Parry

Parry — Java Edition Timing-based combat parry. Whoever hits FIRST gets the parry!

A faithful port of the Bedrock Parry mod to Java Edition. No shield required — any item (or no item) works. Just time your attack to match the enemy's.

How It Works If you and an enemy hit each other within a 0.4-second window (8 ticks), the person who hit first gets the parry. The second hitter is punished:

❌ Takes zero damage

🌀 Gets stunned (Slowness II + Weakness I for 3 seconds)

💥 Gets knocked back away from the parry winner

✨ A parry sound + critical-hit particle burst plays

🔢 The winner's parry counter increments

This works in both directions:

You hit an enemy, then it hits you → YOU parry (the enemy gets stunned) An enemy hits you, then you hit it → IT parries (you get stunned) No shield needed. No specific item required. Fist, sword, axe — anything works.

/parry Toggle parry on/off for yourself /paritype Show your parry stats (count, status, window, stun info)

Both commands are available to all players — no cheats or OP required.

Installation

Minecraft Java Edition 26.2 (latest stable) Fabric Loader 0.19.3 Fabric API 0.156.0+26.2 (required dependency) Java SE / JDK 25

Steps Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 26.2 Download Fabric API and place it in your mods/ folder Download ciservermodding-parry-1.0.0.jar and place it in your mods/ folder Launch the game and join any world or server Server Installation Place both the Fabric API jar and the Parry jar in the server's mods/ folder. Clients connecting to the server do not need the mod installed (all logic runs server-side), but can install it if they want.

Compatibility

✅ Fabric (not Forge/NeoForge)

✅ Client + Server (environment: "*") — install on either or both

✅ All parry logic runs server-side (safe no-op on a pure client)

✅ Works with all other Fabric mods

✅ No experiments or beta APIs

✅ No mixins — uses only Fabric API events

✅ No custom items, blocks, or entities (pure logic mod)

Technical Details

Parry window: 8 ticks (0.4 seconds at 20 TPS) Stun: Slowness II + Weakness I, 60 ticks (3 seconds) Knockback: 1.8 horizontal + 0.6 vertical (away from the parry winner) Toggle: Uses vanilla entity tags (parry_disabled) — persists via NBT, visible to /tag list

Credits

Author: CIServerModding Original Bedrock mod: Parry (Bedrock) Java port: CIServerModding + AI

License © CIServerModding. All rights reserved.