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Unmending

by Txuritan

Unmending changes how the Mending enchantment repairs items, so that a Mending book applied to an item no longer leaves its repair cost to pile up.

FabricClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.20.1 – 1.21.7

What it does

The mod targets Mending, the enchantment that repairs items with experience. Items that already carry Mending keep it, but repairs take longer, and applying a Mending book resets the extra repair cost that otherwise builds up with each use. That reset is meant to stop items from reaching the Too Expensive limit after many repairs, so anvil work stays possible.

The mod is a port of Vazkii's Unmending, updated for Fabric. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Fabric API must also be installed. Builds cover 1.20.1 – 1.21.7, and the latest file, 1.0.7+1.21.7, targets 1.21.7 and was published on 2025-07-16. The code is under the MIT License and is open source, and the source and issue tracker are public.

Key features

  1. Slower Mending repair

    Items with Mending regain durability more slowly than in vanilla, so the enchantment stays useful without being free.

  2. Mending book resets cost

    Applying a Mending book clears the extra repair cost on the item, so repeated repairs do not lock it out of anvil use.

  3. Prevents Too Expensive

    Repair cost accumulation is limited, which reduces how often an item becomes too expensive to combine at an anvil.

  4. Ported from Vazkii's mod

    The changes are carried over from the original Unmending mod by Vazkii and kept current for newer Minecraft releases.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.71.0.7+1.21.7
1.21.51.0.7+1.21.5
1.21.41.0.7+1.21.4
1.21.11.0.7+1.21.1
1.211.0.7+1.21
1.20.51.0.7+1.20.5
1.20.11.0.7+1.20.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Somewhat Mending is server-side only and open source under the BSD 2-Clause License, with files for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11. Balanced Mending is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, but its files cover 1.19 – 1.21.4. Mending Repair Cost is not open source, targets 1.20.1 only and needs the server while the client may skip it.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
UnmendingFabric1.20.1 – 1.21.7Client and server2025-07-16
Somewhat MendingFabric1.20.1 – 1.21.11Server-side only2026-02-10
Balanced MendingFabric1.19 – 1.21.4Server-side only2025-02-26
Mending Repair CostFabric1.20.1Server required, client optional2025-09-03

Questions

Does Unmending need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency, so it must be installed alongside Unmending on a Fabric instance.

Does the server need Unmending as well as players?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which game versions does Unmending support?

Files exist for 1.20.1, 1.20.5, 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.4, 1.21.5 and 1.21.7, with 1.21.7 as the most recent build.

In the catalog

Unmending is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 13,697 mods support Minecraft 1.21.7.

Magic mods7,216Fabric modsMods for 1.21.713,697

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What the author says

This is an updated and ported version of Vazkii's mod Unmending.
Txuritan, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Txuritan
Published
2024-04-21
Updated on Modrinth
2025-07-16
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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