SMT - Surving's Modular Tools

Build, customize, and repair modular tools, weapons, shields, and armor in the SMT Forge. Mix materials to change how your equipment looks and plays.

Beta notice: Some icons, symbols, logos, and gameplay balance values are provisional and may change in later updates.

Features

• Customize a tool's head and grip, then add an optional binding and up to three extras. Materials affect appearance, stats, and traits.
• Build light or heavy shields and light, medium, or heavy armor. Choose an optional shield rim or customize armor with a lining and an extra.
• Preview your equipment on a rotating armor stand and compare the result before spending materials. The Forge shows exact costs, stat changes, and trait details.
• Discover traits such as Prosperous, which can roll bonus loot, and Overclocked, which you can upgrade with redstone.
• Repair broken SMT equipment or convert supported existing tools while keeping their wear, enchantments, and custom names.

Getting started

Craft the SMT Forge in a 2×2 pattern. Put two iron ingots across the top, a crafting table below on the left, and a smithing table below on the right. You can also find the Forge under Functional Blocks in Creative.

• Repair opens by default. Put equipment in the large workpiece slot beside your inventory. Add matching material to repair it, or choose Convert to turn a supported existing tool into an SMT tool for free.
• Tools & Weapons lets you pick a tool type and supply its head and grip materials. Use the Binding and Extras tabs for optional parts.
• Shields and Armor let you pick a weight class and its materials. Shift-click a worn piece to move it into the workpiece slot and shift-click it again after editing to re-equip it if its slot is free.

To change an existing piece, put it in the workpiece slot and add materials only for the parts you want to replace. Apply uses the supplied ingredients. A new tool head resets wear, while grip, binding, and extra changes preserve it.

Configuration

SMT works with its default settings. Resource packs can change equipment colors by replacing the textures of the materials used to make it.

Compatibility and integrations

• SEEF is required. SMT builds on its durability and enchantment rules. The Parts tab in SEEF’s Inspect screen shows equipment components, traits, and stat calculations.
• SEA adds compatible hammers, clubs, scythes, and throwing weapons. SMT retains equipment categories for compatible SNE enchantments.
• Farmer’s Delight adds modular knives and supports straw and canvas bindings. Tech Reborn adds material choices and conversion for its bronze, peridot, ruby, and sapphire hand tools.
• SGL adds themed controls, trait trackers, and notifications. LambDynamicLights adds dynamic light for glow lichen bindings and luminous helmet inlays.

SMT includes English and German translations. Worlds and resource packs from earlier Simple Forge builds remain compatible.

Requirements and installation

• Minecraft Java 26.3, Java 25, and Fabric Loader 0.20.1+.
• Fabric API 0.165.0+26.3 or a newer compatible 26.3 build.
• SEEF 0.3.2 or newer.

Install SMT, Fabric API, and SEEF in your instance’s mods folder. For multiplayer, install the required mods on both the client and server.

Based on the official Fabric example project. Not an official Minecraft product.