About Craftable Chainmail Armor
From ModrinthCraft chainmail armor with chains!
Recipes
Isn't chainmail armor more expensive than iron armor with these recipes?
By default, crafting chainmail armor directly from chains costs more iron than standard iron armor.
To fix this balance, download Craft More Chains, a mod/datapack that gives you 2 chains from the chain recipe instead of 1. This makes chainmail armor cheaper than iron armor.
Comparison between Iron Armor and Chainmail armor with Craft More Chains:
| Armor Piece | Iron Armor | Chainmail Armor | |-------------|:--------------:|:----------------:| | Helmet | 5 iron ingots | 3.0 iron ingots | | Chestplate | 8 iron ingots | 4.8 iron ingots | | Leggings | 7 iron ingots | 4.2 iron ingots | | Boots | 4 iron ingots | 2.4 iron ingots | | Total | 24 iron ingots | 14.4 iron ingots |
So crafting a full set of iron armor costs 24 iron ingots, while a full set of chainmail armor costs only 15 iron ingots, which is a reasonable price.
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Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 39 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.2.
Loaders
Runs on Data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWeapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Craftable Chainmail Armor as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Data packFabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.2 and 38 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorSumbaii999, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
