How do I install steel?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does steel work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.8. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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steel

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by norweski · on Modrinth

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The mod adds Hardened Iron, Steel, and Industrial Steel.

Hardened Iron is crafted using an Iron Hammer and 4 iron ingots.

Hardened Iron can be smelted in a Blast Furnace to obtain Steel.

Steel can be used to craft:

tools

armor

shields

Industrial Steel is used exclusively to craft Industrial Steel Blocks.

This mod is designed for NeoForge.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.21.8
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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as stal-1.0.0-neoforge-1.21.8modrinth2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 698 KB
Download link checked 2 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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