Ascend Tiers
by Pyding
Ascend Tiers gives items, blocks, creatures and armor a numeric Tier, so a tool or piece of gear only works as well as its level allows.
What it does
Tiers control what players can use. A player must reach a Tier before items of that Tier can be held, worn, equipped in Curios accessory slots or used to break blocks, and the mod checks this in the inventory. Tier is set through a config file, and each player levels up by collecting items available at the current Tier, which grants experience scaled to the item's Tier.
Combat and durability also follow the Tier system. Damage, defense, toughness and durability rise with an item's Tier. A creature's Tier affects the damage it deals and receives, and armor absorbs more damage from lower-Tier creatures than from higher ones. Player-versus-player fights count absorption only between the Tiers of the attacking and defending items. Tiers are assigned with commands for held items, chest contents and spawn eggs, and removed the same way. The Client and server environment means the server and every player need the mod, and it is released under the MIT License as open source for Forge and NeoForge, for 1.19.2 and 1.20.1.
Key features
Tier-gated equipment
Items, blocks and accessories can only be held, worn or used once the player reaches their Tier.
Tier-scaled stats
Damage, defense, toughness and durability increase with each item's Tier, and armor absorption depends on the attacker's Tier.
Experience from items
Collected items give experience based on their Tier, and the requirement for each level grows, starting at 30% of the maximum.
Commands for assigning Tiers
Commands set or remove Tiers on held items, chest contents and creatures, with creatures taking their Tier from their health.
Configurable balance
A common config file controls bonuses, scaling, the maximum Tier and related settings, so modpack makers can tune the balance.
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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
More Tier Equipments is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license, which is not open source; it shares the client and server environment. Scroll of harvests is an open source Forge mod under the MIT License for 1.18.1 – 1.20.1 with the same environment, and XP Alchemy is an open source Fabric and Forge mod under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only for 1.20 – 1.20.6.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascend Tiers | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-25 |
| More Tier Equipments | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-21 |
| Scroll of harvests | Forge | 1.18.1 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-02-13 |
| XP Alchemy | Fabric and Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-03-30 |
Questions
Does Ascend Tiers need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does Ascend Tiers support?
How are Tiers assigned to items?
In the catalog
Ascend Tiers is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Players will not be able to use tools and blocks, wear armor or accessories from Curios, or break blocks if their Tier is not sufficient. Items with a Tier cannot be used in interactions if the player does not have the required Tier and cannot be held in the inventory for more than 5 seconds. The damage, defense…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ascend-tiers
- Owner
- Pyding
- Published
- 2024-08-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15