Mod - CurseForge
Passive Shield
🛡 The shield is hidden and provides protection passively when held idle in the offhand.
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Project overview
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. Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available. Comments are disabled as I'm unable to keep track of them across so many separate mod pages. For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo . Thanks!
FreeMinecraftMods decision guide
This mod is most relevant to players looking for Armor, Tools, and Weapons, Adventure and RPG, Cosmetic on Fabric, Forge, Quilt, NeoForge. Treat those labels as discovery hints, then verify the exact file and dependency list on the official project page.
The source record was updated on Jun 18, 2026, which is a recent freshness signal. A recent date does not guarantee support for every loader or Minecraft version, so still inspect the current file list.
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Compatibility at a glance
Minecraft versions in this snapshot: 1.21.3, 1.21.2, 1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4, 1.20.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.18.2, 1.20, 1.19.4, 1.19.3
Loaders and platforms: Fabric, Forge, Quilt, NeoForge
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