Buddycards
Buddycards lets players collect trading cards found across the world, combine duplicates into storage binders, and craft Buddysteel items that boost a worn curio.
What it does
Collectible Buddycards turn up throughout the world, from vanilla loot chests and from sources such as bartering with piglins, defeating bosses, or a small chance when killing certain mobs. Card packs are a common find, and the cards sort into three core sets, one tied to each dimension. Once a player holds three duplicates of a card, leather and those duplicates craft a storage binder, and an ender eye turns that into an ender binder.
The mod works on Forge and NeoForge for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 and depends on Curios API, which must be installed alongside it. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is not open source; the source code and issue tracker are public, and the license is All rights reserved. Four other mods require Buddycards, among them Create Buddycards, Delightful Buddycards, AE2 Buddycards and Malum Buddycards.
Key features
Collectible cards
Cards are scattered through the world and gathered from chests, trades, boss fights and certain mob kills.
Binders for duplicates
Three duplicate cards combine with leather into a storage binder, and an ender eye upgrades it to an ender binder.
Buddysteel crafting
Spare cards mix with iron and lapis to create Buddysteel, which is used for medals, grading sleeves and a power meter.
Medals with set effects
A medal carrying a completed card set grants permanent potion effects while worn in a curio slot, depending on the set.
Grading sleeves
Sleeves grade each card from F for lackluster cards up to S for the rarest, and golden sleeves add an extra challenge.
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.
Required 1
Required by 4 mods
Use cases
Companion mods
Add-ons such as AE2 Buddycards and Create Buddycards extend the card system with their own content.
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy collecting and sorting items, and server owners who want a collection layer in a shared world.
Questions
Does Buddycards need Curios API?
Which loaders does Buddycards support?
Does Buddycards have to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Buddycards is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,817 Social mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A fun mod adding collectible Buddycards you can find throughout your world! You can find Buddycard Packs in various vanilla loot chests, as well from other sources such as Piglin bartering, beating bosses, or a small chance when killing specific mobs. Once you get three duplicate cards, you can combine them with a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/buddycards
- Owner
- wildcardgamez
- Published
- 2023-04-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15