Cody's Curses
by Cody_Spirits
Cody's Curses attaches curses to equipment and to the things a player does, such as striking a skeleton, taking damage underwater or catching fire.
What it does
Cody's Curses adds curse effects that reshape how armor and tools behave in play, aiming to shape player habits rather than make gear unusable. The curses are built around the fear of the player, and fear comes in several forms, each stronger and more debilitating than the last. Fear reduces the user's mobility and protection, and can cause random failings of vision. Some curses are triggered by actions: hitting a skeleton with melee attacks inflicts darkness for a short while, and being attacked by a creeper can cause blindness and slowness along with a strong sense of fear.
The Curse Binding behaves like a bound storage chest until a nugget is smelted, and the Curse Thanatos, Curse Searing, Curse Constitution and Curse Bad Knees cover other situations. Taking drowning damage in water below Y 50 induces fear, the End has its own chance of rattling the player, and a player who catches fire while Fire Resistance is active finds that the potion effect wears off. Cody's Curses is published for Forge only, for 1.20.1, and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it.
Key features
Fear as the core effect
Fear takes several forms that grow stronger and reduce mobility and protection, with random failings of vision.
Action-triggered curses
Hitting skeletons, being attacked by creepers or spiders and taking drowning damage each apply a specific effect.
Curse Binding storage
The Curse Binding acts as a bound storage chest until a nugget is smelted.
Situational curses
Curse Searing, Curse Constitution and Curse Bad Knees add effects for fire, low health and jumping.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Hardcore-style survival
Players who want their equipment to carry risk can use the curses to shape play, with effects that fit exploration deep underground and in the Nether.
Who it’s for: Players and modpack makers who want curses that change behavior without making equipment unusable. Server owners who run a modpack with curses can add it knowing the mod is built around player habits.
How it compares
Ring of the Hundred Curses is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, runs on client and server, and is published for 1.20.1. Blessing of Pandora is open source under the MIT License, also for client and server on 1.20.1. Cody's Curses is not open source and is licensed as All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody's Curses | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-29 |
| Ring of the Hundred Curses | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-12 |
| Blessing of Pandora | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-11 |
Questions
Does Cody's Curses need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Cody's Curses use?
Under what license is Cody's Curses released?
In the catalog
Cody's Curses 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
A mod that focuses on introducing curses that aren't too debilitating. In vanilla and in many modpacks, if equipment has curses on it, it'll never be worn or used. Curse of Binding? More like "bound to my storage chest until I smelt it into a nugget"
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/codys-curses
- Owner
- Cody_Spirits
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15