How do I install BetterPiercing [FABRIC/FORGE]?

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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does BetterPiercing [FABRIC/FORGE] work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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BetterPiercing [FABRIC/FORGE]

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by kamefrede123 · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader Fabric1 build
Mod loader Forge1 build
Mod loader Quilt1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.20–1.20.4Newest

Minecraft 1.20–1.20.4Newest

Minecraft 1.20–1.20.4Newest

⬇ Download for 1.20–1.20.4 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.20–1.20.4 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.20–1.20.4 · Quilt

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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BetterPiercing makes it so any damage dealt by an arrow with piercing ignores armor and protective enchantments.

Why you may ask? Because Crossbows are absolutely terrible against people with armor and they can't get the power enchantment.

Damage scales with the Piercing level, by 25%, so at level 1 it ignores 25% of the target's armor, and at level 4 it ignores 100% of the target's armor.

That's it, that's the mod.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1
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 CurseForge — 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 Better Piercing-forge-1.20-2.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 36 KB
Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working

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

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