What is Difficult Diamond Gear?
Difficult Diamond Gear is a simple datapack that changes the recipes for diamond armor & tools to require diamond blocks instead of diamonds.
This way, obtaining the best gear feels like a reward, because it takes significant effort to complete the full set of diamond armor. This levels the game's progression and makes the early game more enjoyable.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.10
- 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.
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- Downloads as §3§nDifficult Diamond Gear §6§nv1.0.zip
- Download size: 311 KB
- Download link checked 13 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.