Historical World Swords
by Kislen_Layn
Historical World Swords brings a set of period and regional blades into the world on Forge 1.20.1, so players can find and use them while exploring.
What it does
The mod adds more than fifty swords drawn from different cultures and eras of world history, including a Cossack saber, a field saber, a gross messer, a katana and an officer's sword. Some of the weapons also come with a couple of copies inspired by Japanese culture. The swords generate as part of the world, so players can come across them during travel rather than crafting every one.
Each sword carries its own model and English description, which can be read in-game. The author notes that the models are still being refined and that attack animations may be added in a later update. Some entries are described as adding animated chips that change the player's walking pattern when a weapon is held, such as flanking checkers and hara-kiri tanto chips.
Historical World Swords is published for Forge and 1.20.1 only. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code and assets are under All rights reserved, and the project is not open source. A public issue tracker is available for reports.
Key features
Swords from many cultures
Weapons drawn from different countries and periods are added to the world, covering many distinct blade styles.
World-generated weapons
The swords are placed in the world, so exploring becomes the way to collect them alongside crafting.
Descriptive item text
Each sword has an English description that explains its history, shown in the item tooltip.
Walking-pattern chips
Certain weapons carry chips that change how the player walks while holding them, such as flanking checkers and tanto.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy historical weapons in a survival or adventure world, and server owners who want a shared set of world-found swords on Forge 1.20.1.
How it compares
Sword Variants is a Forge 1.20.1 mod that is client and server and under All rights reserved, not open source. Medieval Craft (Historical Guns) is also Forge 1.20.1, client and server, under All rights reserved, but focuses on firearms rather than blades. Japanese Culture covers Japanese-themed content on the same loader, environment and license. Hidrismos is server-side only, released under CC0 1.0 Universal, so players can join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical World Swords | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-01 |
| Sword Variants | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-03-31 |
| Medieval Craft (Historical Guns) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-12 |
| Japanese Culture | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-06 |
| Hidrismos | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-06-20 |
Questions
Does Historical World Swords need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Historical World Swords support?
Will attack animations be added?
In the catalog
Historical World Swords is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
что я вообще хочу сделать: добавить 50+ видов оружия к каждому сделать свою анимацию для некоторых видов оружия сделать фишки как например Фланкирование для шашки и харакири для танто фишки будут также анимированы изменить модельку игрока ходбар и полоску здоровья добавить совместимость с другими модами, в частности…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/historical-world-swords
- Owner
- Kislen_Layn
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-11-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15