Expanded Combat

Shields in the mod have five material slots, and each applied material raises the shield's durability by an amount set by that material. Materials are placed at a smithing table. Adding a material can increase or decrease the shield's mending capability once the mending enchantment is on it. A material that replaces another does not return the old one. Some materials, such as netherite, only replace a specific earlier material, and currently netherite is the only one of that kind. JEI shows these recipes when it is installed.

Bows and crossbows follow a progression that is more linear than the shield system. Higher tiers give a longer range, but mixing materials unevenly across the slots causes the bow to shoot less effectively. The mod also adds gauntlets with knockback resistance and agility effects, and blocking enchantments for katanas and shields.

The mod needs Cloth Config API on every loader, and Curios API, which must be version 2.4.0 or above for the mod's features. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge for 1.19.4, 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, and the code is covered by All rights reserved.