
Astra's Shield Bonuses
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DESCRIPTION
This datapack grants players wielding shields with banner patterns in their off hand special buffs, giving a reason to add banners to shields beyond cosmetic purposes, as well as giving players a datapack for getting buffs from something held in the offhand slot without the need of a resource pack.
The specific buff is determined by the base color of the banner pattern applied. The list of potential buffs can be found down below.
CURRENT FEATURES
- BLACK: -0.25 taken knockback
- BLUE: +3 respiration
- BROWN: +16 mining efficiency
- CYAN: +0.315 jump strength
- GRAY: +4 armor points
- GREEN: +1.4 step height
- LIGHT BLUE: +0.05 movement speed
- LIGHT GRAY: +0.5 attack speed
- LIME: +1.5 attack knockback
- MAGENTA: +10 maximum health
- ORANGE: -0.25 burning time
- PINK: +2 block interaction range
- PURPLE: +2 entity interaction range
- RED: +3 attack damage
- WHITE: -0.25 fall damage multiplier
- YELLOW: +2 luck
OTHER THINGS
These stat buffs may be changed in future patches if they are deemed overpowered or underpowered by any who are willing to give feedback.
The most recent version of this datapack was designed for 1.21.5, but I have confirmed everything works as intended in future versions.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7
- 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.
- Ships as astras-shield-bonuses-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 20 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.