Just Mend It
Just Mend It changes how the Mending enchantment repairs gear, using XP to restore durability and letting players skip the anvil for lower-level repairs.
What it does
Gear that carries Mending gets repaired from experience points as the player collects them. The mod replaces the vanilla repair logic with its own overhauled system, which was inspired by BetterThanMending, though the two differ in how repair is triggered and costed. A feedback sound plays while an item is being mended, so the repair can be heard as it happens.
The configuration menu sets the repair cost, the repair amount per action and how much gear is repaired at once. A level limit lets items be repaired without an anvil when the required level is below a value the server owner has chosen. Lapis is the default material for the repair, and a setting can require a specific amount of a non-placeable item held in the offhand.
Just Mend It is a Fabric mod for 1.20.4. It is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and it runs on the client and on the server, so both need it. It requires Fabric API and MidnightLib, and Mod Menu is optional for opening its settings in game.
Key features
Overhauled mending
Mending repairs items through a reworked system that differs from the vanilla behavior.
Repair from the offhand
A configurable amount of a chosen non-placeable item can be held in the offhand to pay for each repair.
Anvil-free repairs
Items below a configured level can be repaired without an anvil, which is set by a level limit.
Configuration menu
Repair cost, repair amount and the active repair rate can be adjusted in a settings menu.
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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 2
Optional 1
How it compares
Repair Reimagined is server-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and published for 1.20.1. Balanced Mending is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.19 – 1.21.4. Mending Repair Cost is a mod is needed on the server, with the client optional, under an All rights reserved license for 1.20.1, and it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Mend It | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2025-09-13 |
| Repair Reimagined | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-01-18 |
| Balanced Mending | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-02-26 |
| Mending Repair Cost | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-09-03 |
Questions
Does Just Mend It need Fabric API?
Does the server need Just Mend It?
Does Just Mend It work on versions other than 1.20.4?
In the catalog
Just Mend It is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
Similar mods
What the author says
Although it has its differences to BetterThanMending.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/just-mend-it
- Owner
- danilanosikov
- Published
- 2025-09-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15