Tools of Steel
Tools of Steel adds a steel material to Fabric worlds, giving tool and equipment progression a tier between bronze and diamond.
What it does
Steel tools and equipment are crafted from steel ingots and sit in the progression after bronze and before diamond-level gear. Tin ore requires at least iron-level tools to be gathered, and the diamond tier still requires its own materials. The mod changes mining speed and attack cooldown for steel tools, which slow down compared with diamond equipment. Bronze, Fabric API and MidnightLib are required, and Better Combat, Divergent Progression, Mod Menu and Slow Your Roll are optional. The server and every player need the mod installed.
Key features
Steel material tier
Steel ingots craft tools and equipment that fill the gap between bronze and diamond.
Adjusted combat stats
Steel tools trade mining speed and attack cooldown against diamond equipment, so their stats differ from the tier above.
Tin ore gating
Tin ore requires at least iron-level tools to be gathered, so it appears as the tier progresses.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
Optional 4
Incompatible 1
Embedded 1
Required by 1 mod
How it compares
Rose Gold Gear is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.3 that is also open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server. Ender Steel covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 for Fabric and carries the same MIT License and client and server environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tools of Steel | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-14 |
| Rose Gold Gear | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2026-05-08 |
| Ender Steel | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-19 |
Questions
Does Tools of Steel need Bronze?
Do servers need Tools of Steel installed?
In the catalog
Tools of Steel is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod focuses on making equipment progression better by adding a new material, steel! This mod changes how bronze and diamond equipment are obtained. Tin ore now requires at least iron-level tools, and diamond requires... diamond-level tools. Though steel tools are diamond-level, their mining speed and attack…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tools-of-steel
- Owner
- KiCKinTheBucket
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15