About the Craft Me Chainmail Armor Mod

Craft Me Chainmail Armor (CMCA) is a datapack that restores the ability to craft chainmail armor using chains. This content adds crafting recipes that were lost during Minecraft's development after chains were introduced into the game.

Starting with Minecraft 1.20.5, crafting chainmail armor using CMCA gives you the "Sturdy" armor variant, which is slightly better than iron armor. This change compensates for the higher crafting cost, as one chain is equivalent to approximately 1.(2) iron ingots. Thus, player-crafted chainmail armor ranks between iron and diamond tier in protection level. A full set of sturdy chainmail armor adds 8 protection points on the HUD bar. For reference: iron set provides 7.5.

Crafting Recipes

The datapack adds 4 new recipes for crafting a complete set of chainmail armor using already existing in-game chains.

Achievements

After crafting a full set of chainmail armor, the player will receive a special achievement and an additional 20 experience points.

Future Support

The developer plans to update this datapack with the release of new full versions of Minecraft.