ModsJava
Armor Crafting
This mod makes crafting vanilla armor more difficult. It also adds a unique 'Chain Link' item used to craft chainmail armor.
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Armor Crafting makes vanilla armor harder to obtain and adds a new crafting component, the Chain Link, to create chainmail armor using a new recipe.
Features:
- New craftable item: Chain Link (crafted from iron nuggets).
- Chainmail armor is now crafted using Chain Links.
- All vanilla armor recipes have been rebalanced for a more challenging survival experience.
Fully compatible with NeoForge 1.21.1.
New recipes for crafting armor: diamond armor, iron armor and golden armor
Now you can create chainmail armor from chain link.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as armor_crafting-1.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 15 KB
- Download link checked 23 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.