Sidearms
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- 🏆 #50 of 330 equipment mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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Sidearms is a mod that aims to add more flavor to combat by introducing various new items to occupy the offhand, as well as changing how shields work.
## Shield Tweaks Shields now have a short cooldown after blocking. Blocking with precise timing will reward you with a much shorter cooldown.
# New Items ### Cactus Shield Deals 3 damage to an attacker upon blocking a melee attack, but has a slightly longer block cooldowns and perfect block window than the regular shield.
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### Golden Shield Has no shield warmup (Starts blocking as soon as right click is held), but tighter perfect block window and moderately longer cooldowns compared to the regular shield.
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### Reflector Blocking allows you to reflect any incoming projectile, as well as small mobs (such as silverfish and vexes). Requires very precise block timing.
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Reflector Enchantments
- Reflex: Parrying increases the length of the current parry window and you can parry multiple projectiles in one window.
- Ignition: Parried projectiles are lit on fire.
### Diamond Shield Has significantly more durability than a regular shield, perfect blocks yield no cooldown.
### Sharpening Knife Use with a sword, axe or mace in your other hand to sharpen the weapon, giving the weapon +1 damage in its next attack (up to 5 stacks/+5 damage).
For mod/datapack developers
You can configure custom shield timings using a datapack.
JSON files are located at "data/
This example shows the configuration for the shield.
``` { "item": "minecraft:shield", "perfect_window": 20, "perfect_cooldown": 10, "normal_cooldown": 60 } ```
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- magnusMakesGames
- Version
- 1.1.0
- Downloads
- 184
- Endorsements
- 8
- Category
- equipment
- Created
- 5/4/2026
- Updated
- 8/8/2026
- Game Versions
- 1.21.1
- Tags
- equipment, game-mechanics
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Sidearms support?
The author lists 1.21.1. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Sidearms?
Version 1.1.0, published 2026-08-08 with 184 downloads recorded at the source.
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