Scuba Gear

Drowned that appear close to an ocean ruin may be found wearing pieces of the gear, within a radius of 15 blocks. The helmet appears on 50% of them, boots on 40%, leggings on 30% and chestplate on 20%. A drowned that spawns with a later piece also gets every earlier one, so leggings always come with boots and a helmet.

Each piece has its own ability: the helmet gives water breathing, the chestplate keeps mining near normal speed underwater, the leggings raise swim speed and the boots raise walking speed underwater. Worn on land, every piece slows the wearer slightly, with the helmet and chestplate costing the most speed. The armor loses durability every 4 seconds while worn, and only the player is affected by that wear. A full set also grants fire resistance, but the armor takes the damage instead of the wearer, about twice a second.

Each piece matches iron armor in durability, protection and enchantability. A new suit is usually heavily damaged, and iron repairs it in a crafting table or anvil, while the mending enchantment also works. The mod is published for Forge and NeoForge across 8 release versions, 1.16.5 – 1.20.4, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is not open source and is licensed as All rights reserved.