Enchantment Tweaks
Protection enchantments have a habit of running away with a modpack. Once players stack Protection V and beyond, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection, and Fire Protection become pointless leftovers in the enchanting table. Enchantment Tweaks is a lightweight mixin mod built to fix exactly that problem, giving server owners and pack makers direct control over how vanilla enchantments behave.
What Enchantment Tweaks Changes
This add-on was originally requested by a modpack maker who wanted a cleaner way to balance defensive gear. Instead of rewriting enchantment logic from scratch, it hooks into vanilla behavior and applies your settings the moment they load. The headline feature is a smarter Protection enchantment: by default, it only reduces Melee, Projectile, and Blast damage. Poison, wither, and magic damage, including magic from other mods, pass straight through. On top of that, Protection receives a 30% nerf that you can adjust in the config.
Custom Protection Modes
- Three damage-type whitelist modes: Melee only, Melee plus Projectile plus Explosion, or full Vanilla behavior.
- An optional Magic Protection enchantment that can be disabled entirely in the config if you prefer a cleaner enchantment list.
- Decimal-accurate type modifiers, so you can nerf Protection's damage reduction or buff the other protection types with precision.
Custom Sharpness Tweaks
Offense gets the same treatment. The mod exposes a custom damage multiplier using the formula (0.5 * level + 0.5) * CUSTOM_MULTIPLIER, which lets you scale Sharpness up or down without touching the rest of the weapon system. You can also enable Sharpness on Tridents, a small change that makes aquatic combat far more interesting.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Enchantment Tweaks ships as a mixin-based mod, which means it is designed for Fabric and works best when installed on both the client and the server for consistent behavior. The mod targets modern Minecraft releases, and the config-driven design means settings apply immediately without a full restart in most cases. Because everything is handled through server config, you can tune values on a live server and watch the effects right away, which is a huge quality-of-life win for admins running large packs.
If you want a smoother setup, the foxygame.net launcher keeps Enchantment Tweaks in its add-on catalog and handles version matching for you, so you spend less time chasing the right build and more time playing.
How to Install
Getting started is straightforward. First, make sure you have the correct Fabric loader installed for your Minecraft version. Next, download Enchantment Tweaks and drop the jar file into your mods folder alongside Fabric API. Launch the game once so the config file generates, then open it to set your Protection mode, nerf percentage, and Sharpness multiplier. If you are running a server, copy the same jar and config to the server directory so both sides stay in sync.
When you are ready to download Enchantment Tweaks, grab the build that matches your loader and Minecraft version, then restart the client. Players who prefer a guided experience can install Enchantment Tweaks for Minecraft through a launcher that auto-updates add-ons, removing the guesswork from manual jar management.
Why Use It
Balance is the core appeal. By limiting what Protection actually covers and letting you tune Sharpness independently, Enchantment Tweaks restores meaning to the specialized protection enchantments that most packs ignore. Magic Protection fills a gap vanilla never addressed, and the decimal modifiers give pack makers room to fine-tune without breaking progression. Whether you run a PvP server, a hardcore survival world, or a sprawling modpack, this add-on puts the numbers back in your hands.
Final Thoughts
Enchantment Tweaks is a focused, config-friendly solution for one of Minecraft's oldest balance headaches. It does not add flashy new content; it simply makes the enchantments you already use behave the way you want. If Protection has been trivializing your combat, this is the mod to install.