Apostate
by Chemthunder
Apostate lets players place bounties on other players, turning Parchment into Bounty Posters and Contracts that track who is wanted.
What it does
Parchment is obtained by breaking Sugar Cane, and it can be crafted into a Bounty Poster or a Contract. Once a basic Bounty Poster exists, an anvil can rename it to the desired player's name in capital letters, which sets the target of the bounty.
Each poster can be placed as a bounty in one of two modes, Wanted Alive or Wanted Dead, and right-clicking a bounty in the inventory with Shift switches between them. A Wanted Alive bounty is only set by the player who created it and can be marked complete by that same player. Wanted Dead bounties complete automatically. Either type is completed once its condition is met, and the mod requires AcornLib, Cardinal Components API and MidnightLib on Fabric.
Apostate runs on client and server, so the server and every player need the mod. Files are published for Fabric 1.21.11, with r31 as the latest build from 2026-08-24, and the mod is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source, although the source code is public.
Key features
Bounty posters
Parchment crafts into a Bounty Poster or Contract, and an anvil renames the poster to set the target player.
Wanted Alive and Wanted Dead
Each bounty can be set to Wanted Alive or Wanted Dead, and Shift right-click in the inventory switches the mode.
Completing Wanted Alive bounties
The player who set a Wanted Alive bounty brings the target's poster to them and marks it complete with Shift click.
Automatic Wanted Dead completion
Wanted Dead bounties complete on their own once the target is dead, so no manual step is needed.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who want a bounty system built on items that players craft and rename themselves.
How it compares
QuestTome is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, and its environment is client and server. Leader Mod is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 only, under the same Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, with the same client and server environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apostate | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-08-24 |
| QuestTome | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-07-12 |
| Leader Mod | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-05 |
Questions
Does Apostate need Cardinal Components API?
Do both the server and the player need Apostate?
Can a Wanted Alive bounty be completed by anyone?
In the catalog
Apostate is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/apostate
- Owner
- Chemthunder
- Published
- 2026-06-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15