About Guarding
From ModrinthImplements new mechanics and enchantments to shields.
📕 About
Guarding is a small-scale fabric mod that expands upon the Shield, implementing new mechanics and unique enchantments. Most of the features are also configurable!
⭐Features
- Parrying! Time your blocks just right and perform a parry, pushing back enemies and flinging back projectiles.
- Pummeling, a new enchantment that increases parry knockback.
- Barbed, a new enchantment which applies thorns onto your shield.
- The Netherite Shield! A tough shield that's more durable, fire resistant, and grants some knockback resistance.
- Shield Trims! The Netherite Shield utilizes armor trims, instead of banners for cosmetics.
- Instantaneous Blocking! Shields will now block quicker, similar to the Combat Test snapshots.
👏 Contributors
- Thanks to Outer Cloud for creating the logo!
- Thanks to Chikorita Lover for their contributions to the Netherite Shield!
- Thanks to XKZGx for Ukrainian localisations!
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 9 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Guarding on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.21.1-2.7.4, released 2024-09-15
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | 1.21.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of Guarding.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.21.1-2.7.4 | 2024-09-15 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | Fabric |
| 1.21.1-2.7.3 | 2024-08-17 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | Fabric |
| 1.21.1-2.7.2 | 2024-08-13 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | Fabric |
| 1.21.1-2.7.1 | 2024-08-08 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | Fabric |
| 1.21-2.7.0 | 2024-08-01 | 1.21 | Fabric |
Run Guarding on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogListed on Modrinth as “Mods”
Gameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Guarding as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 8 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorExDrill, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseCC0-1.0Free
