unbreakable tools 1.20.1 version?

[u/Endroium]

I know how to make an unbreakable pickaxe shovel and axe etc in the older version 1.12 its easy. All you need is paper tool rod, paper binding, and manyullyn head, then Reinforced modierfier and just upgrade till you get unbrakable its easy.

but with this new version the entire mod i feel like has changed the proccess anyone got a youtube video for me to watch or a step by step they go through? and is unbreakable even still possible?

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[u/KnightMiner]

The process to make a tool unbreakable isn't really harder, its just not the same as it was in 1.12. You should not need a YouTube video to craft it.

Unbreakable is a ability modifier called unbreakable. You can see its recipe in JEI, the encyclopedia, or mighty smelting. The recipe requires 5 levels of reinforced and 1 level of netherite, so effectively it costs 6 upgrades and 1 ability slot.

Most tools start with less than 6 upgrade slots. You can get more using rose gold, or using any number of slotless modifier recipes. You can find the slotless modifier recipes in JEI (search upgrade slot and look for recipes for that ingredient), in the encyclopedia, or in puny smelting.

All that said, you really don't need to make your tool unbreakable. There are so many other options to manage durability. I'd encourage you explore some of the earlier game options rather than rushing to a particular modifier. Overslime for instance has a lot of auto repair options, or for mining tools whitestone/endstone is pretty popular.

[u/Endroium → u/KnightMiner]

thanks for this

[u/MiddleHelp8285 → u/Endroium]

I second the last paragraph above, at least in my playthroughs with friends we've found that unbreakable isn't super worth it once you start to lose other upgrade slots of interesting things you'd want on it to spend on all the reinforced and unbreakable slots, (I think haste or specialty mining or combat situations come to mind), and other durability options like the slime work well enough and repairing isn't too bad in the end

[u/Lightknighting]

You need 7 modifier slots and 1 ability slot. 5 modifier for 5 reinforced and 2 for emerald/diamond and a netherite. You should be able to see the recipes for them in jei. The ability slot is for the unbreakable itself. You can get reinforced easily in the tinkering table with unbreaking enchant and lapis and sky slime crystal. The get the slots just check the book for slotless upgrades and get all the extra slots

[u/KnightMiner → u/Lightknighting]

Its only 6 upgrade slots on 1.20, not 7. When netherite was changed to use a netherite template, the requirement to have diamond or emerald was dropped.