Core Overhaul - Exp Anvils Enchanting
Core Overhaul - Exp Anvils Enchanting reworks how experience, enchanting and anvil repairs work, and adds a few optional tweaks to farming and archaeology.
What it does
Core Overhaul changes several core systems at once. Experience progression is reworked, the enchanting table is changed, and repairing items on an anvil follows different rules. Farming and archaeology can also grant experience, and the looting enchantment can be set to apply to more weapons, with that option available on 1.21.1. Some of these changes can be switched off in the configuration, so a server owner can keep only the parts that suit the world.
The mod runs on Forge and NeoForge. Files are published for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, with the latest Forge build 1.0.0 for 1.20.1 and the latest NeoForge build 1.1.1 for 1.21.1. Both the server and every player need it, because the changes affect how the game plays on each side. It is not open source, and it is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Experience progression rework
The amount and pacing of experience gained through play is changed, so levelling follows a different curve.
Enchanting rework
The enchanting process is altered, changing which enchantments are offered and how the table behaves.
Anvil repair rework
Repairing tools and armor on an anvil follows revised rules for cost and result.
Farming and archaeology experience
Harvesting crops and digging up archaeology finds can award experience, which can be toggled individually.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and players who want to change how experience, enchanting and anvil repairs work in a Forge or NeoForge world, and who are willing to check the configuration for the options they want.
How it compares
Simple Enchanting is a client and server mod for Forge and NeoForge, released under All rights reserved and published for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. It focuses on the enchanting side only. EnchantOnce is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and it uses a custom license, with files for 1.20.1 – 26.3. Immersive Enchanting is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, runs on client and server, and covers 1.20.1 – 26.1.2. Core Overhaul covers experience, enchanting and anvil repairs together, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Overhaul - Exp Anvils Enchanting | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-14 |
| Simple Enchanting | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-09 |
| EnchantOnce | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-07 |
| Immersive Enchanting | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-17 |
Questions
Does Core Overhaul need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Core Overhaul support?
Are the looting and item frame options available on every version?
In the catalog
Core Overhaul - Exp Anvils Enchanting is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/core-overhaul
- Owner
- CrimsonRed1710
- Published
- 2026-07-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
