Damage Overhaul
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.16.2–1.16.5 on Fabric. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Damage Overhaul is a mod for Minecraft 1.16.2 and higher aiming to add damage typing and change the armor and damage calculation formula. Simply put though, it recalculates armor based on the amount of damage, and how spread out the damage is amongst typing. A larger damage hit will render much more profoundly on an entity than many small typings, and armor will feel less effective on bigger hits. This all feeds into an exponential decay calculation to make armor less effective the more you have of it against a bigger attack. The aim of this is to make it feel like larger attacks feel more profound, while with armor, you can shrug off smaller hits. This mod is extremely customizable, from being able to modify variables in the calculations, to being able to define your own damage types, to being able to modify what damage a tool deals. This all occurs through YAML files in the configuration directory.
This mod is Fabric only. I am not considering a Forge port at this time. If you want to port it, it's licensed under GPL-3, so have a go as long as you credit me and license it under GPL as well.
It does this through a few targeted Mixins into the LivingEntity and PlayerEntity classes. While these mixins are required in order to make the custom damage calculations, these mixins are slightly invasive, and THIS WILL RENDER SOME MODS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THIS MOD. As I find incompatibilities with this mod and others as raised through issues, I will mark them incompatible on my end.
Marked Incompatible:
- None yet!
Required Mods:
Duh.
- Fabric Loader: 0.10.8 or greater
Required for the custom particles this mod adds as indicators.
- Fabric API: 0.29.3 or greater
Required as part of the config screen this mod generates.
- Cloth Config API (Fabric): 4.8.3 or greater
Suggested Mods:
Suggested for many reasons, but that includes the mods screen, and configuring the mod in-game.
- Mod Menu: 1.15.0 or greater
Suggested for the guidebook, which is currently incomplete, but not necessary.
- Patchouli: 1.16.2-44-FABRIC or greater
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.3, 1.16.5, 1.16.4
- 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.
- Ships as damageoverhaul-1.0.0-BETA4.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 800 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.