Arcane Lense
Arcane Lense adds a magic lens item and a multi-layered dungeon of gods, with a skill tree, a mana system and a set of pedestal and crafting blocks for spellcasting.
What it does
Arcane Lense is a spellcasting mod built around the Magic Lens. Players learn spells by exploring an old library, which opens into a dungeon of several rooms, with side passages, treasure and hazards, and by defeating a sleeping god to earn its favor. Post-boss progression is tracked through a hunger mechanic, and an overload ritual in the Warped Hollow is part of the path. The endless dungeon and the layered dungeon gods add repeat content after the first run.
Mana capacity grows when lenses are merged, up to a 5x merge tier. Lens Combiner merges two lenses and raises the maximum mana slot count. Soul Pedestals burn soul sand and items to generate mana, a Lens Pedestal charges the lens placed on it and links nearby Soul Pedestals automatically, and a Soul Feeder feeds linked pedestals from items without manual restocking.
The mod requires Curios API and Patchouli, and runs on Forge for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, with the latest file V5-2 for 1.20.6. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Magic Lens and mana
The Magic Lens holds spells, and merging lenses raises its mana capacity through merge tiers up to 5x.
Dungeon and gods
A multi-room dungeon with tunnels and treasure rooms leads to sleeping gods, each granting favor when defeated.
Ancient books and loot
Ancient spell books appear as dungeon loot and teach new spells to the player who reads them.
Lens crafting blocks
Diamond Engraver and Inscription Workbench duplicate and customize a lens's spell loadout, and Lens Combiner merges two lenses.
Pedestal automation
Lens Pedestal, Soul Pedestal and Soul Feeder form a mana chain that keeps lenses charged without manual restocking.
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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 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a spellcasting progression built around exploring a dungeon, and server owners who run it with Curios API and Patchouli installed.
Questions
Does Arcane Lense need Curios API?
Does the server need Arcane Lense?
Which game versions does Arcane Lense support?
In the catalog
Arcane Lense is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
A spellcasting mod built around a Magic Lens: learn spells, explore an old library's dungeon, kill a sleeping god for its power, and earn the favor (or attention) of something that's begun to watch you. All addons listed here are made by me and will have the link next to their name: Arcane Lense: an endless dungeon
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/arcane-lense
- Owner
- alfonsojoshua
- Published
- 2026-07-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15