Upgradable Tools
Upgradable Tools lets players improve a tool by crafting a material upgrade onto it, moving it from wood toward diamond and beyond.
What it does
Each upgrade is applied to an existing tool with a template and a set of materials. The mod covers wooden, leather, stone, chain, gold, iron, diamond and fiery upgrades, and each one lists its own recipe. A player picks the upgrade that matches the material they want, then crafts it with the tool. Upgrades can also be applied to armor, and the mod also works with some modded equipment, including Spartan Weaponry tools.
The mod is a Forge addition for Minecraft 1.20.1. Both the server and every player need it, because the upgraded items and their behavior are handled on both sides. The files are released under CC0 1.0 Universal, which places the work in the public domain, and the project is not open source. Forge is the only loader supported, and the latest file, 0.24-1.20.1, dates from 2026-01-12.
Key features
Tiered tool upgrades
Wood, stone, iron and diamond tools can each be upgraded through a defined material chain.
Material-specific recipes
Each upgrade consumes seven units of its base material plus one ingredient, such as dirt and a plank or a gold ingot.
Fiery upgrade
The fiery upgrade uses blaze powder to create a fiery ingot that can be crafted into a tool.
Downgrading
Upgrades can be reversed, so a player who changes their mind can return a tool to an earlier tier.
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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
Gold gear for enchantment
Gold has high enchantability, so players who want better loot on a tool can upgrade it to gold before enchanting.
Spartan Weaponry tools
Tools from Spartan Weaponry can take the available templates, so modded weapons join the same upgrade path.
Who it’s for: Players on Forge 1.20.1 who want tools to scale through the material tiers, and server owners who want the progression to run on a shared world.
Questions
Does Upgradable Tools need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Upgradable Tools support?
Can upgrades be undone?
Does Upgradable Tools work with Spartan Weaponry?
In the catalog
Upgradable Tools is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Recipes: - Wooden Upgrade - 7 dirt and 1 plank of any wood. - Leather Upgrade - 7 dirt and 1 leather. - Stone Upgrade - 7 planks of any wood and 1 cobblestone. - Chain Upgrade - 7 leather and 1 chain. - Gold "Upgrade" - 7 planks of any wood and 1 gold ingot. - Iron Upgrade - 7 gold nuggets OR 7 cobblestone and 1 iron…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/more-upgrade-templates
- Owner
- JadeMagnolias
- Published
- 2025-07-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15