Extended Armor
by CAS_ual_TY
Extended Armor is a Forge equipment mod that adds golden and chainmail helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots, and lets players dye armor.
What it does
The mod registers a full set of golden armor pieces and a full set of chainmail armor pieces, so each material gains a helmet, chestplate, leggings and boots. A player wearing the pieces gets the protection values those materials provide in vanilla, and the new items show up in the creative inventory as ordinary equipment.
A dye feature lets players color armor pieces with dyes in a crafting grid, which gives the existing gear a visible variation without changing its protection. Because the armor is a normal item set, other mods that read armor slots can treat it like any vanilla armor. The source code and issue tracker are public.
The mod is published for Forge only, and its files cover 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4 and 1.20.1. The latest Forge file is 1.20.1-1.8, released 2023-07-05. Extended Armor runs on client and server, so both sides need it, and it is released under the MIT License as open source.
Key features
Golden armor set
A helmet, chestplate, leggings and boots made of gold, each as its own item in the equipment slots.
Chainmail armor set
A matching set of chainmail helmet, chestplate, leggings and boots for players who want a mid-tier option.
Dyeable armor
Armor pieces can be colored with dyes, so players can tint their gear to match a build or a team.
Standard armor slots
The pieces occupy the same slots as vanilla armor, so they work with the existing equipment flow.
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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.
Use cases
Team colors on a server
Server members can dye their armor to tell teams apart during shared play.
Extra early-game armor options
The chainmail and golden sets add armor tiers between leather and iron for players building up gear.
Who it’s for: Players who want more armor choices and dye options in survival or multiplayer worlds, and server owners who run a Forge modpack that should include them.
How it compares
Chainmail Recipe is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.16 – 1.21.5 that is server required with an optional client, under All rights reserved and not open source. Craft Chain Armor works on Forge and NeoForge for 1.19 – 1.21.3, is also server required with an optional client, and is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. Extended Armor differs from both by adding golden pieces as well as chainmail, and by requiring the client and server to both run it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extended Armor | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-07-05 |
| Chainmail Recipe | Fabric and Forge | 1.16 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-04-08 |
| Craft Chain Armor | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19 – 1.21.3 | Server required, client optional | 2025-05-30 |
Questions
Does Extended Armor need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does Extended Armor support?
Can the armor be colored?
In the catalog
Extended Armor is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/extended-armor
- Owner
- CAS_ual_TY
- Published
- 2023-07-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-07-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15