Ancient Artifacts - Forge
by EA6LE-WIN6S
Ancient Artifacts adds more than 25 new items and several blocks to Minecraft Java Edition, including a magic staff, for players who want more to find before the End.
What it does
Ancient Artifacts is built around rare items that mostly come from loot tables and the world, with some existing items such as the echo shard used in new recipes. Items are added through loot tables, so players find them while exploring structures and dungeons rather than only through crafting.
The content is meant for survival and hardcore play, where the mod gives reasons to explore before fighting the Ender Dragon and obtaining Elytra. Its items are available for players to use across the world. Ancient Artifacts runs on client and server and is published only for Forge, with the latest file, 1.0.37-1.21.1, dated 2025-12-23 and marked beta. Its license is the MIT License and the code is open source.
Key features
Magic staff and new blocks
Several new blocks and items are added, including a magic staff that players can use in play.
Loot-driven discovery
New items are placed in loot tables and the world, so they appear in structures players already explore.
Monument from collected shards
A monument can be crafted and placed from a nether star shard set, and it is configured with the mod's custom items and blocks.
End portal changes
The End Portal is disabled by default for finding items, and the eyes of ender are placed into the portal frame to re-enable it.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Hardcore exploration
Players who play a hardcore world can explore for artifacts before obtaining Elytra and beating the Ender Dragon.
Who it’s for: Players who want more exploration and discovery in survival, and server owners who want additional loot and items on a Forge server with a client and server install.
Questions
Which loader does Ancient Artifacts support?
Does Ancient Artifacts need to be installed on the server?
How are the new items obtained?
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What the author says
This is the Ancient Artifacts Mod Forge Page. This mod was origonally made in Fabric and I have recently completed adding all functionality to a Forge version. To find out more about how the mod works, where to find/craft all of the Blocks/Items in the world, their functionality and purpose, as well as a ton of other…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ancient-artifacts-forge
- Owner
- EA6LE-WIN6S
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15