Punishment Gear

Punishment Gear expands Minecraft combat with a progression-driven tactical equipment system built around ballistic protection, custom 3D armor, survival mechanics, and optional integrations with gun and superhero mods.

Requires: Curios API, GeckoLib, and Player Animator.

Optional integrations include TaCZ, Palladium, Satsu Iron Man Addon, and Punchy.

THE CORE IDEA

Vanilla armor was never designed around modern combat.

Punishment Gear introduces dedicated tactical equipment, ballistic plates, custom crafting progression, and armor mechanics designed to make every firefight depend on what you're actually wearing when the first shot hits.

Your vest matters.

Your plate matters.

And sometimes, surviving comes down to one last chance.

THE PUNISHMENT TABLE

Version 2.0.0 introduces the Punishment Table, a dedicated workstation for Punishment Gear progression.

Craft and manage:

• Materials
• Equipment
• Ballistic Plates

The custom interface includes interactive 3D item previews, material requirements, crafting validation, and a fully server-authoritative crafting system.

This is now the heart of Punishment Gear progression.

THE GEAR

Custom GeckoLib 3D tactical equipment designed to feel like real gear rather than reskinned vanilla armor.

• Kevlar — the foundation of the armor progression
• Tactical Vest — a compact plate carrier built for movement
• Tactical Vest (Painted) — marked with the Punisher skull and capable of activating Last Stand
• Born Again Vest (Blood) — a rare evolved variant with double durability and an enhanced Last Stand system
• Combat Pants — fitted tactical pants with integrated belt, holster, and kneepads
• Tactical Boots — slim 3D boots designed to move naturally with the player

Armor uses dedicated worn and item rendering so the equipment remains properly positioned when equipped, held, or viewed in the inventory.

BALLISTIC PLATES — 5 TIERS

Ballistic → Iron → Gold → Diamond → Netherite

Plates are worn in their own dedicated Curios slot and provide an additional layer of protection beyond your normal armor.

• Each tier increases protection and toughness
• Higher tiers unlock additional defensive properties
• Diamond-tier plates gain explosion resistance
• Netherite provides permanent, particle-free Fire Resistance while equipped
• Plates lose durability based on the damage they absorb
• Low-damage shots can be completely deflected
• Plate insertion uses a dedicated player animation
• Compatible with Unbreaking and Mending

Every upgrade is another decision about how much protection you're willing to carry into the next fight.

LAST STAND

The Tactical Vest (Painted) carries Punishment Gear's signature survival mechanic.

When incoming damage should kill you, Last Stand can keep you alive at 1 heart and give you a short window to fight your way out.

For a brief period you gain increased survivability, mobility, and combat effectiveness while recovering.

It is not a free second life.

The standard Painted Vest can only trigger Last Stand once per Minecraft day and applies a Hunger penalty afterward.

BORN AGAIN — BLOOD

Every valid Painted Last Stand has a 15% chance to permanently transform the vest into the Born Again Vest (Blood).

The Blood variant:

• Has 2× the durability of the Painted Vest
• Preserves existing wear proportionally during transformation
• Cannot be used as a free repair
• Can activate Blood Last Stand up to 2 times per Minecraft day
• Keeps its activation count through relogs and dimension changes
• Removes the normal Hunger penalty

The vest becomes stronger.

The cost is that you had to survive long enough to earn it.

WHITE PAINT CAN

The White Paint Can is used to transform the standard Tactical Vest into the Painted variant.

• One use in Survival
• Not consumed in Creative
• Supports compatible armor display systems
• Works with compatible Palladium Armor Stand / Hero Stand setups

It is the first step toward unlocking the full Born Again progression.

WAR MACHINE PUNISHER

With Palladium and the Satsu Iron Man Addon installed, Punishment Gear adds the War Machine Punisher.

A custom heavy armor variant based around the War Machine MK III framework, redesigned with:

• Black and gunmetal armor
• Dark structural plating
• White Punisher skull on the chest
• Red technological accents
• Satsu armor animations and activation behavior
• Arc Reactor requirement

The integration remains completely optional and does not affect the core Punishment Gear experience.

OPTIONAL MOD INTEGRATIONS

Punishment Gear can expand further when compatible mods are installed:

TaCZ

Optional firearm combat integration.

Palladium

Supports advanced armor systems and compatible Armor Stand / Hero Stand interactions.

Satsu Iron Man Addon

Enables the War Machine Punisher armor integration.

Punchy

Optional combat compatibility with native fallback behavior when the mod is absent.

None of these are required for the core mod to load.

ADVANCEMENT

"I'll tell you what"

Unlocks when the full Born Again set is complete:

• Painted Vest
• Combat Pants
• Tactical Boots

The gear is complete.

So are you.

CONFIGURABLE

Punishment Gear exposes major balance options through its config, including:

• Ballistic damage reduction
• Plate toughness
• Explosion resistance
• Ricochet behavior
• Last Stand duration
• Last Stand cooldown
• Last Stand sound
• Last Stand sound volume

Modpack creators can tune the system without modifying the mod itself.

BUILT FOR MODPACKS

Punishment Gear 2.0.0 includes improvements to:

• Multiplayer networking
• Server-side crafting validation
• Packet abuse protection
• Java 17 stability
• Client/server separation
• Optional dependency handling
• GeckoLib rendering
• Large modpack compatibility

Built for Minecraft 1.20.1 Forge.

CREDITS

Some 3D models are adapted from ZeroContact by TuDouNi92 under GPL-3.0.

See CREDITS.md inside the mod files for full attribution.