Polymer Patch for Artifacts

Polymer Patch for Artifacts

Play Artifacts with vanilla clients

A patch for Artifacts that uses Polymer to make it run on the server so vanilla clients can join a server and use most of the mod.

Server setup

1. Install Artifacts, Polymer, Fabric API, Trinkets Updated, Trinkets Polymer, and this patch on the server.
2. Enable Auto-Host in Polymer settings (config/polymer/auto-host.json).
3. Have clients accept the Polymer resource pack.

Clients install nothing. no Fabric API, no Artifacts, no Trinkets.

Vanilla clients only

This patch is server-side / Polymer only for now. Players with the Artifacts client mod are kicked on join. This is done because mixing Artifacts client + Polymer stand-ins does not work reliably, so dual-path support was dropped in favor of a hard vanilla-client requirement.

Workarounds

Artifacts expects its client mod for a handful of things. This patch fakes them server-side for vanilla clients, and patched items explain themselves in their tooltip:

• Aqua Dashers: Shows waterlogged barriers while sprinting to avoid desync.
• Strider Shoes: Shows magma underfoot on lava so walking stays in sync.
• Snowshoes: Shows snow blocks in powder snow so walking stays in sync.
• Steadfast Spikes: Ice blocks are replaced with non-slippery ice so you don’t slip out of sync.
• Helium Flamingo: Best-effort at simulating swimming physics in the air. Shrinks player hitbox while flying, and shows a charge bar while using or charging.
• Flippers: Spoofs swimming speed on the client and server.
• Charm of Sinking: Increases sinking, walking speed and step height in water to compensate. Always on (no toggle).
• Digging Claws: Triggers block breaking early on the server.
• Umbrella: Held upright like a spear so the canopy looks right.
• Warp Drive: your inventory resyncs after throwing a pearl, so it doesn’t look used up.
• Everlasting Beef / Eternal Steak: comes back after every bite, with no slot flicker.
• Mimic: a proper chest that opens its lid when it hops.
• Equip sounds: everyone hears them, including the wearer.

Limitations

• Worn artifacts are not visible on the player model. However, the item still appears correctly in your hand and inventory.
• Artifacts config screen and toggle key are unavailable to vanilla clients. Items that normally require toggling are always active.
• Abilities are processed server-side, so some client-side feedback might be missing or appear slightly different.