Weighted Armor

# ⚔️ Weighted Armor **Armor should feel like armor.** In vanilla Minecraft, wearing a full suit of Netherite feels no different from walking around naked — movement speed, attack speed, all the same. Weighted Armor fixes that by giving each armor tier a small but meaningful physical presence, without turning the game into a slog. --- ## What It Does Every armor piece now applies realistic trade-offs based on its material weight. Heavier armor slows you down and reduces your attack speed slightly. In exchange, higher-tier armor rewards you with bonus max health. Chainmail gets a dedicated rework too — it's meant to be light and mobile, so it actually *buffs* your attack speed instead of penalizing it. ### Movement Speed Penalty | Armor | Helmet | Chestplate | Leggings | Boots | Total | |-------|--------|------------|----------|-------|-------| | Chainmail | −0.25% | −0.75% | −0.50% | — | -1.5% | | Copper | −0.75% | −2.00% | −1.00% | −0.25% | -4% | | Iron | −1.00% | −3.00% | −2.00% | −1.00% | -7% | | Diamond | −2.00% | −5.00% | −3.00% | −2.00% | -12% | | Netherite | −3.00% | −6.00% | −4.00% | −3.00% | -16% | ### Attack Speed Modifier | Armor | Helmet | Chestplate | Leggings | |-------|--------|------------|----------| | Chainmail | +2% | +5% | +3% | ### Max Health Bonus | Armor | Helmet | Chestplate | Leggings | Boots | |-------|--------|------------|----------|-------| | Diamond | +1 ❤️ | +2 ❤️ | +1 ❤️ | +1 ❤️ | | Netherite | +1 ❤️ | +2 ❤️ | +1 ❤️ | +1 ❤️ | --- ## Design Philosophy The penalties are intentionally subtle. It's about making your armor *feel different*. A leather-geared player should feel more nimble than a fully-plated one, and the trade-off between mobility and protection should be a real choice, not just a gear score. Chainmail being the odd one out is also intentional. In Vanilla Minecraft, chainmail armor can only be gotten from a mob drop, making it quite rare. Hence why we give it a little attack speed buff and the most smallest debuff for balancing purposes. I mean hey, chainmail in real life is far more lighter than a full iron plate armor, yeah? --- ## Compatibility - **Minecraft:** 1.21.11 - 26.2 - **Works with:** Survival, SMP servers, most other datapacks - **Does not touch:** Items, loot tables, advancements, or world generation --- ## Installation 1. Download `Weighted_Armor.zip` 2. Place it in your world's `datapacks/` folder 3. In-game, run `/reload` 4. You'll see a confirmation message in chat --- ## Uninstalling **Important:** Before removing the datapack, run this command in-game: ``` /function armor_weight:uninstall ``` This removes all active attribute modifiers from every player. If you skip this step and players are wearing armor at the time, the speed/health modifiers will stick. --- ## Known Limitations - Modifiers apply per tick and are recalculated every tick, so there is minimal performance overhead on large servers with many players (maybe there's a way to make this more efficient soon)