How do I install BackTools?

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 BackTools work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.4, 1.21, 1.21.1, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

BackTools — Minecraft Java Mod Download

BackTools For Fabric

BackTools is made for Fabric; it requires the Fabric Loader & Fabric API.

Information

BackTools (Fabric) is a PORT of Back Tools Forge (1.16). Link: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/back-tools

It renders the last used tool in player's back and other clients are able to see it.

You can change any orientation or disable any tool in the config file.

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Config File

BackTools.json

You can disable the render of an item by it id, for example: wooden_pickaxe.

You can also disable the render for a type of tool.. for example: disablePickaxes disable the render for all pickaxes

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.4, 1.21, 1.21.1
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 backtools-1.21.4-0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 86 KB
Download link checked 24 Sept 2026 — working

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

BackTools

Which build do you need?

BackTools For Fabric

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