GoldenMaus's Steel Tools
ModA lightweight mod that adds balanced steel tools and armor.
Description
A vanilla-friendly mid-game upgrade for your Minecraft adventures!
This mod adds a complete steel tool and armor set, and a simple manual ore processing system, crafted to fit Minecraft’s design philosophy.
🔩 Features Overview:
⚔️ Steel Tools & Armor Crafted with Steel Ingots, this gear is:
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Stronger than iron 🛡️
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Faster than iron ⛏️
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Uses diamond-tier mining level 💎
Full support for vanilla-style crafting recipes (pickaxe, sword, helmet, etc.)
Designed to feel like a natural extension of vanilla progression
⚙️ Steel Production Chain
🪨 Crushing Materials (with the help of hammers)
Just put coal or an iron ingot into the crafting table along with a hammer, and you have some crushed iron/coal
🧪 Crafting Steel Blend
Combine 4 Crushed Iron + 1 Crushed Coal → 2 Steel Blend
A balanced recipe to reward effort and resource investment
🔥 Smelting Steel
Steel Blend can only be smelted in a Blast Furnace!
This makes production a little bit more balanced.
Output: Steel Ingot
🏗️ Steel Block & Beacon Support
Steel Ingots can be crafted into Steel Blocks (9x ingots)
Steel Blocks are fully beacon-compatible
♻️ Tool & Armor Recycling
All steel tools and armor pieces can be smelted in a Furnace to recover Steel Nuggets
Steel Nuggets can be crafted into steel ingots
🧩 Mod Compatibility & Tag Support
All items and blocks are properly tagged for:
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Cross mod compatability
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Crafting recipes
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Ore dictionary systems
Designed for seamless integration into modpacks
📜 License: All Rights Reserved
Details
This mod is licensed under All Rights Reserved.
You may:
-Download and use this mod for personal use.
-Share the original, unmodified mod file directly with friends.
-Include the mod in modpacks.
You may not:
-Reupload this mod publicly to any website or file host without my permission.
-Modify, decompile, or reverse-engineer the mod.
-Sell or monetize this mod in any form. (Except in modpacks)
-Reuse any assets or textures
If you're unsure whether something is allowed, ask first.
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