{"id":134347,"date":"2026-06-08T01:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/rpg-armor-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T01:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:20:21","slug":"rpg-armor-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/rpg-armor-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"RPG Armor Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/environment-both-4caf50?style=flat-square\" width=\"112\" height=\"20\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hunter Armor Upgrades<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This mod takes the classic Minecraft armor system and turns it into a system of upgrading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This mod was heavily inspired by Monster Hunter&#8217;s armor system whereas you can get armor and upgrade it up to 7 times to increase it&#8217;s power level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Disabled Armor?<\/strong><br \/>This mod disables vanilla armor recipes except for leather &#8211; this mod is intended for difficult situations and interesting progression and all leather is the start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some materials for upgrading is only obtained through dungeon crawling or fighting bosses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><b>How do I start?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The first thing you&#8217;ll need is an Armor Crafter. It&#8217;s a fairly expensive upgrade but it opens the doors to exponential power upgrading.<br \/>Once you make that, you can put any piece of armor into the slot within the table and begin upgrading.<br \/>It supports every type of armor from every mod however it&#8217;ll only use generic recipes for non-vanilla mods.<\/p>\n<p>The table will instruct you on the materials you&#8217;ll need, and once you supply them you&#8217;ll be able to upgrade the armor to the next level.<br \/>One you reach level 7 you&#8217;ll push into the next tier. 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