Permission to Maim
by Jaxydog
Permission to Maim lets each player choose which body parts are shown on their character, and the choice is shared with other players who run the mod.
What it does
A player can switch off individual body parts in the in-game Skin Customization menu, so the head, arms, legs and other sections of the model stop rendering. Hidden parts are removed from view, and armor on a hidden part either stays floating in place or disappears, depending on a default option. Only part of an armor piece can be removed, so a player can, for example, hide just the right arm of a chestplate.
When Permission to Maim is installed on the server as well as on the client, visibility settings synchronize between players. Other players with the mod installed see the hidden parts as hidden. Vanilla clients are not affected: they see the normal model and cannot tell that a body part was turned off. The mod was made for roleplaying, and it includes an option to disable its own rendering, which keeps players from appearing invisible by accident.
The mod is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later and is open source, with public source code and an issue tracker. It requires Fabric API and runs on Fabric. Files cover 1.21.8 and 1.21.10, and the latest file is 1.1.0 for 1.21.10, published on 2025-10-08.
Key features
Body part toggles
Head, arms, legs and other model parts can each be switched off from the Skin Customization menu.
Partial armor removal
Armor can be removed from a single part, such as one arm, while the rest of the piece stays worn.
Floating armor option
A setting decides whether armor on a hidden part keeps floating in place or is not drawn at all.
Rendering disable option
The mod's own rendering can be turned off, so a player does not appear invisible when parts are hidden.
Synchronized visibility
With the mod on both sides, the hidden parts a player chose show the same way to other players.
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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 1
How it compares
Chat Focus is client-side only, under the MIT License, and covers 1.21 – 1.21.11, so it changes only the chat on one player's screen. Hide Names Fabric is open source under the MIT License, supports client and server, and targets 1.21 alone, so it hides player names rather than body parts. PassiveArmour is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and supports 1.21.5 – 1.21.11, so it works on the server without any client install. MySkins is not open source, is under All rights reserved, and needs the client while the server may skip it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permission to Maim | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 | Client or server, optional | 2025-10-08 |
| Chat Focus | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-07-09 |
| Hide Names Fabric | Fabric | 1.21 | Client and server | 2025-03-14 |
| PassiveArmour | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2025-10-01 |
| MySkins | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client required, server optional | 2026-10-01 |
Questions
Does Permission to Maim need Fabric API?
Does the server need Permission to Maim for the hidden parts to sync?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Permission to Maim is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
A small mod that adds body part toggles to the in-game "Skin Customization" menu, intended to be used for roleplaying purposes (or just to be silly:3).
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/permission-to-maim
- Owner
- Jaxydog
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15