Shadow's Complexity Swords
Shadow's Complexity Swords adds a set of melee weapons, metal ingots and armor sets for Forge and NeoForge, parodying the sword mods of the Minecraft community.
What it does
Players craft swords and knuckles from several metals, each with its own stats. Steel is made from one raw iron and one coal and is sturdier than bronze, while bronze uses one raw copper and one tin and outlasts iron. Armor sets come from silver, steel and bronze, and tin is found by mining rich stone and smelting casserite. Lead is included as well, though the mod warns that handling it has a cost in game.
The mod lists katana, tanto and sai weapons in gold, silver, iron, bronze, steel, diamond and netherite, plus brass knuckles and other metal knuckles. Several items support combat: a Transfiguration Dagger upgraded from a Sacrificial Dagger deals armor-bypassing damage, and deepslate dust can blind an enemy. Chainmail armor and bundle recipes are also added. The content is for roleplay and adventure play, and the AK-47 is available in creative mode only.
Shadow's Complexity Swords is a server-side mod, so players join without installing it. It is published for 1.20.1 on Forge and NeoForge, with the latest file dated 2026-10-01, and it is not open source: the author holds all rights. The author recommends pairing it with OptiFine for textures and with Better Combat for combat behavior.
Key features
Metal tiers and ingots
Silver, steel, bronze, tin and high-grade steel form a crafting chain, with each metal recipe built from raw ores and coal.
Sword and knuckle lineup
Katanas, tantos and sai are offered in seven materials, along with brass knuckles and other metal knuckles.
Soul and dust items
Souls craft a soul stone and the transfiguration dagger, while crushed diamonds make night dust and deepslate dust blinds enemies.
Health and rage stones
Health Stone, Soul Stone and Rage Stone are added, alongside the Stylish Steel Katana.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a themed weapon set for roleplay or adventure play, and server owners who run a shared world with extra melee options.
How it compares
Cosmizy's New Ores is a client and server mod under the All rights reserved license, published for 1.20.1 on Forge only, and it is not open source. Create: Ironworks has a wider reach, with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt files for 1.20 – 1.21.1, and it is not open source either. Shadow's Complexity Swords is server-side only, so players need nothing installed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow's Complexity Swords | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-10-01 |
| Cosmizy's New Ores | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-23 |
| Create: Ironworks | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-14 |
Questions
Does a player need the mod installed to join a server that runs it?
Which loaders does Shadow's Complexity Swords support?
Can the AK-47 be obtained in survival?
In the catalog
Shadow's Complexity Swords is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Complexity Swords is a parody of Simply Swords. This mod is not recommended to be used with OptiFine, as most of its textures may break.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/shadows-complexity-swords
- Owner
- shadowEpicGamer3375
- Published
- 2024-07-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15