Overgeared

Overgeared is a Minecraft mod that overhauls how tools and armors are crafted, introducing a forging system that rewards player skill and preparation. Inspired by mods like Hot Iron and TerraFirmaCraft, Overgeared brings a fresh, immersive crafting experience focused on customization and progression.

This mod is fully compatible with data packs and uses a recipe format based on vanilla crafting for easy integration. Just Enough Items (JEI) is highly recommended to explore recipes.

New Items and Blocks

Steel Equipment

Adds a full line of steel tools and armor, bridging the gap between iron and diamond.

Smithing Hammer

Comes in Steel and Copper variant. Used to begin the forging process. Sneak + right-click on a Smithing Anvil to start a forging minigame or on a Stone block to convert it to a Stone Anvil.

Smithing Tongs

Available in iron and steel variants. Hold them in either hand to protect yourself from heated metal.

Smithing Anvil

The main workstation for forging items. Place ingredients in the 3×3 grid and activate forging using a Smithing Hammer. The forging minigame determines the quality of the result.

Stone Anvil

An early-game version of the Smithing Anvil. Can be made by crouch right click on a Stone block with any Smithing Hammer in hand.

• Requires fewer resources
• Has limited uses
• Can only make up to Well Forged tier
• Supports limited early-game forging (e.g., iron tools)
• Used to progress into full forging capabilities

Rock Knapping System

Inspired by traditional flint knapping. Craft stone tool parts via a click-based 3x3 interface.

• Obtain rocks by repeatedly right-clicking flint on stone blocks
• Use rocks in a special UI to craft stone tool heads

Forging System and Tool Quality

Forging replaces traditional crafting for tools and armor. Once materials are placed into the Smithing Anvil, players must perform a timing-based minigame with the Smithing Hammer. The better your timing, the higher the Forging Quality of the output.

Possible quality levels:

• Poorly Forged
• Well Forged
• Expertly Forged
• Perfectly Forged
• Masterwork (rare chance or guaranteed with blueprint)

Forging Quality directly affects:

• Durability
• Attack Damage
• Attack Speed
• Mining Speed

Tool Head Modifiers

Many tool parts now have Polished and Unpolished states, which affect the maximum possible quality when forging the final item.

• Unpolished parts are the default form
• Use a Grindstone to polish them
• Unpolished tool heads when crafted into tools will decrease forging quality

Related Tags

• overgeared:grindable — Items eligible for polishing
• overgeared:grinded — Polished results (must map 1:1 in data packs)

Blueprint System

Blueprints determine the maximum achievable quality when forging an item. It can be made inside a new block called Drafting Table.

Each blueprint tracks:

• Quality: Blueprint tier (Poor to Master)
• Uses: Progress toward leveling up
• UsesToLevel: Threshold before quality upgrade
• ToolType: Restricts the forged tool category

Blueprints can be upgraded by forging or combined to merge progress.

Features:

• Master-quality gear can only be achieved with master-level blueprints
• Combine with an Empty Blueprint to duplicate it

Diamond Crafting Overhaul

Diamond gear is no longer crafted in the standard crafting table.

• You must upgrade steel gear at a Smithing Table.
• Requires a special Smithing Template found in Overworld structures.