Elytra Music
by SkyScale0707
Elytra Music is a Fabric mod that plays custom music while a player glides with elytra and adds a totem-style safeguard for the wings.
What it does
While a player glides with elytra, the mod plays music from a local folder with smooth fade-in and fade-out. When the glide ends, vanilla background music resumes. Audio files in the custom music folder are created automatically in the game root directory, and the folder is ready after the first launch. Tracks can be played at random with a crossfade that defaults to 5 seconds and can be changed in the config. The name of the current track is shown on the HUD, using the vanilla jukebox overlay.
The second feature is a last-resort safeguard for elytra. An enchantment on the elytra stores one extra totem charge, so a player wearing it who takes fatal damage is protected while the totem supply runs out. When a totem of undying is in the inventory, the mod uses it first, which plays the usual green-particle totem animation.
Elytra Music is published for Fabric only, for 1.20.1 and 1.21, and is licensed under the MIT License. The source code is public, and the mod is open source. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. A 1.20.1 branch carries the same features as the 1.21 builds.
Key features
Custom gliding music
Tracks from a local folder play while the player glides, with smooth fade-in and fade-out at the start and end.
Random playback and crossfade
Tracks are picked at random and blend into each other with a crossfade that defaults to 5 seconds.
Track name on the HUD
The name of the playing track appears on screen using the vanilla jukebox overlay.
Elytra Totem enchantment
An enchantment stores one extra totem charge on the elytra, protecting the wearer from fatal damage as a final safety net.
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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.
How it compares
Automatic Elytra is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.4, released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and it is open source. Elytra Control is also a Fabric client-side mod, covering 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Better Flight is the one option here that runs on client and server, with a range of 1.20 – 1.21.1 under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. Elytra Music differs from all three by adding music playback and the elytra totem enchantment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elytra Music | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21 | Client and server | 2026-07-18 |
| Automatic Elytra | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-01-28 |
| Elytra Control | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-11-02 |
| Better Flight | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-13 |
Questions
Does Elytra Music need to be installed on the server?
Where do custom music files go?
Can the totem enchantment be configured?
In the catalog
Elytra Music is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 15,770 mods support Minecraft 1.21.
Similar mods
What the author says
Custom flight music and elytra totem survival mechanics — give your elytra a guardian soul. The 1.20.1 branch is a backport with identical features.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/elytra-music
- Owner
- SkyScale0707
- Published
- 2026-07-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15