Arcana Novum
by BorisShoes
Players who want a server-side magic overhaul can add Arcana Novum, a Fabric mod with over 80 items, multiblock stations, research progression and custom boss fights.
What it does
Arcana Novum organizes its content around a research system. Finishing research tasks opens recipes and awards Arcana XP, which levels up the player and grants skill points. Those points can be spent on augmentations that strengthen items or change how they work, and the mod lists over 190 of them. Achievements add more XP and skill points, with more than 160 to earn.
Multiblock structures such as the Starlight Forge, which grows through five Forge Additions, and the Starpath Altar, which teleports across the world, support the crafting and travel. Divine items can only be obtained through custom boss encounters and rare events.
Arcana Novum runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. Admins manage it with commands for creating items and handling progression, and more than 400 config options are exposed. Fabric API is required. The code is open source under the Open Software License 3.0, and builds exist for 1.21 – 26.3, with 4.0.11+26.3 as the latest Fabric file.
Key features
Five rarity tiers
More than 80 Arcana items span rarities from Mundane to Divine, including charms, weapons, armor and tools.
Multiblock structures
The Starlight Forge and the Starpath Altar are multiblock stations, and the Transmutation Altar offers over 100 transmutations.
Custom boss encounters
Divine items are available only through boss fights and rare events that the server can configure.
Admin command tools
Commands manage items, XP, skill points, research, achievements and augments, each guarded by its own permission node.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Spiritual Magic is a Fabric mod for 26.1.2 – 26.3 that runs on the client and server, under the MIT License and not open source. Augments+ is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 that also runs on both sides, under All rights reserved. Ascendant Arcana is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later and covers 1.20.1 on Fabric and Forge, running on client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcana Novum | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-15 |
| Spiritual Magic | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
| Augments+ | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-04-17 |
| Ascendant Arcana | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-04 |
Questions
Does Arcana Novum need Fabric API?
Do players need to install Arcana Novum?
How are Divine items obtained?
In the catalog
Arcana Novum is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Powerful magic items, multiblock structures, custom bosses, and deep lore. All Server-Sided; Players don't need any mods. /arcana guide opens a short introduction book at any time, even without a Tome.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/arcana-novum
- Owner
- BorisShoes
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15