Shields

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): Shields did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/world/item/ShieldItem.

What it needs from Kiln

• Mixin
• net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents
• net.minecraft.tags.ItemTags
• net.minecraft.tags.TagKey
• net.minecraft.world.entity.EquipmentSlot
• net.minecraft.world.entity.EquipmentSlotGroup
• net.minecraft.world.entity.ai.attributes.AttributeModifier
• net.minecraft.world.entity.ai.attributes.AttributeModifier.Operation
• net.minecraft.world.item.ShieldItem
• net.minecraft.world.item.component.BlocksAttacks
• net.minecraft.world.item.component.BlocksAttacks.DamageReduction
• net.minecraft.world.item.component.BlocksAttacks.ItemDamageFunction
• net.minecraft.world.item.component.ItemAttributeModifiers
• net.minecraft.world.item.component.ItemAttributeModifiers.Builder
• net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BannerPatternLayers
• SoundEvents.SHIELD_BLOCK
• SoundEvents.SHIELD_BREAK
• Item.Properties.attributes()
• Item.Properties.component()
• Item.Properties.enchantable()
• Item.Properties.equippableUnswappable()
• Item.Properties.repairable()

On the roadmap: Code next to data (0.3), Machines (0.4), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Enhance your combat with six unique new shield tiers

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file shields-1.0.1-26.3.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.