About Protection Balancer
From ModrinthAllows to change the armor & protection mitigation formulas
Protection Balancer
For Minecraft 1.17-1.20.4
Requires Necronomicon API and Fabric API.
Lightweight, serverside mod that allows to define custom formulas to calculate damage reduction from armor and the protection enchantment.
The reason behind this?
Protection is busted, both in vanilla and modded. 88% damage reduction? No thanks.
Well, this mod by default changes the values to be up to 15% for armor (at 60), and 10% for protection (on a full prot V set).
- It is highly suggested to change, as it will not count armor toughness (due to it not using damage as a reference), so if you don't have anything that uses toughness for anything else, it makes the attribute useless.
Configuration File
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 15 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.20.4.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Protection Balancer 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
- 1.2.0, released 2024-08-21
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.17 to 1.20.4 (15 versions) | 1.20.4 |
From 2 recorded builds of Protection Balancer.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.0 | 2024-08-21 | 1.17 to 1.20.4 (14 versions) | Fabric |
| 1.1.0 | 2024-03-17 | 1.17 to 1.20.4 (15 versions) | Fabric |
Run Protection Balancer 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 catalogWeapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Protection Balancer 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
- 1.20.4 and 14 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorElocinDev, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
