Ruined Equipment
Ruined Equipment turns a tool or armor piece into a Ruined version when its durability reaches 0, so the item keeps a memorial form instead of vanishing.
What it does
When a tool or armor piece breaks, the break sound plays and the item becomes a Ruined variant, with a special texture and the Ashes of the original item dropped as a memento. Vanilla tools and swords, armors including the Turtle Shell, shears, flint and steel, the bow, crossbow, trident and fishing rod are all covered, and modded tools and armors can follow the same path.
Ruined items can be repaired at a crafting grid or an anvil, and upgraded with netherite scrap. Items with Mending repair while held in the hands and collect experience, and a name tag applied to an anvil can add lore to a Ruined item. Ruined Equipment runs on Fabric and needs Fabric API; Cloth Config API and Mod Menu are optional. It is published for 1.16.2 – 1.20.4 and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and public links exist for the source and the issue tracker.
Key features
Ruined item forms
Breaking tools, weapons and armor leaves a Ruined variant with its own texture, instead of removing the item.
Ashes drop
A breaking item also drops its Ashes, a keepsake-style item that marks the fallen equipment.
Repair and upgrade
Ruined items are restored at a crafting grid or anvil, and netherite scrap upgrades them.
Lore with name tags
Applying a name tag to a Ruined item on an anvil adds lore that records the item's story.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.16.x4 of 4 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 2
Use cases
Keeping a memorial
Players who want to keep a favorite tool or armor after its durability runs out can hold it as a Ruined piece.
Who it’s for: Players who want to commemorate the gear they used through long adventures, and server owners who want break events to leave a visible record.
How it compares
Copper Equipment is an MIT-licensed, open source mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, covering 1.17.1 – 1.21.1 and running on client and server. More Repairables is server-side only, works on Fabric and Quilt for 1.20.1 – 1.21.5, and is also under the MIT License. SyncRepair is client-side only, Fabric-only, and open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruined Equipment | Fabric | 1.16.2 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-04-14 |
| Copper Equipment | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-23 |
| More Repairables | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 1.21.5 | Server-side only | 2025-05-19 |
| SyncRepair | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-15 |
Questions
Does Ruined Equipment need Fabric API?
Does the server need Ruined Equipment installed?
Which loaders does Ruined Equipment support?
Can a Ruined item be used again?
In the catalog
Ruined Equipment 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.
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What the author says
Grieving equipment owner? Tools and Armors break into Ruined forms for repair or memorial purposes. With this mod installed, Tools and Armors break into Ruined forms (for players). The Ruined equipment can then be repaired in either a Crafting Grid or Anvil, upgraded by "Empowering" it with a Netherite Scrap or, if…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ruined-equipment
- Owner
- Pepperoni-Jabroni
- Published
- 2021-01-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-04-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15