CTE - Combine The Experience
by KeelBismarck
CTE, short for Combine The Experience, gathers the orbs that players collect into fewer, larger orbs so that stored experience takes up less space in the world.
What it does
Combine The Experience merges nearby experience spheres into one sphere while keeping the total value. Players collect orbs as usual, and the mod reduces how many separate orbs remain on the ground, which means fewer entities for the game to track. Combining works within a set distance, and the default distance is 2 blocks.
The mod can be operated through an in-game menu, opened with the command cte:menu, where the combining distance and other settings are chosen. A datapack version is also published, so servers that do not want to install a mod can apply the same behavior through data. The mod is server required, and a client can optionally install it, so the server side carries the main work.
CTE is published for Fabric, Forge and Quilt across 43 release versions, 1.13 – 1.21.8, with snapshot builds also published. The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source. Its latest file for each loader is 3.1+mod for 1.21, dated 2024-07-04.
Key features
Experience sphere merging
Nearby experience spheres are combined into one sphere that keeps the same total experience value.
In-game settings menu
The menu is opened with the command cte:menu, and the combining distance is selected there, with 2 blocks as the default.
Fewer entities on the ground
Fewer separate orbs are left in the world, which reduces the number of entities the game must process after mob kills and mining.
Datapack version
A datapack provides the same combining behavior for servers that prefer data over a mod installation.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.15.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.14.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.13.x3 of 3 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Use cases
Large mob farms
Farms that produce many experience orbs can keep the orb count lower, so collection and storage need fewer separate pickups.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can add the mod or the datapack, and players on a server that runs it need nothing beyond the server-side setup.
Who it’s for: The mod suits server owners and players running farms or heavy experience output, since it targets the number of orbs in the world rather than the amount of experience gained.
Questions
Does CTE need to be installed on the client?
Can CTE be used without installing a mod?
Which loaders and versions does CTE support?
In the catalog
CTE - Combine The Experience is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
RU: Этот датапак объединяет сферы опыта в одну, сохраняя их ценность. Он немного оптимизирует игру, а также не заставляет ждать впитывания всего опыта. По умолчанию объединяет опыт на растоянии 2 блоков, но с CTE v3 можно выбрать своё растояние с момощью /function cte:menu прямо внутри игры. EN: This datapack…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/combine-the-experience
- Owner
- KeelBismarck
- Published
- 2024-05-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15