1.21.11. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Emerald armor set
Helmet, chestplate, leggings and boots are crafted from emerald for a complete set of protection.
Emerald toolset
Sword, pickaxe, axe, shovel and hoe upgrade the tools a player uses from emerald material.
Vanilla crafting patterns
Each item follows standard crafting recipes that use emerald gems, so no separate workbench is needed.
Emerald horse armor and spears
Horse armor and spears in emerald extend the mod beyond the armor and tools.
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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 1
Use cases
Survival progression
Players who have farmed emeralds from villager trades can spend them on armor and tools instead of keeping them unused.
Vanilla-style play
Because the recipes follow vanilla patterns, the gear suits players who want new items without cheats or creative mode.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric 1.21.11 who want more uses for emeralds, and server owners who want a vanilla-friendly content addition that every player installs.
How it compares
Boey's Emerald Gear is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8, released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and not open source. Lukazilla's Emerald Gear is also Fabric for 1.21.8 and runs on client and server, but is under All rights reserved. Emerald & Ruby Tools Armor covers 1.21 – 1.21.4 under the MIT License and is open source, so it supports older builds that Emerald Armor And Tools does not.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Armor And Tools! | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-06-10 |
| Boey's Emerald Gear | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-10-19 |
| Lukazilla's Emerald Gear | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-09-17 |
| Emerald & Ruby Tools Armor | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-02-10 |
Questions
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What the author says
Have you always felt that emeralds were lacking a purpose outside of villager trading? This vanilla-friendly Fabric mod finally grants that long-awaited feature by bringing fully craftable Emerald Armor and Tools into Minecraft! Perfect for survival progression (does not need cheats), creative mode building, or…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/emerald-armor-and-tools
- Owner
- c0nner278real
- Published
- 2026-06-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15