Simple Steel - Fabric
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 1.16.5 on Fabric. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Simple Steel is a basic mod that adds a new material to the game, which is of course, steel! Steel can be used to upgrade your existing iron tools and armor, sits comfortably between iron and diamond in terms of stats, and functions similarly to netherite but for iron.
Steel can be obtained by mining steel ore, which generates 10 times per chunk below Y level 64 in veins of up to 10 blocks. Smelting steel ore will produce a steel scrap.
When 4 steel scraps, 4 iron ingots and a piece of coal are placed shapelessly in a crafting table, a steel ingot is produced.
Finally, when an iron item is placed in the smithing table along side a steel ingot, it is upgraded to it's steel equivalent.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.16.5
- 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 simplesteel-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 54 KB
- Download link checked 15 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.