More Shields and Enchantments

Calls something that is on Kiln's roadmap. Parts of it may already run.

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): BetterShields did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/world/item/ToolMaterial; BetterShieldsClient did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/network/protocol/common/custom/CustomPacketPayload.

What it needs from Kiln

Mixin
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.client.player.ClientPreAttackCallback
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerLifecycleEvents
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerLifecycleEvents.ServerStopped
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerTickEvents
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerTickEvents.EndTick
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.item.v1.DefaultItemComponentEvents
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.item.v1.DefaultItemComponentEvents.ModifyCallback
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.item.v1.DefaultItemComponentEvents.ModifyContext
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.item.v1.EnchantmentEvents
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.item.v1.EnchantmentEvents.AllowEnchanting
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PayloadTypeRegistry
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking.Context
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking.PlayPayloadHandler
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.util.TriState
net.minecraft.core.HolderSet
net.minecraft.core.HolderSet.Named
net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess
net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentInitializers
net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentInitializers.SingleComponentInitializer
net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentMap
net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentMap.Builder
net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents
net.minecraft.network.codec.ByteBufCodecs
net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec
net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload
net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload.Type
net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload.TypeAndCodec
net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer
net.minecraft.server.players.PlayerList
net.minecraft.tags.DamageTypeTags
net.minecraft.util.Mth
net.minecraft.world.entity.EquipmentSlot
net.minecraft.world.entity.Mob
net.minecraft.world.entity.NeutralMob
net.minecraft.world.entity.TamableAnimal
net.minecraft.world.entity.decoration.ArmorStand
net.minecraft.world.entity.monster.Enemy
net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Abilities
and 58 more

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Machines (0.4), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Adds new material-tier shields and a Shield of Undying with Thorns, Bash, Reinforce, and Lightweight shield enchantments.

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file better-shields-1.0.1.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.

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