Zoro Spear Bridge
by ZoroGG
Zoro Spear Bridge brings spear items from Minecraft 1.21.11 into Fabric 1.21.4 games, with six tiers from wood to netherite.
What it does
The mod adds wooden, stone, iron, golden, diamond, copper and netherite spears to a 1.21.4 Fabric game. The spears are backported from 1.21.11 and include their models and attack animations, along with the cooldowns that go with them. Newer spear items are shown in the sword slot, and the mod corrects the check that identifies an item by its name.
A plugin named ViaBackwards lets servers run newer clients on older versions, which is the setup this mod is meant to pair with. The mod is described as backwards compatible with 1.21.11 servers. It is published only for Fabric and only for 1.21.4, so it has no builds for other loaders or game versions.
Environment: only the client needs it, so players install it and servers do not. The license is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, which makes the mod not open source. The latest Fabric file is 1.0.0+1.21.4, first published and last updated on 2026-04-05.
Key features
Six spear tiers
Wooden, stone, iron, golden, diamond and copper spears are added to the game as separate items.
Netherite spear
A netherite spear has its own model and changes the look of the spear set.
Spear animations and cooldowns
Spears play attack animations and follow cooldowns carried over from the 1.21.11 version.
Sword slot display
Newer spear items are shown in the sword slot, where they are read as weapons.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Playing 1.21.4 with newer weapons
Players who want the spear weapons from a later version can add them to a 1.21.4 Fabric game without updating the whole installation.
Pairing with a ViaBackwards server
Players on a newer client can join an older server through ViaBackwards and keep spears that match the server's version.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric 1.21.4 who want spear weapons from Minecraft 1.21.11, and players who connect to servers through ViaBackwards. Server owners need nothing installed, since only the client runs the mod.
How it compares
Spears adds spears on Fabric for 1.21.1 and runs on client and server, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later, so it is open source. Spear Indicator is client-side only, under Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 4.0, and is not open source. Zoro Spear Bridge targets 1.21.4 only, with the client as its only environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoro Spear Bridge | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2026-04-05 |
| Spears | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-28 |
| Spear Indicator | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-12-21 |
Questions
Does Zoro Spear Bridge need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and game version does the mod support?
Does Zoro Spear Bridge work with ViaBackwards?
What the author says
On many minecraft servers there is a plugin called ViaBackwards enablign players from older versions to play on the server however with newer items such as the Spear they show up as a sword! This mod fixes it by checking if the item is named: - "1.21.11 Wooden Spear" - "1.21.11 Stone Spear" - "1.21.11 Diamond Spear"…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/zoro-spear-bridge
- Owner
- ZoroGG
- Published
- 2026-04-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15