Armor of the Ages is a Minecraft mod that adds animated armor sets inspired by cultures from across history. Craft the armor of an Egyptian pharaoh, a Roman centurion, or a Japanese samurai. Wear your legend.

Part of the Dawn of Time mod ecosystem.

Features

• 11 unique armor sets with custom 3D animated models
• Male & female model variants, automatically matched to your skin type (slim/Alex)
• Fully configurable stats in-game: durability, defense, enchantability, toughness
• Loot table integration: armor pieces generate naturally in world chests (toggleable per set)
• Available on both Forge and Fabric

Configuration

Armor of the Ages uses YACL (Yet Another Config Lib) for its in-game configuration screen.

• Preferred armor model (male/female), synced between players on a server
• Per-armor stats: durability, defense per slot, enchantability, toughness
• Enable or disable loot table generation globally or per armor set

Configuration is saved to config/armoroftheages.json.

Overriding Recipes

All recipes can be overridden or removed via a datapack, without modifying the mod itself. This is useful for modpacks or custom servers.

Datapack structure:

my_datapack/
├── pack.mcmeta
└── data/
    └── armoroftheages/
        └── recipes/
            └── <recipe_name>.json

pack.mcmeta (required at the root of the datapack):

{
    "pack": {
        "pack_format": 15,
        "description": "My custom AotA recipes"
    }
}

pack_format: 15 is the correct value for Minecraft 1.20.1.

Installation: place the datapack folder (or its .zip) in:

• Single-player: .minecraft/saves/<world_name>/datapacks/
• Server: <server_root>/world/datapacks/

Then run /reload in-game or restart the server.

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Override a recipe by placing a custom .json file at the matching path. The full list of recipe files is available on GitHub:

• Forge recipes
• Fabric recipes

Remove a recipe by overriding the file with an empty JSON object:

{}

Minecraft will fail to parse the file, log a warning, and silently skip the recipe. The game loads normally — this is not a crash.

Compatibility

Mod	Status	Notes
YACL	✅ Required	Config GUI
ModMenu	🔵 Fabric only	Config screen access
Garden Trails	✅ Compatible	Silk replaces string ingredients in recipes

Credits

• Development, models and textures by Poulpinou
• Special thanks to mr_ch0c0late for the Centurion armor, and to Hahdrim for the Iron Plate armor!
• Minecraft Title Generator by Ewan Howell was used for the project name. Support this guy, he's a hero

Licensed under MIT

Support

If you enjoy the mod, consider supporting the Dawn of Time team on Patreon. It helps keep the project alive and growing.

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