Hold Your Enemies Closer
by Partonetrain
Hold Your Enemies Closer adds enchantments that reverse knockback, smelt mined drops and let wearers walk on powder snow, for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt.
What it does
Hold Your Enemies Closer registers a set of enchantments that cover combat, mining and movement. Reverse Knockback pushes attackers the other way when they strike the wearer, Auto-Smelt turns block drops into their smelted results, and Frost Protection and Frost Walker address cold and powder snow. The enchantments use the vanilla loot enchantment tags, so they follow the same rules as other enchantments in the game.
Installation requires Fabric API on Fabric. On NeoForge and Quilt the mod runs on its own. Hold Your Enemies Closer is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for 1.21.1, 1.21.3 and 1.21.4, with 1.1.1 for 1.21.1 as the latest build, and the author notes that 1.21.3 receives updates. The source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Reverse Knockback
Enchanted armor pushes attackers back when they hit the wearer, reversing the usual knockback direction.
Auto-Smelt
Blocks broken with the enchanted tool drop their smelted result, using the vanilla smelts loot tag.
Frost Walker
Wearers can walk across powder snow without sinking into it, as with the vanilla enchantment on boots.
Frost Protection
A frost enchantment reduces cold-related damage from powder snow and freezing conditions.
Inverted enchantment variety
Several enchantments are inverted versions of vanilla ones, adding variety to gear choices in combat.
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
Use cases
Who it’s for: The mod suits players who want enchantments beyond the vanilla set for combat, mining and cold biomes, on Fabric, NeoForge or Quilt for 1.21.1, 1.21.3 or 1.21.4. Servers that want the enchantments available to every player need it installed on both sides.
How it compares
Frost Enchantment is server required with the client optional, not client and server, and is published for 1.21.2 – 1.21.8 under All rights reserved. Beta's Better Enchantments is server required with the client optional, licensed under the MIT License, and covers 1.21.2 – 1.21.7. Frost Enchantments is NeoForge only, runs on client and server, uses All rights reserved and targets 1.21.1 – 1.21.4, the same range as this mod.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold Your Enemies Closer | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-03-15 |
| Frost Enchantment | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.2 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-09-08 |
| Beta's Better Enchantments | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.2 – 1.21.7 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-04 |
| Frost Enchantments | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-04-28 |
Questions
Does Hold Your Enemies Closer require Fabric API?
Does the server need Hold Your Enemies Closer?
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In the catalog
Hold Your Enemies Closer is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hold_your_enemies_closer
- Owner
- Partonetrain
- Published
- 2024-12-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15