Turtle Armor

Update 5.0 Released July 10th, 2025

Major Changes

• Added 1.20.6 support
• Added armor trim support
• Turtle Shell (chestplate) now blocks and absorbs damage from behind with the same weaknesses as a shield
  • While crawling or swimming, damage is blocked from above and all horizontal sides
    • Falling stalactites are also blocked when crawling and swimming
• Added config for armor effects
  • Compatible with Cloth API
• Updated Turtle Helmet properties
  • 0 → 3 Knockback Resistance
  • 0 → 3 Armor Toughness
    • It now matches the rest of the set

Minor Changes

• Added French 🇫🇷 support!
  • Bienvenue!
• Renamed turtle armor
  • Renamed "Turtle Shell" to "Turtle Helmet"
  • Renamed "Turtle Shellplate" to "Turtle Shell"
  • Renamed "Turtle Shellguards" to "Turtle Poleyns"
  • Renamed "Turtle Galoshes" to "Turtle Boots" - It was a little over the top
• Renamed subtitle, "Turtle Shell thunks" to "Turtle armor thunks"
  • Renamed "Shell-shocked" advancement to "Half-Shell Hero"
    • Because we love our references. There are naming differences per language adapt the reference per culture
  • Updated turtle armor textures
    • Updated Turtle Shell (Chesplate) item texture
    • Updated Turtle Poleyns (Leggings) item texture
    • Armor trim textures no longer spill off Turtle Helmet on the item and armor models - For example, the Tide or Silence armor trims
  • Effects of turtle armor now apply to all (living) entities wearing them
  • Rearranged turtle armor in Combat creative tab
  • Picking up a Turtle Scute now unlocks the recipes for turtle armor
  • Turtle armor now correctly appears in the equipment tab in the recipe book
  • Updated logo and description
  • Changed license to Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
  • Changed version format from 1.#.# to #.# (1.5.0 to 5.0)
  • Added respective armor pieces to respective Forge tag lists (Forge#Chestplates, Leggings, and Boots)