
Axes Are Better
This mod adds new features to make axes now weapons with all sword enchants, and including 6 new ones for the axe as well. AXES ARE BETTER!
⬇ Download on ModrinthWelcome to the Axes Are Better Mod! This mod adds every sword enchant to be compatible with the axe, and also adds 6 new enchants for the axe as well, and also makes axes actually weapons now also.
--Main Features--
- Axes can now accept all sword enchantments (Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, Sweeping Edge)
- Axes are treated as full melee weapons, added to the melee weapon and sweeping enchantable item tags
--Breaching--
- Deals damage through shields and damages them more, with an extended stun cooldown
- Has 4 levels to it, each level increases shield bypass damage and stun duration
--Final Blow--
- Deals 3x damage to mobs at 10% health or less, like an executioner's strike
- Has 1 level to it
--Timber--
- Sneaking while chopping a log breaks the entire tree at once
- Consumes 5x durability per extra log broken
- Has 1 level to it
--Sunder--
- Attacks permanently reduce a mob's armor attribute by 5% per hit per level, stacking up to 25%
- Has 5 levels to it, Level 1: 5% per hit, Level 2: 10%, Level 3: 15%, Level 4: 20%, Level 5: 25%
--Dense--
- While holding the axe, you take less knockback from mobs
- Has 4 levels to it, Level 1: 5%, Level 2: 10%, Level 3: 15%, Level 4: 20% knockback reduction
--Whirlwind--
- Hold right click to charge a whirlwind attack, or a spin attack, on release, it knockbacks and damages all nearby mobs with a custom particle effect
- Has 3 levels to it, Level 1: 4 damage / 3 block radius, Level 2: 6 damage / 3.75 block radius, Level 3: 8 damage / 4.5 block radius
This mod supports enchanting table and villagers also.
Made by MaceMeta
https://discord.gg/jtQAdXKnu6 for mod support and talking!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- 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 axe-enchants-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 26 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.