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Space's craftable Chainmail armor

Space's craftable Chainmail armor

Chainmail Armor is now craftable using actual Chains! A vanilla-friendly datapack that fills the armor gap and gives the Chain item a much-needed purpose.

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Compatibility

Minecraft: Java Edition

1.21–1.21.10
1.20.x
1.19.x
1.18.x
1.17.x
1.16.x
1.15.x
1.14.x
1.13.x

Platforms

Supported environments

Server-side
Singleplayer

Creators

SpaceWho
SpaceWhoMember

Details

Licensed ARR
Published last month
Updated 2 months ago

🔗 Craftable Chainmail

A simple, vanilla-friendly Minecraft datapack that introduces reliable crafting recipes for Chainmail Armor using Chains. Stop waiting for lucky mob drops and start crafting this classic mid-tier armor!

✨ Features

  • Four New Recipes: Adds crafting recipes for the Chainmail Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, and Boots.
  • Thematic Material: Recipes utilize the Chain item, giving this block/item a meaningful role in armor progression and world loot.
  • Vanilla Integration: This is a pure datapack that works seamlessly in any survival world.
  • Balanced Progression: Provides a consistent armor choice between Gold/Leather and Iron, utilizing materials that require a small investment of Iron Ingots.

🛠️ Crafting Recipes

The recipes follow the standard armor patterns, using Chains instead of ingots.

Item Chains Required
Chainmail Helmet 5
Chainmail Chestplate 8
Chainmail Leggings 7
Chainmail Boots 4

Example Recipe: Chainmail Chestplate

The Chainmail Chestplate requires 8 Chains arranged in the standard chestplate shape:

[Chain] [ ] [Chain]
[Chain] [Chain] [Chain]
[Chain] [Chain] [Chain]

(Note: Use a Crafting Table for all recipes.)

⬇️ Installation

This datapack is incredibly easy to install into your Minecraft world:

  1. Download the latest version of the datapack .zip file.
  2. Open your Minecraft world's folder (you can usually do this in-game by going to the world selection screen, selecting the world, and clicking "Edit" > "Open World Folder").
  3. Locate the datapacks folder inside the world folder.
  4. Drag and drop the downloaded datapack .zip file directly into the datapacks folder. (Do not extract the ZIP file!)
  5. If your world is already running, run the command /reload in the game. You should see a message indicating the datapack has loaded.
  6. Enjoy crafting your new armor!

🗺️ Compatibility

  • Minecraft Versions: Designed for 1.13 and later.
  • Dependencies: None! This is a vanilla datapack.