BRNTalk
by Yourscraft
BRNTalk gives NPC conversations a messaging-app style screen, with branching dialogue, wait steps and pauses that players can resume later.
What it does
BRNTalk is a dialogue mod for Minecraft built around an instant-message style interface. Conversations appear as a feed with character portraits and a large text box, closer to a chat app than a standard menu. Players interact with an entity in the world by clicking it, and each player can track several conversations at once. New message notifications keep a conversation visible without taking over the whole screen.
Quest writers can build story flows that branch on player choices and include wait nodes that hold a sequence until a set time or event. A flow can be paused at a key node and continued in a later session, which suits progression through quest maps and modpacks. Simple command scripts give feedback and carry out more complex operations through the provided APIs.
BRNTalk is open source under the MIT License and is published for Forge and NeoForge, for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 as the two release versions. Both client and server need it, and Cloth Config API is an optional dependency for its configuration screens.
Key features
Messaging-style dialogue screen
Conversations are shown in an IM-style feed with character portraits and a large text box for reading.
Branching and wait nodes
Story flows can split on choices and hold at wait nodes, so quest narratives can be staged step by step.
Pausable conversations
A flow can stop at a key node and resume later, with progress kept per player.
Multi-thread tracking
Each player can follow several conversations in parallel, with notifications for new messages.
Script commands
Simple command scripts provide feedback and allow more complex operations through the provided APIs.
Gallery
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.
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners, quest map creators and modpack authors who want NPC story content delivered through a single dialogue system, with dialogue writers working inside the provided APIs.
How it compares
VNDialog is also open source under the MIT License, with Forge and NeoForge files for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, so it covers the same versions and environment. Aviel's Dialogue Mischiefs is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only. interactEntity is open source under the MIT License and targets Forge 1.20.1 alone, while Odyssey Quests spans Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20 – 1.21.1 under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRNTalk | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-08 |
| VNDialog | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-15 |
| Aviel's Dialogue Mischiefs | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-15 |
| interactEntity | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-05 |
| Odyssey Quests | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
Questions
Does BRNTalk need Cloth Config API?
Does BRNTalk have to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does BRNTalk support?
In the catalog
BRNTalk is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,576 Library mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
BRNTalk is a dialogue-focused Minecraft (NeoForge) mod built for RPG servers, quest maps, and modpacks. It helps you deliver story content in a cleaner, more immersive way by unifying NPC conversations, branching narrative, and player-facing message flow in one system.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/brntalk
- Owner
- Yourscraft
- Published
- 2026-05-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15