Better Chainmail

Adds a vanilla and balanced way to craft Chainmail armor. With chainmail items

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About this Mod

[ 1.21 - 1.0 ]

Adds a vanilla and balanced way to craft Chainmail armor.

Latest changes:
Warning will NOT work with older versions

Recreated mod outside of MCreator for 1.21 with Fabric Language Kotlin

Updated mod logo

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It now cost 6 iron nuggets to make 1 chainmail

It now cost only 1 chainmail to make a lantern

Both normal and soul lanterns

Chainmail crafting recipe is now shapeless

Lanterns now have shapless crafting recipes

How to make Chainmail

Frist you take 6 irons nuggets and craft it into chainmail. (The recipe is shapeless)

Image showing the process of crafting chainmail

Now you can take the chainmail that you have crafted and make armour the same way you make others.

Image showing the process of crafting chainmail into armour

Now you have made yourself some chainmail armour! A full set will cost 16 iron ingots, 8 less than a set of iron.

You can also use a piece of chainmail to make a lantern.

Image showing the process of crafting a lantern with chainmail

Available Versions

Version 1.0release

MC 1.21fabric, quilt

July 12, 2024

How to Install Better Chainmail on Your Server

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

Set fabric Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21).

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Better Chainmail". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabricquilt

Minecraft Versions

1.21, 1.19.2

Server-side

✓ Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Better Chainmail server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Better Chainmail compatible with fabric and quilt?

Better Chainmail officially supports fabric, quilt for Minecraft 1.21, 1.19.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Better Chainmail – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Better Chainmail consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.