Return to Sender

Raise your shield. Send it back.

Block incoming projectiles and turn them against your enemies. Reflected shots fly toward your crosshair at 2.2× their original speed, with kills credited to you.

Enchantments, new items, shockwaves, homing projectiles, and a mana system give you more ways to turn defense into offense.

✨ FEATURES

🛡️ Projectile Reflection

Block incoming projectiles with your shield to send them straight back.

• Reflect arrows, tridents, snowballs, fireballs, wither skulls, and more.
• Reflected projectiles travel toward your crosshair at 2.2× speed.
• Reflected arrows deal critical damage.
• Kills count as yours, granting XP and loot.
• Fireballs and skulls are safely redirected.
• Glowing projectile trails and impact particles.

Optional Parry Mode: Enable a 5-tick timing window to require precisely timed shield raises instead of ordinary blocking.

🔷 Mana System

Reflection consumes mana, preventing unlimited projectile deflection.

Mana appears on your action bar when reflecting. Running out disables reflection but leaves normal shield blocking untouched.

Mana persists through death and relogging. The Deflection effect bypasses mana entirely.

ENCHANTMENTS

Three new enchantments, each with levels I–III.

Mace support is available on 1.21.1.

Enchantments can be obtained through enchanting tables, loot, and villagers. All levels are also available in the Return to Sender creative tab.

NEW ITEMS

STATUS EFFECTS

• Deflection: Automatically reflects incoming projectiles. Obtained from the Deflection Totem.
• Kinetic Charge: Grants powerful melee knockback and launching effects. Available through commands for adventure maps and servers.

RECIPES

Kinetic Shard (Shapeless)

• 1 Amethyst Shard + 1 Copper Ingot → 2 Kinetic Shards

Recoil Rod (Vertical)

• Kinetic Shard
• Rod
• Kinetic Shard

Uses a Breeze Rod on 1.21.1 and a Blaze Rod on 1.20.1.

Deflection Totem

    [Amethyst Shard]
[Kinetic][Shield][Kinetic]
    [Kinetic Shard]

⚙️ CONFIGURATION

Almost everything is configurable, including:

• Parry timing and reflection speed.
• Mana capacity, consumption, and regeneration.
• Shockwave radius, damage, and knockback.
• Melee knockback and launch strength.
• Recoil Rod radius, force, and cooldown.
• Totem duration and particle effects.

Configuration files:

• Forge / NeoForge: world/serverconfig/returntosender-server.toml
• Fabric: config/returntosender.json

Don’t want mana restrictions? Set costPerParry to 0 or disable mana entirely with enabled = false.

SUPPORTED VERSIONS

Fabric requires Fabric API.

Install on both the client and server for multiplayer. No other dependencies.

Version Differences

The 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 releases share the same core features, with a few differences:

• Recoil Rod uses a Blaze Rod on 1.20.1.
• No Mace support on 1.20.1.
• Some shockwave particles and sounds differ.

🎮 QUICK TESTING

Minecraft 1.21.1

/give @s minecraft:shield[enchantments={levels:{"returntosender:ricochet":3,"returntosender:bulwark":2}}]
/give @s returntosender:recoil_rod
/effect give @s returntosender:kinetic_charge 60 1

Minecraft 1.20.1

/give @s minecraft:shield{Enchantments:[{id:"returntosender:ricochet",lvl:3},{id:"returntosender:bulwark",lvl:2}]}

❓ FAQ

Does it support modded projectiles?
Most projectiles using Minecraft’s normal hit handling should work, although compatibility with other mods hasn’t been extensively tested.

Will it break game balance?
Defaults are designed to keep ordinary shields relatively balanced. Reflection consumes mana, and shockwaves require an enchantment. Everything can be configured.

Can I use it in modpacks?
Absolutely! Go ahead.

License: MIT

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