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Sidearms is a mod that aims to add more flavor to combat by introducing various new items to occupy the offhand, as well as changing how shields work.<\/p>\n
## Shield Tweaks
\nShields now have a short cooldown after blocking. Blocking with precise timing will reward you with a much shorter cooldown.<\/p>\n
# New Items
\n### Cactus Shield
\nDeals 3 damage to an attacker upon blocking a melee attack, but has a slightly longer block cooldowns and perfect block window than the regular shield.<\/p>\n
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### Golden Shield
\nHas no shield warmup (Starts blocking as soon as right click is held), but tighter perfect block window and moderately longer cooldowns compared to the regular shield.<\/p>\n
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### Reflector
\nBlocking allows you to reflect any incoming projectile, as well as small mobs (such as silverfish and vexes). Requires very precise block timing.<\/p>\n
 – Reflex: Parrying increases the length of the current parry window and you can parry multiple projectiles in one window. —<\/p>\n You can configure custom shield timings using a datapack.<\/p>\n JSON files are located at “data\/ This example shows the configuration for the shield.<\/p>\n “` Many new offhand items and rebalanced shields!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":139295,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"sidearm","_minecraft_project_id":"S5I19lx9","_minecraft_author":"magnusMakesGames","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":37,"_minecraft_follows":3,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"sidearm.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":262375,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T13:40:11.789350Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-05-04T19:29:57.891690Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-05T14:05:27.937487Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/sidearm","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":139295,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-08T06:06:21+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"765def57c3c2ffb38f5aa43a72f6208e","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[88,97,89,122,92],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[36,60,93,94,37],"class_list":["post-139294","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-equipment","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-magic","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-21-1"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/p>\nReflector Enchantments<\/summary>\n
\n– Ignition: Parried projectiles are lit on fire.<\/p>\n<\/details>\nFor mod\/datapack developers<\/summary>\n
\n{
\n “item”: “minecraft:shield”,
\n “perfect_window”: 20,
\n “perfect_cooldown”: 10,
\n “normal_cooldown”: 60
\n}
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