Simple Horseshoes
by FinnAliR
Simple Horseshoes gives horses a horseshoe item that can be crafted, found, traded or bartered for and enchanted with boot enchantments, so players can outfit their mounts.
What it does
Horseshoes can be obtained in several ways: crafted from 7 Gold Ingots, smelted from a Gold Nugget, found in Overworld chests, received from an armour villager trade, or bartered from a Piglin. Once a horseshoe is in hand, it can be placed on a horse to protect the animal from terrain damage. Horseshoes enchanted with boot enchantments are supported, so the enchanting table path applies here too.
The mod is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.21.11 only, with files published since 2026-02-21, and it is not open source: the code is under All rights reserved. The author has public links for the source code and issue tracker. Portions of the code were developed with help from artificial intelligence tools, used for locating faults, proposing troubleshooting routes and explaining how parts fit together. Some initial development assets were also created with artificial intelligence.
Key features
Multiple ways to obtain horseshoes
Crafting, smelting, chest loot, villager trades and Piglin bartering each provide a horseshoe.
Terrain protection for horses
A horse wearing a horseshoe is protected from damage caused by rough terrain.
Enchantable horseshoes
Horseshoes accept boot enchantments, so the same enchanting process used for armour applies.
Custom horseshoe texture
The author plans a more detailed horseshoe texture, with credit to the artist who creates it.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Outfitting mounts on a survival world
A player who rides horses across rough land can equip them with horseshoes found or crafted early in the game.
Who it’s for: Players who keep horses on survival worlds or adventure maps, and server owners who want an optional mount upgrade on a client and server setup.
How it compares
Copper Horseshoes is a different horseshoe mod: it is server-side required and client optional, under the MIT License, and is not open source, with a file for 1.21.4 across Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Ultimate Horseshoes is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and runs on client and server, but only for Fabric builds covering 26.1 – 26.3. Intelligence is client and server with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license and covers 1.21 – 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Horseshoes | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-21 |
| Copper Horseshoes | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-22 |
| Ultimate Horseshoes | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
| Intelligence | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2025-12-09 |
Questions
Does Simple Horseshoes need Fabric API?
Does Simple Horseshoes have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Simple Horseshoes support?
In the catalog
Simple Horseshoes is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Adds enchantable horseshoes to minecraft! This is my first minecraft mod, I started learning java recently and wanted to give myself a fun weekend challange.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/finns-horseshoes
- Owner
- FinnAliR
- Published
- 2026-02-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15