Smart Durability & Repair
by CatCoder
Smart Durability & Repair shows the remaining durability of tools and armor, both on the action bar and in item tooltips, and lets damaged items be partly restored at a grindstone.
What it does
Players see the current durability of held tools and worn armor on the HUD action bar, and the same figures appear in an item's tooltip when the item is hovered in an inventory menu. The display updates in real time as durability changes during play.
Right-clicking a grindstone while holding a damaged item attempts a repair. A successful attempt restores 3% of the item's maximum durability, and the repair has a 70% chance of succeeding. A failed attempt leaves the durability unchanged and does not break the grindstone. The repair works through the vanilla grindstone interface, so no new block is needed.
The mod is published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1, and its latest file is version 1.1.0, released 2026-06-17. It is licensed under the MIT License, and it is not open source. It is installed on the player's side alone, so servers need nothing. Language support is included.
Key features
Durability on the HUD
Current durability of tools and armor appears on the action bar while the item is in use.
Durability in tooltips
Hovering over an item in an inventory menu shows its remaining durability next to its other details.
Grindstone repair
A damaged item can be repaired by right-clicking a grindstone, restoring 3% of its maximum durability per successful attempt.
Chance-based repairs
Each repair attempt succeeds 70% of the time, and a failed attempt costs nothing beyond the time spent.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players on NeoForge 1.21.1 who want durability information visible during play and a way to recover some durability at a grindstone. The mod is for the player's own game and does not need to be installed on a server.
Questions
Does Smart Durability & Repair need to be on the server?
How often does a grindstone repair succeed?
Which game version does the mod support?
In the catalog
Smart Durability & Repair is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,250 Optimization mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod adds a real-time durability display for your items. Key Features: 1. Real-time Durability Display: Displays the current durability of your tools and armor both on your action bar (HUD) and directly in the item's tooltip menu when hovering over it.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/smart_durability_repair
- Owner
- CatCoder
- Published
- 2026-06-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15