Description

Hide Your Armor

A client-side utility for granular armor, shield, and elytra visibility control with opacity sliders. Finally take that screenshot without your bulky armor ruining the shot, or create the perfect roleplay outfit without hiding your skin underneath.

Why Hide Your Armor?

Ever wanted to show off your custom skin but had to sacrifice protection? Want the perfect screenshot without taking off your gear? Hide Your Armor gives you full control over what other players see — without ever unequipping your armor. Adjust each piece independently, from fully visible to completely invisible, with smooth opacity sliders that let you find the perfect balance.

Features

Per-Piece Opacity Control

Helmet — Adjust opacity from 0% to 100%
Chestplate — Adjust opacity from 0% to 100%
Leggings — Adjust opacity from 0% to 100%
Boots — Adjust opacity from 0% to 100%
Shield — Adjust opacity from 0% to 100%

Each armor piece has its own independent slider, so you can make your helmet invisible while keeping your chestplate fully visible, or any combination you like.

Enchantment Glint Toggles

Toggle the enchantment glint on each armor piece individually. Want your diamond chestplate's shimmer but not on your helmet? No problem. Each piece has its own glint toggle next to its opacity slider.

Elytra Visibility

A dedicated toggle for elytra visibility that works independently from the chestplate opacity slider. Since elytra and chestplates share the same equipment slot in vanilla Minecraft, Hide Your Armor treats them separately so hiding your chestplate doesn't accidentally hide your elytra too.

Skulls & Blocks Toggle

Toggle visibility of skull and block items worn on the head slot, such as dragon heads, player skulls, and carved pumpkins.

Preset System

Save your favorite configurations as named presets
Up to 9 quick-load presets accessible directly from the config GUI
Two built-in defaults: Full Visibility and Invisible (these cannot be deleted)
Create new presets with the + button and give them custom names
Right-click any custom preset to delete it
Presets are saved to your config file and persist across sessions

Hotbar Blocking Animation

When your shield opacity is below 25%, a smooth animated overlay appears on the shield's hotbar slot while blocking. The overlay scales proportionally — the more hidden your shield is, the more prominent the blocking animation becomes. This gives you visual feedback that you're blocking even when the shield itself is mostly invisible.

Player Preview

A live 3D preview of your character is displayed in the config GUI, so you can see your changes in real-time before closing the screen.

Multiplayer Sync

When enabled (on by default), your visibility settings are automatically broadcast to other players on the server who also have the mod installed. This means:

Other players see your armor exactly how you want it
You see their settings too — everyone's preferences are respected
Settings are periodically re-synced to handle late joiners
Disable anytime with the sync toggle in the config GUI

Configuration GUI

Press H (configurable in Minecraft's controls menu) to open the settings screen.

The GUI features two tabs:

Armor Tab — Opacity sliders and glint toggles for helmet, chestplate, leggings, and boots
Shield Tab — Opacity slider and glint toggle for your shield

Below the sliders you'll find visibility toggles for skulls/blocks, elytra, and multiplayer sync. The preset strip above the main panel lets you quickly save and load configurations.

Compatibility

Female Gender Mod

Full compatibility with Wildfire's Female Gender Mod:

When chestplate opacity is set to 0%, chest size automatically adjusts to full (no more armor compression shrinking)
Chest armor transparency follows the chestplate opacity setting
Chest armor trim rendering is properly handled
Enchantment glint on chest armor can be toggled independently

General Compatibility

Armor trim mods
Rendering and shader mods
Other client-side cosmetic mods
Server-side only mods (no server installation required)

Requirements

Minecraft 26.2
Fabric Loader 0.19.3+ or NeoForge 26.2+
Java 25+

Notes

This is a client-side only mod — no server installation required
Your visibility settings are purely visual — armor still provides full protection regardless of opacity
Settings are stored locally in config/hidearmor.json
Compatible with multiplayer — other modded clients will see your settings when sync is enabled