🛡️ Utility Armors & Tools: Deep Caves

🆕 Now available for Minecraft 26.3 – NeoForge & Fabric! (Fabric version requires Fabric API)
Supported: 26.3 · 1.21.8 · 1.21.4 · 1.21.1 · 1.20.6 · 1.20.4 · 1.20.1 · 1.19.4 · 1.19.2

🎨 Texture Remaster in progress – 4/16 sets done

Version 1.1.1 brings brand-new textures in the new series style for Sculk, Echo Shard, Amethyst and Deepslate gear (armor models, icons and all tools). The remaining sets follow in the next updates.

🖼️ Gallery

Sculk

Echo Shard

Amethyst

Deepslate

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16 armor sets · 80 unique tools · every piece grants a unique cave-themed effect. No new blocks added.

Conquer the depths of the Overworld with 16 fully-balanced armor sets and their complete toolkits, all crafted from the resources hidden underground. This mod expands Minecraft gear customization with 16 new armor sets and 80 unique tools, each granting useful gameplay effects, status boosts, or unique passive abilities — all in the pure Vanilla+ style, using only materials that already exist in your world.

⚙️ Vanilla+ promise: the mod adds tools, weapons and armor only. No new blocks are generated or added to the game.

⭐ Key Features

• ⛏️ 16 armor sets — from raw ore to the Ancient City's Echo Shards, each with a unique defensive profile and a signature cave ability
• 🔧 80 tools — a full matching toolkit (Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, Hoe) for every set, each with thematic on-hit and on-mine bonuses
• 🧱 0 new blocks — craft everything from the Vanilla blocks and items you dig up
• ⚖️ Carefully balanced — heavy stone sets grant resistance but slow you down; light sets are fast but fragile
• 💡 Tier progression — tools scale from STONE to IRON to DIAMOND harvest levels as you delve deeper

🛡️ Complete Armor Catalog

Defense is listed as Helmet / Chestplate / Leggings / Boots. Ability is active while the armor is worn.

🔧 Complete Tool Catalog

Every armor set has a full matching toolkit: Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel & Hoe. Weapons debuff or empower on hit, while mining tools grant you a useful boost as you break blocks — all matching the set's cave theme.

Tool tiers: sets made of raw/soft materials (Raw Copper, Raw Gold, Glow Lichen, Moss, Hanging Roots) dig at STONE level; ore and stone sets (Copper, Iron, Deepslate, Amethyst…) dig at IRON level; the deep-cave Echo Shard set digs at DIAMOND level with the highest durability.

📦 Changelog

📢 v1.1.1 – Texture Remaster, part 1/4 + Minecraft 26.3 & Fabric

• Brand-new textures for Sculk, Echo Shard, Amethyst and Deepslate (armor models, armor icons and all tools).
• 🆕 Now available for Minecraft 26.3 (NeoForge & Fabric) – the first Fabric release of the series.
• No gameplay changes – safe to update existing worlds.

📢 v1.0.0

• First release of Deep Caves — the first dimension-focused expansion in the Utility Armors & Tools series.
• 16 armor sets and 80 tools, each with unique cave-themed effects.
• Full balancing pass: heavy sets (Deepslate, Calcite) trade speed for resistance; raw-ore sets are cheap and light; the Echo Shard set is the deep-cave endgame.

⚠️ Technical Notes

• This modification adds tools, weapons and armor sets only — no new blocks are generated or added to the game.
• Fully Vanilla+ friendly and survival-balanced, themed around the Overworld's caves, ores and deep-dark resources.
• ✅ Want to help? Report bugs or share ideas for new content in the Comments section — I read and reply to every suggestion!