Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned]
Every Minecraft player knows the pain of watching a trusty wooden pickaxe finally give out right when you need it most. You either craft a brand-new stone tool from scratch or waste precious iron on a replacement. Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned] offers a smarter path: instead of discarding your old gear, you upgrade it in place, climbing the material ladder one step at a time.
What Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned] Actually Does
This is a small, focused mod with a simple promise. It lets you take a wooden tool and upgrade it to stone, a stone tool to iron, and an iron tool to diamond. No new ore types, no complicated tech trees, just a clean progression system that respects the tools you already invested time in crafting.
The appeal is obvious for survival players. Early game wooden tools normally get tossed the moment you find cobblestone, but with this mod they become the foundation of your entire toolkit. You keep the durability and enchantments attached to a tool as it climbs the tiers, which means that Efficiency II wooden pickaxe you enchanted on day one can eventually become a diamond pickaxe with the same enchantment intact.
Supported Versions and Loader
Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned] is built for Forge, and that is an important detail to note before you start downloading anything. If you are running a Fabric-based setup, this mod will not load, so check your mod loader first. The mod was designed around older Forge releases, and because development has been abandoned, you will not see official ports to newer Minecraft versions.
That abandonment status does not make the mod useless. Plenty of players still run legacy Forge profiles specifically to enjoy modpacks built around older versions, and Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned] fits neatly into that ecosystem. Just confirm your Forge version matches what the mod expects before you drop it into your mods folder.
A Note on Polymorph
The original author left a clear warning in the mod description: download Polymorph as a new dependency. Polymorph resolves recipe conflicts, and without it, Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned] can clash with other mods that add similar smithing or crafting recipes. If you run a large modpack, install Polymorph alongside this mod to avoid broken recipes and frustrating crafting table behavior.
Smithing Upgrades: Lite
The description also mentions a Lite variant for players who do not want to craft expensive ingots just to test the upgrade path. If the full version feels too demanding on resources during early testing, the Lite option gives you a lighter way to experiment with the same core concept.
How to Install Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned]
Installation follows the standard Forge mod workflow, and it takes only a few minutes:
- Confirm you are running a Forge profile that matches the mod's supported Minecraft version.
- Download Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned] and Polymorph from a trusted mod repository.
- Place both .jar files into your mods folder, located inside your Minecraft installation directory.
- Launch the Forge profile and verify the mods appear in the mod list on the main menu.
- Load a world, craft a smithing table, and test an upgrade on a spare wooden tool.
If the game crashes on startup, the usual culprit is a version mismatch or a missing Polymorph dependency. Remove one mod at a time to isolate the conflict.
For players who prefer a smoother setup, the foxygame.net launcher handles the entire process in a single click, pulling Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned] straight from its curated add-on catalog and matching it to the correct Forge version automatically. That removes the guesswork around dependency hunting and manual file placement, which is a real time-saver when you are juggling a dozen mods at once.
Is It Worth Downloading in 2025?
If you play on a legacy Forge version and enjoy survival progression that rewards planning over constant re-crafting, Smithing Upgrades [Abandoned] for Minecraft still delivers real value. The upgrade chain from wood to diamond transforms your earliest tools into long-term investments, and the enchantment preservation alone justifies the install.
The abandoned label is a fair warning that no future updates are coming, but the mod does exactly what it promises today. Pair it with Polymorph, match your Forge version, and your first wooden pickaxe might just carry you all the way to the End.
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