Everything Gives XP
by edshearing
Everything Gives XP is a Forge and NeoForge mod that lets players earn experience from a wide set of actions, from breaking blocks to taming animals.
What it does
Experience points come from actions that the vanilla game does not reward. Taming mobs, smelting items and other actions give XP, and breaking blocks can give a small amount when the gamerule BreakingBlocksGivesXp is enabled. Bonemeal use, trees growing and landing critical hits also award experience, so the sources are spread across ordinary play.
The mod adds ways to hold and spend the experience it grants. A throwable XP orb can be crafted, along with compact XP that packs experience into fewer items, and bottles that each hold nine XP. Standing near the mod's own summoning spot also produces XP orbs for collection, giving further options for gathering experience.
Breaking blocks as an XP source can be turned on or off, so a server owner can keep the reward or remove it. The mod is for Forge and NeoForge, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for 1.20.1 and 1.21.4, with 1.9.4 as the latest file for both loaders.
Key features
Actions that award XP
Taming mobs, smelting, using bonemeal, landing critical hits and growing trees each give experience points.
Toggleable block-breaking reward
Breaking blocks grants a small amount of XP, controlled by the BreakingBlocksGivesXp gamerule.
Throwable and compact XP
Experience can be packed into a throwable orb, compact XP, or bottles that each hold nine XP.
Summoned XP orbs
Standing in position summons XP orbs that players can collect.
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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
Kleeb's Smelting Pickaxes is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.8 with a client and server environment, released under the MIT License. Lucky Strike is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that only the server requires, released under the MIT License. Auto-Smelting covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 with a client and server environment under All rights reserved, and it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everything Gives XP | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-07-10 |
| Kleeb's Smelting Pickaxes | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-04-01 |
| Lucky Strike | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-12-28 |
| Auto-Smelting | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-04 |
Questions
Does Everything Gives XP need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Everything Gives XP support?
Can the block-breaking XP reward be turned off?
In the catalog
Everything Gives XP 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
Use /gamerule BreakingBlocksGivesXp to get a little bit of xp for breaking blocks Other: - Compact xp - A throwable xp orb made from 9 xp bottles - Liquid xp - Standing in this will summon xp orbs
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/everything-gives-xp
- Owner
- edshearing
- Published
- 2024-07-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15