Essential Commands
by voxelrift
Essential Commands gives a server homes, warps, back locations and cancelable teleports, and runs on Fabric and NeoForge without extra dependencies.
What it does
Teleport commands can use configurable warmup timers and cooldowns, and either can be set to 0 to disable it. A countdown message is shown during the warmup, and a cooldown starts only after a teleport succeeds. Moving a block away or taking damage during a warmup cancels the teleport. Homes and server warps are stored per player, and the last-seen timestamp of each username is kept for offline lookups.
The project was built as a lightweight, dependency-free set of server essentials for players who could not find a small alternative to EssentialsX or FTBEssentials. It adds the essential commands without extra features beyond that scope. Player records persist in the file data/rift essentials.dat, stored in the vanilla NBT SavedData format and flushed to disk alongside the world's own save. Permissions can be handled through LuckPerms with fine-grained control, and without it the mod falls back to vanilla operator levels. The essentials page in game lists only the commands a player can use.
The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing anything. Files are published for 1.21.1 and for 1.21.4 – 1.21.10 on both Fabric and NeoForge, with 1.0.0+1.21.4-1.21.10 as the latest build for each loader. It is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Homes and server warps
Players set personal homes, and operators set shared server warps that anyone with access can travel to.
Back to previous locations
A back command returns a player to where they last teleported from or stood before the jump.
Configurable warmups and cooldowns
Each teleport command takes its own warmup and cooldown timers, with a countdown message during the warmup.
Cancelable teleports
Moving a block away or taking damage during the warmup cancels the teleport, so travel cannot be started from safe distance mid-fight.
Last-seen lookups
Last-seen timestamps for every username are indexed, so offline players can be checked with a lookup command.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
HomeGuard is a Fabric-only, server-side mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, so it does not cover NeoForge or the later builds. Cancel Item Use is a Fabric mod for 1.21.7 – 1.21.10 that both sides must run under the MIT License, so it does not replace server-only essentials. Landfall Essentials is a NeoForge-only mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 that needs both client and server under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Commands | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2026-03-12 |
| HomeGuard | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-11-30 |
| Cancel Item Use | Fabric | 1.21.7 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-11-28 |
| Landfall Essentials | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-08-10 |
Questions
Does Essential Commands need the client installed?
Which loaders does Essential Commands support?
How are permissions handled?
In the catalog
Essential Commands is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
A lightweight, multiplatform (Fabric + NeoForge) essentials mod for Minecraft. Created as a dependency-free alternative to EssentialsX / FTBEssentials. I built this because I couldn't find a lightweight alternative. This mod intends to add just the essential commands without extra fluff.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/essentialcommands
- Owner
- voxelrift
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15