Shield Settings
Shield Settings is a client-side Fabric mod that improves shield combat readability.
Customize your shield's size and colors to make combat easier to read. When an axe disables a shield, it changes to the configured stun color. Once the cooldown ends, the shield automatically returns to its normal color.
Features
- Adjustable shield size (50%–200%)
- Fully customizable normal and stunned colors
- Local shield cooldown detection
- Client-side estimation of nearby players' shield stuns
- Optional shield color overlay
- Integrated Mod Menu configuration
- Settings saved to
config/shield-settings.json - English and French translations
- Client-side only (no server installation required)
Dependencies
- Fabric Loader
- Fabric API
- Mod Menu (optional)
Quick facts
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as shield-settings-1.21.11.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 82 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.