Dual Stance
by mintynoura
Dual Stance is a Fabric social mod where players pair up through Heart Seals and carry crests that grant stat bonuses and drawbacks.
What it does
Players form pairs with other players using Heart Seals. Two players who stay close together become linked, and each crest they carry applies its bonus to both of them. Some pairs gain further effects depending on which combination of crests they use. Crests that are attached but not paired work like a bundle and still give extra bonuses.
The pairing system is inspired by the Fire Emblem Awakening and Fates games and the Three Houses entry, which use similar crest and bond mechanics. Each crest gives a set of effects: some raise armor, attack damage, luck or movement speed, while others trade strength for risk, such as the Hatred crest that doubles damage dealt and taken. Crests can be exchanged between paired players, and the Enchanter crest greatly buffs its partner.
Dual Stance requires Fabric API. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The code is under the MIT License and is open source, with files published for 26.1 – 26.1.2. The latest Fabric file, 0.4.7, targets 26.1.2 and was released on 2026-05-21.
Key features
Heart Seal pairing
Players bond with allies using Heart Seals, and a bond grows while the pair stays close together.
Crest stat effects
Crests such as Bones, Stone and Shells add armor, attack damage, luck, movement speed or healing over time.
Pacifism and Hatred
The Pacifism crest stops its holder from dealing direct attack damage, while the Hatred crest makes its holder take much more damage and deal twice as much.
Enchanter exchange
The Enchanter crest can be exchanged between paired players and gives its partner a large buff, limited to one use per pair.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Group play on a server
Players on a shared server can pair up for a team bonus, with each crest shared across the bond.
Single-player experiments
A player can test crest combinations alone on a client with a local world, using the stat and drawback pairs.
Who it’s for: Players who like team-based stat mechanics and server owners who want a pairing system with crest drawbacks and bonuses.
Questions
Does Dual Stance need Fabric API?
Does the server need Dual Stance?
Can a Pacifist crest be used more than once per pair?
In the catalog
Dual Stance is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
This mod introduces the pair up system, inspired by Fire Emblem Awakening+Fates, along with 'crests' from FE: Three Houses. With a Heart Seal, players can pair up with each other, providing bonuses to support each other as long as they stay close together. Crests are attached to unpaired Heart Seals akin to a Bundle…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dual-stance
- Owner
- mintynoura
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15