Passive Shield Mod for Minecraft 26.3
🛡 The shield is hidden and provides protection passively when held idle in the offhand.
About the Passive Shield mod
Passive Shield is a configurable mod which makes some changes to the shield mechanics. When a shield is held in the offhand and not in use, it will not be rendered. Whenever the player right-clicks to raise the shield, it will be shown again. When the shield is not raised, it will still negate some damage. By default 33% extra negation, but this can be changed in the config file.
The shield provides the same passive protection when held idle in the main hand.
All available config options:
hideShieldWhenNotInUse default true When enabled, the shield will be hidden unless a player presses right-click.
passiveShieldPercentageDamageNegated default 0.3333, min 0.0, max 1.0 The percentage of damage that will be negated when a player is hit while holding a shield that's not held high.
The shield is hidden when held in the offhand until raised:
The default damage without a shield:
The shield passively negating damage when not raised in the offhand:
The shield passively negating damage when not raised in the mainhand:
You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge or Modrinth ecosystem.
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How to install Passive Shield
With Millida Launcher
Install Millida Launcher
The launcher is free: download it at millida.net/launcher and sign in with any nickname.
Click “Install” on this page
The launcher opens and installs the mod for Minecraft 1.19.3–26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt automatically.
Launch the game
A profile with it appears in the launcher: click “Play”.
Manually
Install Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt
The loader must match the game version of the mod file, for example Minecraft 26.3. After installing it, a separate profile appears in your launcher.
Download the file for your version
In the version list above, pick the file passiveshield-26.3.0-3.9.jar (45 KB) for your game version and loader.
Put it in the mods folder
The folder is inside .minecraft (Windows: %appdata%\.minecraft\mods). If it does not exist, create it.
Launch the loader profile
Open “Mods” in the main menu: Passive Shield should be in the list.
Versions
With dependencies
| Minecraft | Loader | File | Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.3 | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt | [Fabric/Forge/Neo] 26.3.0-3.9 | Passive Shield44.9 KB 2 | ||
| 1.19.3 | Forge | passiveshield_1.19.3-2.6.jar8.8 KB |
FAQ
Which Minecraft versions does Passive Shield work on?
There are files for 26.3, 1.19.3. The newest is 26.3.
Is Passive Shield for Forge or Fabric?
There are files for Fabric: 26.3, for Forge: 1.19.3–26.3, for NeoForge: 26.3 and for Quilt: 26.3.
Does Passive Shield need other mods?
The author lists no required dependencies: the Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt loader is enough.
Where can I download Passive Shield safely?
On this page: the file passiveshield-26.3.0-3.9.jar (45 KB) is stored on Millida’s server, with no link shorteners. SHA-1 checksum: c4c21f83aab84c877d73517db7e28f8724cc6ee1.
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