Ancient Totems
by FieryZane
Ancient Totems adds six new totems to NeoForge 1.21.8, each with its own effect when held or used, and gives players new ways to find them in the world.
What it does
Each new totem works differently from the vanilla Totem of Undying, which only prevents death once. The Emerald Totem gives a small chance of a village hero effect when it breaks, the Ender Totem saves a player who falls into the void, and the Piglin Totem can make piglins trade with a small chance of breaking. The Fire Totem summons a fireball when right-clicked, and the Storm Totem makes rain on a right-click and thunder on a shift right-click. Hearts dropped rarely by mobs can be combined with eight amethyst shards into a Regen Heart, which grants regeneration with a small chance of breaking.
The totems are placed in the world through new structures, chest loot, toolsmith chests and trades from the Wandering Trader. The mod also backports the Golden Dandelion from 1.21.8, which stops a player's aging when held. Ancient Totems is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. It runs on NeoForge only, with both the server and every player needing it, and files exist for 1.21.8.
Key features
Six new totems
The mod adds six totems, each with an effect that differs from the vanilla Totem of Undying.
Totem effects
The Ender Totem saves a player from void death, while the Storm Totem controls rain and thunder with clicks.
Generated structures and loot
New structures appear in the world, and totems turn up in chests, toolsmith chests and Wandering Trader trades.
Regen Heart crafting
Rare heart drops from mobs combine with amethyst shards into a Regen Heart that grants regeneration.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Nether Alloy Totem is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.8 with the same client and server environment, under All rights reserved and not open source. Crafting Totem of Undying is server-side only, releases for 1.21.4 only, and is also under All rights reserved. Create: Spell Totems targets 1.21.1 and is under the MIT License, so it differs from Ancient Totems in license and version.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Totems | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-02-12 |
| Nether Alloy Totem | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-04-07 |
| Crafting Totem of Undying | NeoForge | 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-07-20 |
| Create: Spell Totems | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-23 |
Questions
Which game version does Ancient Totems support?
Does the server need Ancient Totems?
How do players get the new totems?
In the catalog
Ancient Totems is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,992 Magic mods for NeoForge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
This mod adds 6 new totems to Minecraft, giving you more options than just the normal Totem of Undying. These can be found in various places, new structures, chest loot, and even the Wandering Trader. We also backported the Golden Dandelion to 1.21.8, however it currently doesn't stop aging. Emerald Totem: Gives Hero…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ancienttotems
- Owner
- FieryZane
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15