Forbidden Tinkers
by Derekahedron
Forbidden Tinkers adds materials, modifiers and tomes that power up tools and let them scale beyond the vanilla balance, and it requires Mythic Tinkers.
What it does
The mod adds materials and modifiers that strengthen tools and weapons. Champium is presented as an endgame material with stronger stats and traits than the other materials. Modifiers such as Sharpness and Haste take only an upgrade or ability slot, so a tool can hold one of each per slot, and the Upgrade and Ability slots can be expanded with hoppers, cactus or ender pearls as set in the datapack.
Champium is crafted in Champium Forges found deep underground in the overworld. Those forges accept large stacks of farmable materials such as wheat and potatoes and output Champium, so players do not need to gather it in bulk. Tinker's Diamond is a rare underground material that drops only one per mined block and cannot be obtained normally. A Forbidden Tome applied to a tool adds the Overloaded modifier, which doubles the level of the associated modifier, so Sharpness V becomes Sharpness X.
The mod requires Mythic Tinkers and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, and the latest file is 1.0.9 for 1.20.1. It is released under the MIT License and is open source. The author recommends it for large modpacks and notes that it breaks the vanilla Tinkers balance, so a custom datapack is advised.
Key features
Champium material
An endgame tool material with stronger stats and traits, crafted in forges located deep underground.
Overloaded modifier
Forbidden Tomes add Overloaded to a tool, doubling the level of the matching modifier, such as Sharpness V to Sharpness X.
Trash disposal
An added upgrade lets a tool dispose of unwanted items such as cobblestone, dirt and rotten flesh when they are mined.
Datapack-defined content
Upgrade and ability slots, and several exclusive features, are defined through a datapack rather than fixed in the mod.
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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
How it compares
Tinkers' Enchanting is published for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 and is open source under the MIT License. Its environment is server required, with the client optional, so it works on either side and neither side needs it. Tinkers' Growing Addon is published for 1.20.1 with the client and server environment and is open source under the MIT License. Tinkers' Unexplored is also published for 1.20.1 on client and server, but it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbidden Tinkers | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-10-04 |
| Tinkers' Enchanting | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-21 |
| Tinkers' Growing Addon | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-25 |
| Tinkers' Unexplored | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-10 |
Questions
Does Forbidden Tinkers need Mythic Tinkers?
Does the server need Forbidden Tinkers?
Which versions does Forbidden Tinkers support?
In the catalog
Forbidden Tinkers is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
NOTE It is highly recommended that you use this mod with a custom datapack for your modpack. While you can use it on it's own, some features are exclusive to datapacks. It also breaks vanilla Tinkers balance, which is only recommended for large modpacks with tools/weapons that scale beyond vanilla tinkers. Champium…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/forbidden-tinkers
- Owner
- Derekahedron
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
