🛡️ Vanilla Armor Upgrades+
A Lightweight mod that bridges the gap between armor tiers!
Tired of speedrunning from Iron to Diamond in a single session? Vanilla Armor Upgrades+ overhauls Minecraft’s progression system by introducing armor upgrade for each armor tier.
Mod made for an Upcoming SMP of mine.
🛠️ Key Features
🛡️ Expanded Armor Tiers: Every material from Leather to Diamond, now requires armor upgrade to proceed to thee next tier
🛡️ Staggered Progression: Experience a more rewarding "grind." You’ll need to master your current tier before moving to the next, making that eventual set of Diamond armor feel like a true achievement.
🛡️ Better Smithing Table: Removes the ability to craft armors from crafting table, to encourage the usage of smithing table.
🛡️ Craftable Chainmail Armor: Introduces Chainmail into the Armor ecosystem by making it possible to craft and a requirement to proceed to Iron Armor.
JEI (Just Enough Items) - https://modrinth.com/mod/jei Meant to be played with Better Gold Equipment - https://modrinth.com/mod/better-gold-equipment
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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.
- Ships as armorupgradesplus-1.0.2-neoforge-1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 133 KB
- Download link checked 20 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.