Custom Totems!
by leoj_yt
Players who want more totem effects can craft new totems from Essences that mobs drop, each granting its own power when held in the offhand.
What it does
This mod adds a set of new totems for Minecraft Forge and NeoForge. Players obtain them by crafting: a hostile or passive mob drops a special Essence at a set chance, and the Essence goes into a recipe with an Empty Totem or another item. Each totem gives a different power, such as extra health, damage reduction, strength, haste, water breathing, invisibility, resistance, or a second life. Some totems give several effects at once, and a Totem Everything, crafted with a Nether Star, combines the effects of the custom totems.
The mod is made for play with friends and runs on a server. Client and server both need it, so every player who joins a server running the mod must install it too. Files exist for 1.20.1, 1.20.6, 1.21.1 and 1.21.4, and the mod is released under the MIT License. Its code is not open source.
Key features
Essence-based totem crafting
Essences dropped by mobs are combined with an Empty Totem or other items to produce new totems.
Varied totem powers
Totems grant effects such as strength, a health boost, resistance, haste, invisibility and water breathing.
Undying alternative
A separate Totem Undying recipe gives a second life, different from the regular Totem of Undying craft.
Combined Totem Everything
A Totem Everything, crafted with a Nether Star, gives the effects of the custom totems together.
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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: Players who want more ways to gain totem effects, and server owners who run survival play with friends and want the crafted totems available to everyone.
How it compares
Totem of undying now craftabale is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 that is server-side only and not open source, so players join without installing it. Void Totem is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.20.2 – 26.3 where the server is required and the client optional. Return Totem runs on client and server for Forge and NeoForge across 1.19.2 – 1.20.6.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custom Totems! | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-09-28 |
| Totem of undying now craftabale | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-09-15 |
| Void Totem | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.2 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-21 |
| Return Totem | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-06-18 |
Questions
Which loaders does this mod support?
Does the server need this mod?
How are the custom totems obtained?
In the catalog
Custom Totems! is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
This mod adds many custom totems! These totems give you effects such as strength and health boost. This mod is pretty balanced because the totems are not very easy to obtain! To get the custom totems you will need new items called "Essences"
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/custom-totems-leoj_yt
- Owner
- leoj_yt
- Published
- 2025-07-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15