Source-checkedGameplay & overhauls

Passive Shield

by Serilum · for Minecraft

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

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Fabric · Forge +2Loaders

About Passive Shield

From Modrinth

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

A Serilum Mod. Made with love. Lots of active mods for Fabric, Forge and Neo!

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About the mod

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.



Dependencies

Requires Collective
Included in The Vanilla ExperienceIncluded in Serilum's Client Bundle
<img src="https://cdn.serilum.com/description/badges/environment/both.svg" alt="Environment: Client &amp; Server" width="293" height="49">




Configurable

Configuration guide

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All available config options:

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

passiveShieldPercentageDamageNegated&nbsp;&nbsp;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.




Showcase

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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Notes and links

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&nbsp;Github repo. Thanks!

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 29 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Passive Shield 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
Optional on the server
Server type needed
Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
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
26.1.2-4.0-fabric+forge+neo, released 2026-10-28

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Fabric1.20.1 to 26.3 (8 versions)26.3
Forge1.20.1 to 26.3 (8 versions)26.3
NeoForge1.20.1 to 26.3 (8 versions)26.3
Quilt1.20.1 to 26.3 (8 versions)26.3

From 10 recorded builds of Passive Shield.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
26.1.2-4.0-fabric+forge+neo2026-10-2826.1.2Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
26.3.0-4.0-fabric+forge+neo2026-10-0226.3Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
26.2.0-4.0-fabric+forge+neo2026-10-0226.2Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
1.21.1-4.0-fabric+forge+neo2026-10-021.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions)Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
1.20.1-4.0-fabric+forge+neo2026-10-021.20.1Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
26.3.0-3.9-fabric+forge+neo2026-09-1926.3Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt

Dependencies

  • Required: modrinth project e0M1UDsY (modrinth, not in our catalogue)

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run Passive Shield 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 catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Gameplay & overhauls

New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.

Works on a server

From source side support

Modrinth lists server-side support for Passive Shield as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
Runs on
Serveroptional on the server
Game versions
26.3 and 28 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-29Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorSerilum, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree

Passive Shield, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Passive Shield?

Modrinth lists server-side support for Passive Shield as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

Is it free?

Yes. Passive Shield is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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