Shield Stun
Paper's shield stunning for Fabric servers
- Loaders
- FabricQuilt
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 75.5K
- Followers on Modrinth
- 22
- versions
- 35
- Updated
- October 2, 2026Oct 2
- Published
- in 2025
At a glance
Install on the server only; players don't need it
Shield Stun (Fabric)
Server-side Fabric mod that adds Paper's shield stunning.
Since 1.11.2 a blocked hit runs a full damage tick, handing the defender invulnerability frames and swallowing the follow-up that used to launch them (MC-268147). This mod skips that tick.
It matches Paper's skip-vanilla-damage-tick-when-shield-blocked. Skipping the tick was originally a Paper bug, but players got used to stunning with it.
Configuration
The config file is located at config/shieldstun.json.
{
"enable_stuns": true
}Commands and permissions
| Command | Permission | Description |
|---|---|---|
| /shieldstun | everyone | About info |
| /shieldstun reload | shieldstun.reload (or op 3) | Reloads the config |
| /shieldstun status | shieldstun.status | Get stun status |
| /shieldstun enable | shieldstun.enable (or op 3) | Enable the mod |
| /shieldstun disable | shieldstun.disable (or op 3) | Disable the mod |
What this mod doesn't do
This mod does not enable shield stunning for fake players like those found in Carpet. If you are using TheobaldTheBird's CarpetPvP mod, type:
/carpet shieldStunning true
This will temporarily enable shieldStunning for fake players. If you want it to be permanent, click the text that says '[Change permanently?]'.
This mod also doesn't enable stunning for Fabric clients on Paper servers that have shield stunning disabled.
FAQ
How to install Shield Stun?
Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Shield Stun for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.
Which Minecraft versions does Shield Stun support?
Shield Stun has builds for Minecraft 1.19.4, 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.4–26.3.
Is Shield Stun needed on the server?
Server only — players don't need to install it
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