Reverts the combat system back to the 1.8 style with the following tweaks:
No Attack Cooldown: Players have 20 attack speed by default, effectively removing the attack speed feature from the game. Additionally, weapons no longer display the "attack speed" attribute when selected in the inventory.
- Note that the attack indicator may be briefly visible when switching between tools. For this reason, it is recommended that you disable the attack indicator in your video settings while playing on a server (including singleplayer worlds) with this mod.
Old Axe Damage: Axes are back to dealing less damage than swords. Each axes deals one less damage than its respective sword, i.e. Diamond Axe deals 6 damage, since Diamond Sword deals 7. This change includes netherite tools.
Sword Blocking: You are able to block with your sword once again, by holding right click with it in your main hand. Note that shields are still in the game.
That's all right now! I plan to add more tweaks, like fully removing the sweep particle from the game. Have fun!
- 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 weaponrework-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 347 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.