








A vanilla-friendly mod that adds steel tools and armor as an upgrade to iron.
Also on curseforge: https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smithing-steel
The current versions are for 1.20.4 neoforge/1.20.1 forge and fabric.
Get steel from smelting crude iron in a blast furnace and use it to upgrade iron tools and armor in a smithing table.
Content:
- Steel Armor (stronger than iron with slight knockback resistance);
- Steel tools (strong as diamond tools with less attack speed and durability);
- Steel nugget, ingot and block;
- Smithing Hammer, get it from villager trading (can mine with, same damage as steel sword with high knockback);
- Limestone dust, and sand (sand has a chance to generate naturally);
- Limestone ore (drops 1 limestone dust), comes in two variants: deepslate limestone ore generates between -64 and 0, dripstone limestone ore generates between -64 and 64 only on dripstone caves,
- Crude iron (crafted with 1 limestone dust, 2 coal (any), and 4 raw iron);
- Crude iron block (has a chance to generate naturally);
- Steel golem, stronger than iron golem;
- Steel door, trap door, pressure plate, bars;
Compatible with my other mod:
- More Vanilla Tools: unlocks steel recipes for the extra tools and a recipe for the hammer,
Notes:
- Because I use Mcreator to make the mods, I won't be able to uptade the fabric version until the plugin is updated.
Check the images for more information.
Feel free to use it on your modpack, just make sure to credit it and don't claim it as your own. Have fun!
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 Smithing Steel Forge -1.20.1-1.2.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 159 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.