Chestplate Elytra

Glide Enchantment

Turn any chestplate into an elytra. Glide Enchantment adds a single new enchantment — Glide — that gives chestplates the exact same flight mechanics as a vanilla elytra.

Features

• New enchantment: Glide — applies to any chestplate (iron, gold, diamond, netherite, leather, chainmail, turtle shell, and modded chest armor that supports enchantments).
• Identical to vanilla elytra — jump while falling to start gliding, hold space to glide, use firework rockets to boost forward. Same physics, same controls.
• Obtainable normally — appears in the enchanting table, on enchanted books from loot/trades, and can be applied via an anvil.
• Server-friendly — works on dedicated servers and singleplayer. No client-side requirements beyond having the mod installed.

How to get it

• Enchanting table — place a chestplate + lapis and look for Glide in the offered enchantments.
• Anvil — combine a chestplate with an enchanted book containing Glide.
• Creative / commands — give yourself an enchanted book directly:

  /give @s enchanted_book[stored_enchantments={"glide_enchant:glide":1}]

How to use

1. Enchant any chestplate with Glide.
2. Equip the chestplate.
3. Jump off something tall.
4. Press jump again mid-air to start gliding.
5. (Optional) Use a firework rocket while gliding to boost forward — exactly like a real elytra.

Compatibility

• Minecraft: 1.21.11
• Loader: Fabric
• Dependencies: Fabric API
• Side: required on both client and server (or just on the server for multiplayer; client-only also works in singleplayer)

Why?

Late-game elytras are gated behind the End. This enchantment lets you bring elytra-style movement to any chestplate you’ve already enchanted, so you can keep your favorite armor and still fly.

License

MIT — feel free to fork, modify, and redistribute.