Aechronis Essentials
by DCFiendish
Aechronis Essentials colors player hitboxes and chunk borders by town, nation, ally and enemy standing, using live data from the Aechronis server.
What it does
Once a player connects to an Aechronis server, the client reads live territory data from the server's Nodes map API and tints each player's hitbox according to their town, nation, ally or enemy standing. Outside that server the mod stays inert, so single-player and other servers are not affected. The hitbox coloring code is a GPLv3 port derived from CrusalisUtils, reworked from Crusalis's Dynmap and Towny work and targeted at the Gizmos-based debug renderer in Minecraft 26.2.
The mod also recolors chunk borders in the F3+G debug view, tinting each chunk grid by the same territory ownership rules used for land around the player. Players can keep their own friend and enemy name lists, which take priority over automatically detected relations. An optional quality-of-life toggle sends the player back to their town spawn automatically after dying.
Installation needs Cloth Config API, Fabric API and Mod Menu. Aechronis Essentials is for Fabric on Minecraft 26.2 with Java 25 and Fabric Loader 0.19.3. It is released under the Apache License 2.0 and is open source, with source code published.
Key features
Automatic relation coloring
Player hitboxes take a color from the town, nation, ally or enemy standing reported by the Aechronis server.
Chunk border recoloring
Pressing F3 and then G shows the chunk grid, and each chunk takes a tint that reflects which territory owns it, letting a reader spot border lines quickly.
Manual override lists
Personal friend and enemy name lists override automatically detected relations for the names they contain.
Automatic town spawn respawn
An optional toggle returns the player to their town spawn after death without any manual step.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
How it compares
HitHoverBox is a Fabric client mod for 1.19.1 – 1.21.4 that is open source under the MIT License, but it does not read Aechronis territory data. Fluxly Hitboxes covers 1.21 – 1.21.10 on Fabric, is not open source and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Combat Hitboxes: Players Only is open source under the MIT License and runs on Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.11 – 26.2, but it is not built around Aechronis standings. Each of these is client-side only, the same environment as Aechronis Essentials.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aechronis Essentials | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-17 |
| HitHoverBox | Fabric | 1.19.1 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2024-12-28 |
| Fluxly Hitboxes | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Client-side only | 2025-11-28 |
| Combat Hitboxes: Players Only | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-09-04 |
Questions
Does Aechronis Essentials need to be installed on the server?
Which dependencies must be installed with Aechronis Essentials?
Can the mod color hitboxes on other servers?
In the catalog
Aechronis Essentials is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Colors players hitboxes based off of live data from the Aechronis server Client-side only. Inert unless you're actually connected to an Aechronis server.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/aechronis-essentials
- Owner
- DCFiendish
- Published
- 2026-08-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15