Tool Upgrades
With Tool Upgrades, a tool, weapon or piece of armor can gain modifiers by combining it with different materials in a crafting process.
What it does
The mod lets players upgrade tools, weapons and armor with modifiers. Instead of a standard enchanting route, a piece of equipment is improved by applying specific materials, so the result depends on which materials were used. Required dependency Magma Core provides shared code for the mod, including an update checker, and the mod can show additional information pages that list recipes through Enough Items JEI.
Optional dependencies Continuity and MoreMcmeta Emissive Textures can be added for extra visual support. MoreMcmeta Emissive Textures enables emissive textures in the mod. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge, with the latest Forge file at v.3.1.0 for 1.20.4 and the latest NeoForge file at v.6.0.0 for 1.21.5. The code is not open source; the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Equipment modifiers
Tools, weapons and armor can receive modifiers that change how each item performs.
Material-based upgrades
Applying different materials to equipment assigns specific modifiers, so each combination produces a different result.
Recipe information pages
Additional info pages show recipes for the upgrade process, viewable through Enough Items JEI.
Emissive texture support
MoreMcmeta Emissive Textures enables emissive textures for upgraded items when installed.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.14.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.12.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.11.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.10.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.7.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 2
How it compares
Tool Scaling is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 with the client and server environment. Weapon Damage and Cooldown Modifier is not open source, is released under All rights reserved, and covers 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge. Ores Armor Tools is not open source, is released under the MIT License, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tool Upgrades | Forge and NeoForge | 1.7.10 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-30 |
| Tool Scaling | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-03 |
| Weapon Damage and Cooldown Modifier | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-20 |
| Ores Armor Tools | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-28 |
Questions
Does Tool Upgrades need Magma Core?
Does the server need Tool Upgrades?
Which loaders does Tool Upgrades support?
In the catalog
Tool Upgrades is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
This mod adds a new way to enchant your equipment, create pastes from different materials and apply them to modifiers to assign specific enchantments to them!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tool-upgrades
- Owner
- XxRexRaptorxX
- Published
- 2022-11-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15