Chitinous Ties
Chitinous Ties adds a player-made contract system to survival play, where one player drafts a task and another player signs it to accept the work.
What it does
Contracts are the central item. A drafter writes a contract by filling a blank draft with tasks, a time limit and item rewards, then hands it to another player, who signs it to accept. Once signed, the tasks are tracked until they are completed, the time limit expires, or the contract is broken.
Tasks cover common survival goals: having an item, using an item on a block, eating an item, gaining a potion effect, reaching a specific attribute value, buying an item from a villager, curing a zombie villager, and escorting a player to a structure or biome. Contracts can be nested so that one contract rewards another, forming a quest chain. New tasks can be added through the datapack configuration layer, and the available tasks can be customized in many ways.
Two block types support the system. The Extradimensional Legal Archive lists the contracts that are currently signed. The Chitinbound Bulb works like a copper bulb, but a bulb bound to a contract can toggle its redstone output when that contract is completed. The mod requires Abstract Operations, Cardinal Components API, Fabric API, Forgified Fabric API, Sinytra Connector and oωo (owo-lib). Abstract Operations and Cardinal Components API are bundled inside the mod.
Key features
Player-made contracts
Players draft contracts, hand them to other players and sign them, so quests can be set and taken on a server.
Nestable quest chains
A contract can reward further contracts, which allows players to build a chain of linked tasks.
Contract breaking
A signer can break a contract right away if it becomes impossible to complete, and the drafter can withdraw the item after failure.
Chitinbound Bulb
A redstone bulb bound to a contract can switch its output when the contract is completed, for signalling in builds.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 4
Optional 1
Embedded 2
How it compares
Wing's Contracts is also a contract mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, under the MIT License and open source. Simple Contracts is Forge only, for 1.20.1, and is not open source. Chitinous Ties is not open source and uses a custom license, and it runs on client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chitinous Ties | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-25 |
| Wing's Contracts | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-18 |
| Simple Contracts | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-27 |
Questions
Does Chitinous Ties need Fabric API on Forge?
Does the server need Chitinous Ties installed?
Can new contract tasks be added without code?
In the catalog
Chitinous Ties is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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Chitinous Ties ============== Player-creatable, survival-friendly quests! Make custom quests and tasks for your friends in multiplayer, or use it like any other quest mod with a powerful datapack configuration layer. Put out bounties or outsource your chores! Contract of Chitin ------------------ The main item of the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chitinous_ties
- Owner
- queenofthebees
- Published
- 2024-11-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
