The Create mod is a joy to delve into; however, I've noticed that on multiplayer servers, many people do not spend time progressing in Create because they feel as if they must keep pace with other players in terms of gear and loot collection. This mod seeks to amend this by rewarding the player investing his time into Create by giving him access to balanced armor and weapons; expanding the mod into the realm of combat progression. The gear added is slightly better than diamond (so worth the investment) yet slightly worse than netherite (so not cheaty). Also added is the brass exoskeleton, which gives the player a massive slowness debuff yet makes him a tank in terms of armor and toughness points.

See the images for stat details. All the weapons and armor are in between diamond and netherite (save for the brass exoskeleton, which is its own thing). The tools, when right-clicked into the air, give the player 20 seconds of Haste 2 for 20 seconds at the cost of 2 hunger (or saturation) haunches.

There will likely be more added to this mod as I see fit for the gameplay in my multiplayer worlds.

Recipes in this mod are added via CraftTweaker. Here are the scripts:

craftingTable.addShapedMirrored("shaped81", <item:create_tools_and_armor:metal_tool_handle>, [
    [<item:create:zinc_ingot>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:minecraft:netherite_scrap>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:zinc_ingot>]
]);
craftingTable.addShaped("shaped82", <item:create_tools_and_armor:refined_chestplate_chestplate>, [
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:refined_radiance>],
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:create:polished_rose_quartz>, <item:create:refined_radiance>],
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:create:polished_rose_quartz>, <item:create:refined_radiance>]
]);
craftingTable.addShaped("shaped83", <item:create_tools_and_armor:refined_chestplate_helmet>, [
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:create:polished_rose_quartz>, <item:create:refined_radiance>],
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:refined_radiance>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:minecraft:air>]
]);
craftingTable.addShaped("shaped84", <item:create_tools_and_armor:refined_chestplate_leggings>, [
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:create:polished_rose_quartz>, <item:create:refined_radiance>],
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:refined_radiance>],
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:refined_radiance>]
]);
craftingTable.addShaped("shaped85", <item:create_tools_and_armor:refined_chestplate_boots>, [
    [<item:create:refined_radiance>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:refined_radiance>],
    [<item:create:polished_rose_quartz>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:polished_rose_quartz>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:minecraft:air>, <item:minecraft:air>]
]);
craftingTable.addShaped("shaped86", <item:create_tools_and_armor:shadow_steel_shovel>, [
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:shadow_steel>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create_tools_and_armor:metal_tool_handle>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create_tools_and_armor:metal_tool_handle>, <item:minecraft:air>]
]);
craftingTable.addShapedMirrored("shaped87", <item:create_tools_and_armor:shadow_steel_axe>, [
    [<item:create:shadow_steel>, <item:create:shadow_steel>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:create:shadow_steel>, <item:create_tools_and_armor:metal_tool_handle>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create_tools_and_armor:metal_tool_handle>, <item:minecraft:air>]
]);
craftingTable.addShaped("shaped88", <item:create_tools_and_armor:shadow_steel_pickaxe>, [
    [<item:create:shadow_steel>, <item:create:shadow_steel>, <item:create:shadow_steel>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create_tools_and_armor:metal_tool_handle>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create_tools_and_armor:metal_tool_handle>, <item:minecraft:air>]
]);
craftingTable.addShaped("shaped89", <item:create_tools_and_armor:shadow_steel_sword>, [
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:shadow_steel>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create:shadow_steel>, <item:minecraft:air>],
    [<item:minecraft:air>, <item:create_tools_and_armor:metal_tool_handle>, <item:minecraft:air>]
]);
craftingTable.addShaped("shaped90", <item:create_tools_and_armor:bronze_exoskeleton_chestplate>, [
    [<item:create:brass_sheet>, <item:create:brass_casing>, <item:create:brass_sheet>],
    [<item:create:cogwheel>, <item:create:large_cogwheel>, <item:create:cogwheel>],
    [<item:create:brass_block>, <item:create:brass_funnel>, <item:create:brass_block>]

Create: Armor and Weapons Addon