Save My Tools
by borknbeans
Save My Tools stops a held tool from breaking when its durability runs out, so a player who strikes a block or an entity with a nearly worn tool keeps it.
What it does
Save My Tools is a client-side Fabric mod that covers the moment a tool would be destroyed. It guards attacks on entities, mining of blocks and block interactions such as stripping logs, tilling land and creating paths, so a worn-out item is not lost during any of these actions. Only the client needs it, and the mod changes nothing on a server, so servers run without it and players can join without installing anything.
The mod needs Fabric API on Fabric. Save My Tools is released under the MIT License and is open source, with its source code public. Its builds cover 1.21 – 1.21.5, with 1.0.0+1.21.5 for 1.21.5 as the latest file, published on 2025-06-10 and last updated on the same day.
Key features
Protection against tool breakage
A tool is kept from breaking at the point where its durability would reach zero, so the player does not lose it mid-task.
Guarded entity attacks
Hitting a mob or other entity with a nearly worn tool does not destroy the tool.
Guarded block mining
Breaking blocks with a worn tool is protected in the same way, so the item survives the final use.
Guarded block interactions
Stripping logs, tilling land and creating paths also leave the tool intact when its durability is nearly spent.
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
Single-player survival
A player who wants to keep a favourite pickaxe or axe from breaking at low durability can use the mod on their own client.
Who it’s for: Players who run Fabric on their own client and want worn tools kept from breaking during attacks, mining and block interactions. Server owners have no setup to do, since the mod is client-side only.
How it compares
Breakable is a Fabric mod that is also client-side only and open source, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, for 1.20.6 – 1.21.4. Save My Tools covers 1.21 – 1.21.5 under the MIT License. NoBroken is server required and client optional, for 1.18.2 – 1.21.11, and is not open source, so servers need it for it to work.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Save My Tools | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-06-10 |
| Breakable | Fabric | 1.20.6 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-01-02 |
| NoBroken (No Broken) | Fabric | 1.18.2 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-05 |
Questions
Does Save My Tools need Fabric API?
Does the server need Save My Tools?
Which game versions does Save My Tools support?
In the catalog
Save My Tools is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/save-my-tools
- Owner
- borknbeans
- Published
- 2025-06-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15