Steel
by Hadesiak130
Steel is a NeoForge equipment mod whose main addition is a metal made by smelting iron, intended as a mid-to-late game material.
What it does
The mod adds a steel material that is crafted from iron, and the author describes it as a mid to end game material that is roughly three times stronger than iron and close to diamond in strength. Steel is used for armor, tools and other craftable items, so a player who has moved past iron gains a material that sits between iron and diamond.
Steel is available for 1.21.4 and 1.21.5. The latest file, 1.2.0, is for 1.21.5 and was published on 2025-05-02, after the first release on 2025-05-01. The mod runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it, and it is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, which makes it not open source.
Key features
Steel crafted tools
Tools made from steel are added alongside the armor and other craftable items, giving iron-stage players a stronger option.
Steel crafted armor
Armor pieces can be crafted from steel, offering more protection than iron armor before diamond is needed.
Stronger than iron
Steel is described as about three times stronger than iron and nearly as strong as diamond, which places it in the mid to end game.
Other craftable items
Further items use steel as an ingredient, so the material shows up in several parts of the crafting progression.
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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.
Questions
Does Steel need to be installed on the server?
Which versions does Steel support?
Is the recipe for making steel documented correctly?
In the catalog
Steel is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 7,420 Equipment mods for NeoForge. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
This mod adds steel, a mid- to end-game material that’s three times stronger than iron and rivals diamond. You can craft tools, armor, and more with steel.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/steel-steel-steel
- Owner
- Hadesiak130
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15