restores the vanilla shield stun mechanic that Paper broke in 1.21.x (MC-268147).
In vanilla Minecraft, hitting a blocking player with an axe while sprinting disables their shield for 5 seconds. Paper removed this behavior — this plugin brings it back.
How it works:
- A sprinting player hits a shield-blocking player with any axe (wood → netherite)
- The defender's shield is disabled for 5 seconds (100 ticks)
- No commands, no config — just drop it in and it works
Compatibility: Paper 1.21.x
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- 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 shieldstunfix-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 5 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.