Enchant the Rainbow
With Enchant the Rainbow, players pick the glint color of enchanted items by combining a dyed Nether Star Fragment with the item at an anvil.
What it does
Enchant the Rainbow adds one new item, the Nether Star Fragment, which is crafted from a Nether Star by breaking it in a crafting grid. An anvil then combines the fragment with one of 16 supported dyes to produce a dyed fragment, and that dyed fragment is merged with an enchanted item to change the color of its enchantment glint. The glint is the shimmer an enchanted item shows in the inventory and in the world.
The mod is Fabric-only and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, with source code and an issue tracker published. It needs Fabric API. Both the server and every player need it, since the glint color is part of what the server and client display. Files cover 1.18 – 1.20.4 across nine release versions, and the latest Fabric file is 1.3.1 for 1.20.4, published 2024-04-14.
Key features
Custom enchantment glint color
Enchanted items can display a glint in the color a player chooses, instead of the default purple shimmer.
Nether Star Fragment item
A single new item that is crafted from a Nether Star and serves as the base for coloring.
Sixteen dye colors
The anvil step accepts all 16 standard dyes, so the fragment can take any of them.
Beacon beam colors
Beacon beams change to match colored glass, and the dyed Nether Star Fragment interacts with them in the same way.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
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
Themed enchanted gear
Players who build a color scheme for their armor or tools can give each enchanted piece a matching glint.
Server hubs and shops
Server owners can offer colored enchantments as a visual feature that players can see on other players' items.
Who it’s for: Players who want more control over how enchanted items look, and server owners who run Fabric servers and want the same glint colors visible to every player.
How it compares
Custom Glint is a Fabric mod that changes glint color on the client alone, with no server part, and it is not open source under All rights reserved. Fancy Dyes covers Fabric and Forge for 1.18.2 – 1.20.1, runs on client and server, and is open source under the MIT License. LessGlintyThings is open source under the MIT License and works on the client alone for 1.19 – 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enchant the Rainbow | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-04-14 |
| Custom Glint | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-14 |
| Fancy Dyes | Fabric and Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-04-27 |
| LessGlintyThings | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2023-08-11 |
Questions
Does Enchant the Rainbow need Fabric API?
Does the server need Enchant the Rainbow?
How is the Nether Star Fragment made?
In the catalog
Enchant the Rainbow is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Enables players to choose the enchantment glint color for their enchanted items.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/enchant-the-rainbow
- Owner
- Pepperoni-Jabroni
- Published
- 2022-07-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-04-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15