No Netherite Upgrade
This Datapack restores the Netherite upgrade to the way it was before 1.20. In fact, with this Datapack, the Netherite Upgrade is no longer necessary.
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Netherite Upgrade — No Template Required
Restores Netherite upgrading to its pre-1.20 behavior: combine Diamond gear with a Netherite Ingot at the Smithing Table, no Smithing Template needed. No more digging through Bastion Remnants just to unlock the upgrade.
A simpler, more accessible path to Netherite gear for survival worlds — especially useful for servers or maps with limited or no Nether access.
Features
Overwrites the vanilla Netherite smithing recipes directly — no new items, no dependencies Compatible with every version from 1.20 to 26.2 (separate zips for each version range) No mods required: works on vanilla, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt — any loader, since it's a pure data pack Keeps everything else about Netherite unchanged: Ancient Debris mining, ingot crafting, and Netherite's stats and properties all stay vanilla.
Installation
Download the zip matching your Minecraft version Copy it (or its contents) into
.minecraft/saves/<world name>/datapacks/
Run /reload in-game, or reopen the world
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as netherite-no-template-26.2.zip
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 25 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.