So, as you may (or may not) know, there is only 1 type of horse armor that is craftable: Leather Horse Armor. A lot of people don't think that makes much sense, myself included, and a lot of people make datapacks to fix that and allow for crafting of other variants.
The issue is, though, these recipes are oftentimes pretty pricey, costing up to 5-6 of the material you want to use. Who's willing to spend 5-6 of their well earned diamonds to keep their horse armored up? I'd rather not.
That's the main idea behind this pack. It's a cheaper alternative to various craftable horse armor packs. Instead of using large amounts of material in a crafting table, you can upgrade your horse armor using just 2 ingots/diamonds in a smithing table!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.4
- 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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as horsesmithing-v1-1.21.4.zip
- Download size: 21 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.