Bring Back the Old Blocking Mechanic!
Because of a recent update to Minecraft, you can actually make anything consumable. Taking this idea, we can make a sword have a really high consume time, which recreates the blocking animation.
The plugin checks if the player has this item and is "eating" it. If so it will reduce the damage the same way it does in 1.8.
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Dependencies
- NBTAPI (Required)
- OldCombatMechanics (Optional, but recomended as Bring Back Blocking doesn't remove Hit Delay or other 1.9+ PvP Features)
Commands
/giveblockablesword <player> <sword>: Give a sword with the blocking mechanic.
Example:/giveblockablesword Al3xWarrior diamond_sword(Permission:bbb.givesword)
Quick facts
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as BringBackBlocking-1.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 7 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.