Useless Sword
by furti-two
Useless Sword is a Forge mod for players who collect deliberately impractical weapons, adding a large set of joke swords across several game versions.
What it does
The mod adds dozens of swords that do little in combat, so they serve as curiosities, decorations or inventory novelties rather than tools for fighting. The author notes describe the set as roughly 76 swords for the 1.16 line. It is compatible with several other mods, among them Aquaculture, Create, Botania and Twilight Forest, and can be used in modpacks. Only the client and the server need it, so both must run the mod. Files exist for 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2 and 1.20.1, and the mod is released under the MIT License but is not open source.
The latest Forge file is 1.0.1 for 1.20.1, published on 2026-05-17 in the beta channel, and the first release dates from 2022-05-22.
Key features
Joke sword collection
A large set of swords with deliberately weak or odd properties, added to the game as novelty items.
Compatibility with other mods
The author notes list compatibility with mods such as Create, Botania and Alex's Mobs.
Modpack friendly
The author text says the mod can be placed in modpacks, where the swords add comic variety.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Useless Mod is an MIT-licensed open source Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.16.5 – 1.21.1, also client and server. Sword of Blades is a Forge-only mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, and Pexe's Elemental Swords covers 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 under All rights reserved. All three share the client and server environment with Useless Sword.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useless Sword | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-17 |
| Useless Mod | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-08-15 |
| Sword of Blades | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-10 |
| Pexe's Elemental Swords | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-09-23 |
Questions
Which Forge versions does Useless Sword support?
In the catalog
Useless Sword is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,426 Cursed mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Here is the Useless Sword mod, this mod adds 76 new swords in 1.16, 60 new swords in 1.15, 59 swords in 1.14 and 51 swords in 1.12! Useless Sword is compatible with Aquaculture, Create, Alex's Mobs, Druidcraft, Botania, Update Aquatic, Savage and Ravage, Endergetic Expansion, and Twilight Forest (Optional Dependancy).
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/useless-sword
- Owner
- furti-two
- Published
- 2022-05-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15