Passive Shield

Mod

by Serilum

🛡 The shield is hidden and provides protection passively when held idle in the offhand.

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

6,111,567

CurseForge ID

447359

Modrinth Downloads

1,442,769

Modrinth ID

iQBrasyH

Last Updated

Nov 6, 2026

Description

Passive Shield is a configurable mod which makes some changes to the shield mechanics. When a shield is held in the offhand and not in use, it will not be rendered. Whenever the player right-clicks to raise the shield, it will be shown again. When the shield is not raised, it will still negate some damage. By default 33% extra negation, but this can be changed in the config file.

The shield provides the same passive protection when held idle in the main hand.

Environment: Client & Server

All available config options:

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hideShieldWhenNotInUse default true
When enabled, the shield will be hidden unless a player presses right-click.

passiveShieldPercentageDamageNegated default 0.3333, min 0.0, max 1.0
The percentage of damage that will be negated when a player is hit while holding a shield that's not held high.

The shield is hidden when held in the offhand until raised:

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The default damage without a shield:

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The shield passively negating damage when not raised in the offhand:

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The shield passively negating damage when not raised in the mainhand:

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You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge or Modrinth ecosystem.

Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.

For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo. Thanks!