Damage Reducer
This mod was made by someone who understands the pain of getting one shot after hours of playing.

This mod was made for those other mods that are good for visuals, not so much for the gameplay.

Are you tired of playing for hours on end, and losing it all because one mod adds an overpowered mob that one shots you in full diamond? Damage Reducer was made to balance the playing field without trivializing hard encounters. This is by adding reducers, armor, enchants and special systems. The mod also adds dynamic GUI, high quality immersive sound effects and more.

Note:
"Damage Reduced" is a divisor-based reduction. That means instead of subtracting a flat number, the incoming damage is divided by (1 + Reduction %).
Example: 25% reduction = Incoming Damage ÷ 1.25

Note 2:

All information on how much damage you would take instead does not take in account for armor values, or the protection enchantment. It is referring to the raw damage reduction the armor/reducer provides without any extra items, or systems.

Examples for division based reduce (What the reducers use):

10% reduces 10 heart hits to 9

20% reduces 10 heart hits to 8

30% reduces 10 heart hits to 7.5

10% reduces 20 heart hits to 18

20% reduces 20 heart hits to 16.5

30% reduces 20 heart hits to 15.5

100% reduces 10 heart hits to 5

Examples for subtraction based reduce (What Minecraft uses for armor according to ChatGPT "damage = damage*(1-dmgReduce%)"):

10% reduces 10 heart hits to 9

20% reduces 10 heart hits to 8

30% reduces 10 heart hits to 7

10% reduces 20 heart hits to 18

20% reduces 20 heart hits to 16

30% reduces 20 heart hits to 14

100% reduces 10 heart hits to 0

Crafting tree:

Recharge Mechanic:
Each time you're hit, your Reducer regains 1 hit after (main cooldown ÷ 3) seconds.

Core Reducers

Iron Reducer

Reduces incoming damage by 10% for 3 hits, 2% chance to reduce 4% more

10-second main cooldown after 3 hits

Without the 4% more reduce:

25 heart hit after reduction: 23

50 heart hit after reduction: 46

100 heart hit after reduction: 91

150 heart hit after reduction: 136

With the 4% more reduce:

25 heart hit after reduction: 22

50 heart hit after reduction: 44

100 heart hit after reduction: 88

150 heart hit after reduction: 132

Diamond Reducer

25% reduction for 3 hits, 7% chance to repair 10 durability on full recharge

8-second main cooldown after 3 hits

25 heart hit after reduction: 20

50 heart hit after reduction: 40

100 heart hit after reduction: 80

150 heart hit after reduction: 120

Netherite Reducer

40% reduction for 3 hits, 12% chance to give fire resistance on hit

6-second main cooldown after 3 hits

25 heart hit after reduction: 18

50 heart hit after reduction: 36

100 heart hit after reduction: 72

150 heart hit after reduction: 107

Dark Stone Ingot Reducer

55% reduction for 3 hits, 30% chance to give wither II to dealer

5.5-second main cooldown after 3 hits

25 heart hit after reduction: 16

50 heart hit after reduction: 32

100 heart hit after reduction: 65

150 heart hit after reduction: 97

Empowered Dark Stone Ingot Reducer

65% reduction for 3 hits, 40% chance to give resistance on full recharge

5.3-second main cooldown after 3 hits

25 heart hit after reduction: 15

50 heart hit after reduction: 30

100 heart hit after reduction: 61

150 heart hit after reduction: 91

Ignited Flame Reducer

72% damage reduction for 3 hits

5.2-second main cooldown after 3 hits

When broken, releases a shockwave dealing 20% of incoming damage (once per 5 min cooldown)

25 heart hit after reduction: 15

50 heart hit after reduction: 29

100 heart hit after reduction: 58

150 heart hit after reduction: 87

Special Reducers

these reducers are here for modpacks that let you get powered gems, but all the other resources are nerfed like crazy so that you can't get the core reducers

Copper Reducer

Reduces incoming damage by 7% for 3 hits 12-second cooldown 14% chance to zap attacker like thorns

25 heart hit after reduction: 23

50 heart hit after reduction: 47

100 heart hit after reduction: 93

150 heart hit after reduction: 140

Gold Reducer

Reduces incoming damage by 12% for 3 hits 6-second cooldown 20% chance to grant Speed II for 4 seconds On Hit

25 heart hit after reduction: 22

50 heart hit after reduction: 45

100 heart hit after reduction: 89

150 heart hit after reduction: 129

Redstone Reducer

Reduces incoming damage by 11% for 3 hits 9-second cooldown 14% chance to grant Strength I for 6 seconds

25 heart hit after reduction: 23

50 heart hit after reduction: 45

100 heart hit after reduction: 90

150 heart hit after reduction: 135

Lapis Reducer

Reduces incoming damage by 9% for 3 hits 11-second cooldown 14% chance to grant 5 XP when fully recharged

25 heart hit after reduction: 23

50 heart hit after reduction: 46

100 heart hit after reduction: 92

150 heart hit after reduction: 138

Emerald Reducer

Reduces incoming damage by 18% for 3 hits 8.5-second cooldown 14% chance to grant Luck I upon full recharge

25 heart hit after reduction: 21

50 heart hit after reduction: 42

100 heart hit after reduction: 85

150 heart hit after reduction: 127

Nether Quartz Reducer

Reduces incoming damage by 13% for 3 hits 9.5-second cooldown 28% chance to apply Slow Falling when hit

25 heart hit after reduction: 22

50 heart hit after reduction: 44

100 heart hit after reduction: 89

150 heart hit after reduction: 133

Armor Integration

Dark Stone Ingot Armor (No helmet)

Requires wither

Crafted by combining Netherite Armor with Dark Stone Ingots

Full Set Bonus: 25% chance for your Reducer to apply an extra 5% damage reduction

Compatible with the Empowered enchantment

Full enchanted set = 100% bonus activation chance

25 heart hit after reduction: 16

50 heart hit after reduction: 31

100 heart hit after reduction: 63

150 heart hit after reduction: 94

Empowered Dark Stone Ingot Armor

requires wither and shield rechargers

Crafted using Powered Gem Ingots + Dark Stone Ingot Armor

Full Set Bonus:

25% chance to reduce an extra 7%

1% chance to reduce ≥6-heart hits by an additional 180%

Scales up to 25% chance with full Empowered enchantment

Less than 6 heart hit:

25 heart hit after reduction: 15

50 heart hit after reduction: 29

100 heart hit after reduction: 58

150 heart hit after reduction: 87

Greater than or equal to 6 heart hit plus 7%:

25 heart hit after reduction: 9

50 heart hit after reduction: 17

100 heart hit after reduction: 35

150 heart hit after reduction: 52

Ignited Flame Armor

requires wither, shield rechargers, and dragon

Made with Ignited Flame Ingots + Empowered Armor via Dragon's Forge

Full Set Bonus:

12% chance for your Reducer to reduce an additional 9%

4% chance to reduce ≥18hp damage by an additional 240%

Less than 9 heart hit:

25 heart hit after reduction: 14

50 heart hit after reduction: 28

100 heart hit after reduction: 55

150 heart hit after reduction: 83

Greater than or equal to 9 heart hit plus 9%:

25 heart hit after reduction: 6

50 heart hit after reduction: 12

100 heart hit after reduction: 24

150 heart hit after reduction: 36

Enchantments

Armored (Treasure)

Level I: +1 max hit before cooldown

Level II: +2 max hits

Incompatible with Mending

Empowered (Treasure)

1 level only, per armor piece

Enhances set bonuses and reduction trigger rates

Special Systems

Wither’s Blessing

25% drop rate from the Wither

Adds +12% reduction for 13 hits

Visual: Pulsating purple particles

After effect ends: Applies Wither III for 12 seconds

Grants 1 Dark Stone on use

9 → Wither’s Blessing

4 → Dark Stone Block (inflicts Wither I for 15s)

1 → Dark Stone Dust

Dragon’s Heart & Burning Flame

58% drop rate from the Ender Dragon

Dragon’s Heart: Increases Reducer effectiveness by 19% for 24 hits

Afterwards, inflicts Burning Flame for 20s

Only works with Ignited Flame Armor

Incompatible with Wither’s Blessing

5-minute cooldown affects all players within 32 blocks

Burning Flame Effect:

Every 1.5s: Deals 0.0037 × remaining ticks (armor-piercing damage)

Damage increases if player has >40hp

Burning Flame (Mob Variant):

Applied when Ignited Flame Reducer explodes

0.0025 × remaining ticks, scaling higher on high-HP mobs

Crafting Progression

Dark Stone Path

Dark Stone Dust + Netherite Ingot → Unfired Ingot

Blast Furnace → Dark Stone Ingot

Used in Armor, Reducers, Blocks

Dark Stone Block inflicts Wither II for 8s on contact

Powered Gem Path

Found in deepslate in any modded or vanilla desert. Doesn't spawn in badlands though.

9 Gems → Powered Gem Block

Powered Gem Dust + Iron Ingot → Unfired Powered Gem Ingot

Smelt to get Powered Gem Ingot

Ignited Flame Path

Dragon Veins:

9 → Dragon’s Heart

1 → Ignited Flame Dust

Ignited Flame Dust:

Combine with Gold, Dark Stone Ingot, and Powered Gem Ingot in Dragon’s Forge

Dragon’s Forge:

Must be struck by lightning during rain or thunder (or via Channeling trident)

Enchants are preserved during upgrades

Ignited Flame Ingot crafted from Unfired variant

Use to upgrade Empowered Armor and craft Ignited Flame Reducer

Shield Recharger System

Shield Recharger

4 Powered Gems + 1 Netherite Scrap

Recharges Reducers

10s cooldown per use, 2-minute main cooldown

Overuse (10x before cooldown ends):

Hunger XV, Bad Luck III, Nausea

Powered Scraps (from Recharger use):

9 → 1 Recharger

5 → Powered Gem

3 → Netherite Scrap

4 → Powered Gem Dust

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There is a system that is called: overclocking

You use it by consuming a powered gem

On consumption, you gain 40% more reduction on all core reducers higher than iron

However, most of the special reducers only gain 20%

After 1 minute, you lose half of your current hp

It is planned for "Synergy Ingots" and all things synergy to be part of this system so that you can continuously overclock your reducers. However, there will be a 'rust' system.

Also it will have the ability to enchant your items with empowered and armored, since you can't easily really find those enchants even when looking in ancient cities, you don't find any.

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Then it is planned for 'god-tier' which will reduce all incoming damage, not just entity damage, but it will be less than the main reducers.

Maybe with a certain enchantment you can get core things from powered gem ore.

GUI Indicators

Left of hotbar

Green: Ready

Orange: Near break

Red: Cooldown

Red bar = tick countdown

Wither's Blessing: Transparent purple orb

Shield Recharger use: Flash overlay

Additional Blocks

Dark Stone Dust Block

Powered Gem Dust Block

Ignited Flame Dust Block

Unfired Ignited Flame Ingot Block

Ignited Flame Ingot Block

Powered Scraps Block

Dragon's Veins Block

Advancements (Unlock as you progress)

Damage Reducers

The Power of Rage

Full Power

Overpowered

Dark Energy

The Holder Of Dark Energy

Extra Energy

Energy Addict

These Make Me Feel Funny

Just One More

The Block Of Evil

Wither's Block

Super Charged

The Devil's Enemy

The Wither's Best Friend

Armored

Armored II

Glowing Power

Fully Empowered

God Like

Full Power II

Full Power III

Explore, Mine, and Survive

Master your defense. From basic Iron Reducers to the ultimate Ignited Flame set, plan your loadout, track cooldowns, and use timing and resource management to your advantage. Whether you're tanking mobs or preparing for the next boss fight, Damage Reducer gives you the power to control the chaos.

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