Binding Shackles
Quickstart
- Craft the Binding Shackles at a crafting table, or obtain them in Creative mode. You can also use:
/give @s com_binding_shackles_bdr5dgva:my_boots
- Hold the shackles and right-click another player to force them into that player's boots slot.
- To try them on yourself, equip them in the boots slot.
- A shackled player cannot sprint, crouch, or jump and moves much more slowly.
- To escape, touch water or have another player holding a stick hit/right-click you with it.
Overview
Binding Shackles are a single-piece armor item worn in the boots slot. They appear around the wearer's ankles and restrain movement until removed by one of the mod's special release methods.
The shackles forcibly replace whatever is currently in the target's boots slot. Existing boots are moved into the target's inventory when possible, or dropped nearby if the inventory is full.
What It Adds
- Binding Shackles Boots — A stackable-to-one metal shackle item for the feet slot.
- Restrained status — Displays
Restrained while the shackles are worn.
- Forced player equipping — Use the item on another player to shackle them.
- Water release — Touching still or flowing water removes the shackles.
- Stick release — Another player can free the wearer with a stick.
- Ankle appearance — The shackles are visibly rendered around the ankles.
How To Use
Equipping Them
You can equip the shackles directly in the boots slot like other wearable armor. Their restrictions begin shortly after they are equipped.
To shackle another player, hold the Binding Shackles and use them on that player. The item is placed directly into their boots slot, even if they are already wearing boots.
Freeing a Player
A shackled player has two intended ways to escape:
- Water: Step into still or flowing water. Touching water removes the shackles automatically.
- Stick: Have another player hold a stick in their main hand and hit or right-click the shackled player.
Removal clears the restrained effects and restores normal movement controls. The shackles themselves are removed during either release method.
Crafting And Obtaining
Craft the shackles at a crafting table using iron ingots and chains:
The item can also be obtained from the Creative inventory under the equipment and boots categories.
Abilities And Mechanics
While worn, the Binding Shackles:
- Occupy the boots armor slot as one armor piece.
- Apply Curse of Binding, preventing normal removal from the armor slot.
- Carry Soul Speed I.
- Provide 2 points of armor protection.
- Reduce movement speed substantially with Slowness I.
- Apply Mining Fatigue I.
- Prevent sprinting, crouching, and jumping.
- Show the
Restrained status on the action bar.
- Remain visible around the wearer's ankles.
The item has a maximum durability of 195 and can be repaired with iron ingots.
Progression And Strategy
Binding Shackles are useful for player challenges, restraint-themed adventures, arenas, and escape scenarios.
- Keep a stick available when testing the shackles with friends.
- Build water-based escape routes into adventure areas so players have a clear way to break free.
- Remove valuable boots from a target before shackling them if you want to avoid relying on inventory space for the displaced item.
- Use the shackles on players in open areas carefully: their inability to sprint or jump makes escaping enemies and navigating hazards much harder.
