Greatness
by alhilajmedia
Greatness brings melee weapons from real-life Minecraft into the game, with heavy blades, hafted tools and curved swords among them.
What it does
Greatness adds a set of melee weapons modeled on real-world blades and hafted tools, from heavy two-handed axes to slim curved swords. Each weapon has its own crafting recipe, and the items are made from ores the game already provides. The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and its source code and wiki are public.
Both the server and every player need the mod, since the weapons are registered on both sides. Files are published for Fabric and Forge, with 1.0.0 for 1.21.11 as the latest Fabric build and 1.0.1 for 1.21.11 as the latest Forge build. Builds exist for 1.21.10 and 1.21.11.
Key features
Real-life melee weapons
Adds a range of blades and tools, from a two-handed greataxe to a machete, to the melee options.
Crafting recipes
Each weapon is craftable, and the items are made from ores that the game already provides.
Public wiki and source
The source code and a wiki are published, and the wiki is still incomplete for the current release.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Weapons Expanded: Editions is Fabric-only, built for 1.21.1, and under All rights reserved, so it does not cover the 1.21.10 and 1.21.11 builds Greatness targets. Simple Weapons is Forge-only for 1.20.1 and also under All rights reserved, while Keeg's Weapon Mod covers Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 – 26.3 under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatness | Fabric and Forge | 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-24 |
| Weapons Expanded: Editions | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-24 |
| Simple Weapons | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-16 |
| Keeg's Weapon Mod | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-20 |
Questions
Does Greatness need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Greatness is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
NOTE: The wiki is incomplete, it will be finished in 1.0.2. Originally it was 1.0.1, but we did not want to delay the next update. NOTE 2: The poll has reached a conclusion and 1.0.3 will now get certain updates and changes according to result.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/greatness
- Owner
- alhilajmedia
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15