Lob's Metalworks
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Lob's Metalworks is a mod that adds new smithing mechanics to Minecraft.
Features:
-Coal Forge:
Insert fuel and ingredients into the Forge and light it with a flint and steel, to start the heating process.
Heated ingots may be extracted from the Forge by using tongs.

-Anvils:
Use a template on an Anvil to set the recipe. Add heated ingots and start hammering, to create tool heads,
armor, plates, gears and rods.
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-Remove/Add recipes for existing Armor/Tools or create your own:
The config files contain several examples for custom item creation and
registration of existing items for coal forge and anvil recipes.
Currently does not support custom textures/models, only coloring.
- Socketable Gems:
This mod adds Sockets, that can be applied to any armor, tools and weapons (Even modded ones)
and 5 different Gems, rare drops from monsters, that can be inserted into sockets for unique effects.
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- 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 lobbiens_metalworks-1.8.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 303 KB
- Download link checked 4 Nov 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.