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expRepair

Take control of your Mending enchantment. expRepair lets you decide when and how your gear gets repaired using your stored XP — no more losing XP to random orb pickups at the wrong time.

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Quick answer

Which expRepair release should I use?

Updated last month
Latest stable file 1.9.5
Game version 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2
Loader Fabric, NeoForge

expRepair 1.9.5 targets 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 with Fabric, NeoForge. Do not install it on the client. It must be installed on the dedicated server. No extra mods listed for this file.

Where it goes

Is expRepair required on the client, server, or both?

Do not install it on the client. It must be installed on the dedicated server.

Client Not supported
Dedicated server Required
Loader for this release Fabric, NeoForge
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

This file is marked server-only.

What else does expRepair 1.9.5 need?

1.9.5. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

No extra mods listed for this file

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

Fabric API Optional for expRepair 1.9.5
optional
Matching file found Matched file: 0.166.0+26.3

We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.

Before you install it

Add expRepair without breaking your instance.

Built for expRepair 1.9.5. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

  1. 01

    Stick to this file

    Use 1.9.5. It targets 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 with Fabric, NeoForge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

    This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

  3. 03

    Put it on the correct side

    Do not install it on the client. It must be installed on the dedicated server.

  4. 04

    Pick the file you checked

    Use the “Get this file” button beside 1.9.5. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does expRepair add?

🔧 expRepair

Repair your gear with XP — passively or on demand. No anvils. No grindstones.

Fabric NeoForge

Download on CurseForge Discord GitHub

Minecraft 26.x & 1.21.x Single Player & Server Fabric API required on Fabric MIT License


Vanilla Mending only heals the item you're holding, and only when an XP orb happens to drop — so your armor rots mid-fight and your off-hand never gets a repair. expRepair fixes that. It spends your stored experience — levels and the progress bar, not just loose orbs — to keep your whole kit alive the moment it takes damage.

🆕 New in 1.9.5: one jar now runs on every Minecraft 26.x release — 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3.

No new items, no blocks — it's server-side, so a vanilla client can just connect, and it runs the same in single-player.

⚔️ Vanilla Mending vs. expRepair

🎣 Vanilla Mending 🔧 expRepair
What it repairs Only the held item Your whole loadout (passive)
When When an XP orb lands Every second, or on demand
XP source Loose orbs only Your stored XP
Armor while fighting Rots Maintained
Control None Passive / Manual + XP floor

✨ Two ways to repair — pick one

  • 🟢 Passive — the whole kit, hands-off. Once per second, every damaged Mending item you have equipped (main hand, off-hand, and all four armor slots) tops itself off from your XP, up to a budget. Your gear stays healthy in the background while you mine, fight, or fly.
  • 🎯 Manual — just the tool in hand. Sneak + right-click in the air holding a damaged Mending item and it repairs on the spot. Nothing happens automatically, so you decide when your levels get spent.

Turning one mode on turns the other off — no doubt about what's spending your XP.

🔧 How it works

XP converts to durability at a fixed, transparent rate: 1 XP = 2 durability. Each repair spends at most maxXpPerRepair (default 8 → up to 16 durability), drawn from your total experience.

  • A protective XP floor. Set a threshold and passive repair will never spend XP that would drop you below it — bank levels for that next enchant while the overflow keeps your gear alive.
  • Mending is the opt-in. Only Mending-enchanted items are ever touched — nothing repairs gear you didn't intend to.
  • Survival only, only while alive. Creative/spectator are skipped, and no XP is spent on the death screen.

🎛️ You're in control

  • A clickable login summary — on join, a compact status line shows your mode + threshold with inline toggle buttons (and you can switch the message off entirely).
  • Full admin control — operators set server-wide defaults, force a mode for any player, or block a mode outright. Config hot-reloads, no restart.
  • Plays nice with PvP mods — exposes a suppression hook so combat mods (e.g. pvpOption) can pause repairs mid-duel.

⌨️ Commands

Base command /exprepair (alias /er) — run it bare for a clickable help screen.

Command What it does
/exprepair passive Toggle passive repair (turns manual off)
/exprepair manual Toggle manual repair (turns passive off)
/exprepair threshold <levels> Set the XP floor passive won't spend below
/exprepair status Show your passive / manual / threshold settings
/exprepair loginmessage Toggle your on-join status message
/exprepair admin … Op tools: server defaults, per-player overrides, block a mode, reload

⚙️ Configuration

Server settings live in config/exprepair.json (editable in-game via /exprepair admin …, hot-reloads). Tune maxXpPerRepair, the new-player defaults for passive/manual/threshold, and master allowPassive / allowManual switches. Per-player choices persist separately.

📦 Compatibility

Loaders Fabric and NeoForge — one jar runs on both
Minecraft 26.1 – 26.3 — one jar, v1.9.5 · 1.21.11 and 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 — v1.9.4
Fabric API Required on Fabric · not needed on NeoForge
Side Server-side — vanilla clients fully supported, single-player too
Extra libraries None — fully standalone

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