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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.

ForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.20.1 – 1.20.6

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

  1. Champium material

    An endgame tool material with stronger stats and traits, crafted in forges located deep underground.

  2. Overloaded modifier

    Forbidden Tomes add Overloaded to a tool, doubling the level of the matching modifier, such as Sharpness V to Sharpness X.

  3. Trash disposal

    An added upgrade lets a tool dispose of unwanted items such as cobblestone, dirt and rotten flesh when they are mined.

  4. Datapack-defined content

    Upgrade and ability slots, and several exclusive features, are defined through a datapack rather than fixed in the mod.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.61.0.4
1.20.51.0.4
1.20.41.0.4
1.20.31.0.4
1.20.21.0.4
1.20.11.0.9
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Mythic TinkersAdds Tinkers Construct support to Alex's Caves. Also adds 6 new end game materials found in Alex's Caves.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

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.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Forbidden TinkersForge1.20.1 – 1.20.6Client and server2026-10-04
Tinkers' EnchantingForge1.20.1 – 1.20.6Server required, client optional2025-07-21
Tinkers' Growing AddonForge1.20.1Client and server2026-07-25
Tinkers' UnexploredForge1.20.1Client and server2025-07-10

Questions

Does Forbidden Tinkers need Mythic Tinkers?

Yes. Mythic Tinkers is a required dependency and must be installed alongside Forbidden Tinkers.

Does the server need Forbidden Tinkers?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which versions does Forbidden Tinkers support?

Files exist for 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4, 1.20.5 and 1.20.6, and the latest Forge file is 1.0.9 for 1.20.1.

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…
Derekahedron, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Derekahedron
Published
2026-03-09
Updated on Modrinth
2026-10-04
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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