A simple data pack & Fabric/Quilt mod that restores and enhances sword blocking in Minecraft 1.21.5 - 1.21.8.

End of Life Announcement

New Sword Blocking is no longer supported. The data pack and mod are available as-is and there won't be any updates or assistance. Please read more here.

Features

• Newly crafted swords can be used to block attacks by right-clicking while holding the sword in the main hand
• Swords block a percentage of damage from incoming attacks and lose durability points for each attack blocked, based on the material type of the sword:

Sword	Damage Blocked	Durability Lost*
Wooden	20%	7
Golden	25%	9
Stone	30%	5
Iron	40%	4
Diamond	50%	3
Netherite	60%	2

*per 10 damage blocked

NOTE:

The changes made by this pack do not apply to:

• Swords crafted before installation
• Swords dropped by mobs
• Swords traded by Villagers
• Swords found in loot chests
• Swords combined by crafting
• Swords taken from the Creative inventory
• Swords given through commands
• Modded or non-vanilla swords

Versions

Fabric API is required to run the mod version of New Sword Blocking. Be sure to install the correct Fabric API version that matches your Minecraft and New Sword Blocking versions.

Minecraft Version	Pack Version	Mod Version
1.21.5 - 1.21.8	v1.1.2	v1.1.2+mod
1.21.5 - 1.21.7	v1.1.1	v1.1.1+mod
1.21.5 - 1.21.6	v1.1.0	v1.1.0+mod
1.21.5	v1.0.0	v1.0.0+mod

A full list of versions can be found here on Modrinth or here on GitHub.