
Hammers and Smithing
Modifies smithing, brings additional requirements for crafting and mining, and adds new tools, armors, smithing recipes and more
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About this Mod
Forge: Requires Sinytra Connector
This mod modifies smithing, brings additional requirements for crafting and mining and adds new tools, armors, smithing recipes and more
New things added in 6.1.0 (only for 1.21):
- newly crafted items are "low quality"
- low quality items has a high chance of obtaining up to 4 debuffs
- added master tools which can be found in dungeon chests
- master tools have 21 max durability and work like netherite hammer (5 tier)
- new smithing recipe type: smithing repair:
- removes "low quality" debuffs
- doesn't use templates
- requires tier 5 hammer
- low_quality_item + repair_ingredient -----(tier 5 hammer)-------> item
- added crafting kits (having one in inventory let's you craft items without smithing table)
- items like anvil or smithing table slow player down when in inventory (controlled by "slows_down_when_in_inventory" tag)
Material changes:
Added copper items
Added golden items which are better than iron items (vanilla golden items are still obtainable)
Changed durability of: wooden, stone and vanilla golden tools
Changed damage of: wooden, stone and iron tools
Changed mining levels:
- copper is mineable with stone pickaxe, iron with copper pickaxe, gold with iron etc.
Hammers:
Used for smithing
Can also be used as a weapon:
- Deals more damage than sword, but less than axe
- Has the lowest attack speed of all tools
- Can hit many targets with one hit (like sword)
- Attacking slows enemy down for a short time
Smithing Tables:
Can be used to upgrade your gear:
- for example copper items can be reinforced with iron nuggets
There are four smithing tables: copper, iron, golden and diamond
Vanilla smithing table is disabled
Netherite items can be crafted with Diamond Smithing Table
Blocked recipes:
Tools and armors are uncraftable until you place appropriate smithing table near crafting table.
These smithing tables are expensive so you will have to collect many ingots and diamonds before you will be able to craft diamond tools.
Villagers:
Changed trade offers for toolsmith, weaponsmith and armorer
Villagers sell golden items instead of diamond
Villagers sell copper items
Other:
Changed loot from some chests (replaced iron items with golden in late game chests and nerfed early game chests)
Zombies and skeletons don't spawn with golden armor
Wither skeletons spawn with iron swords
Configuration:
Config file can be accessed through Mod Menu
Config file name: hammersandtables.json5
Smithing recipes:
Spoiler
Copper Smithing Table:
Copper item + X* Iron Nuggets --(Copper Hammer or better)--> Reinforced Copper item
Reinforced Copper item + Iron ingot --(Iron Hammer or better)--> Upgraded Copper item
Iron Smithing Table:
All previous recipes and:
Iron item + X Gold Nuggets --(Iron Hammer or better)--> Reinforced Iron item
Reinforced Iron item + Gold Ingot --(Golden Hammer or better)--> Upgraded Iron item
Golden Smithing Table:
All previous recipes and:
Golden item + Diamond --(Golden Hammer or better)--> Reinforced Golden item
Diamond Smithing Table:
All previous recipes and:
Diamond item + Netherite ingot --(Diamond Hammer or better)--> Netherite item
*X - number of nuggets depends on recipe
Smithing Recipes from other mods:
All smithing recipes require hammer.
Required smithing table and hammer is specified in recipe, so smithing recipes from other mods will work on any smithing table with any hammer (unless someone adds compatibility)
Compatibility:
May be incompatible with mods that:
- add/change trade offers for vanilla villagers
- change mining levels
Datapacks:
- Addition count, required smithing table and required hammer can be changed with datapacks
- If a recipe does not specify addition count, it is set to 1
- If a recipe does not specify table tier*, it is set to 0 (smithing recipe works on all smithing tables)
- If a recipe does not specify hammer tier, it is set to 0 (recipe works with any hammer)
*1 - copper, 2 - iron, 3 - gold, 4 - diamond
Available Versions
How to Install Hammers and Smithing 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 (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Hammers and Smithing". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1, 1.21, 1.20.2 (+2 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Hammers and Smithing 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 (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Hammers and Smithing compatible with fabric?
Hammers and Smithing officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21, 1.20.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Hammers and Smithing – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Hammers and Smithing 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.
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