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Fundamental Principles - Iron's Spells Addon

by ypsilonM

Fundamental Principles, an addon for Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks on NeoForge, adds exhaustion, critical hits and a mindful state to spellcasting.

NeoForgeClient and serverMIT License1.21.1

What it does

Casting spells builds up exhaustion, shown on a bottle icon that fills as fatigue rises. The level appears in the upper left corner of the icon and the exhaustion points appear at the bottom right. Exhaustion slowly drops over time, reaches a maximum of level 4, and each level carries a total amount of exhaustion before the next one. Accumulated exhaustion lowers the output power of spells. Higher rarity spells add more fatigue, and casting a spell of the same school as the last one adds less. The burnout effect stops casting entirely, and it is acquired by staying between exhaustion levels 4 and 3 while casting.

The mod also adds a rare critical event that can strike physical hits, with only a small base chance for each landed blow and only when certain conditions apply, such as the target having less than half its maximum health. Continued hits raise a mindful state up to level 3, granting +50% mana regeneration, removing exhaustion and burnout, and giving a greater chance for such hits. The mod requires Ace's Spell Utils, Geckolib and Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks, and it is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 with the client and server both needing it.

Key features

  1. Exhaustion meter

    Casting spells raises an exhaustion bottle icon in four levels, with points tracked in each level.

  2. Exhaustion-based spell penalty

    Accumulated exhaustion reduces spell output power, and resting at zero exhaustion clears the penalty.

  3. Mindful state

    Repeated landed hits raise a mindful state up to level 3, which adds mana regeneration and removes exhaustion.

  4. Critical hits with debuffs

    A rare physical critical hit doubles damage and applies resistance to the hitter and weakness to the target.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.11.1.7.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 3

GeckolibA 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Required
Iron's Spells 'n SpellbooksA magic mod bringing back the classic RPG spellcasting fantasy. (irons spells and spellbooks)
Required
Ace's Spell UtilsA util API for making Iron's Spells and Spellbooks addons
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Reliquified Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks is a NeoForge 1.21.1 addon, client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source. Crystal Chronicles is also NeoForge 1.21.1, client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source. Wind's Spellbooks covers Forge and NeoForge across 1.20 – 1.21.2, which reaches further than this mod's single version.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Fundamental Principles - Iron's Spells AddonNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2026-08-02
Reliquified Iron's Spells 'n SpellbooksNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2026-06-09
Crystal ChroniclesNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2026-02-02

Questions

Which dependencies does Fundamental Principles need?

Ace's Spell Utils, Geckolib and Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks are required. All three must be installed next to the mod.

Does the server need Fundamental Principles?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Does Fundamental Principles work on other Minecraft versions?

The mod is published only for 1.21.1 on NeoForge, so no other game version has a file.

What the author says

Fundamental Principles is an addon for the magic mod Iron's Spells n Spellbooks that intends to add some more features related to the magic system. In addition, there's also some new spells and mobs added to the gameplay. Its main objective is to change the gameplay of magic and also taking a focus on mage PVE/PVP.
ypsilonM, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
ypsilonM
Published
2026-03-22
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-02
Facts verified
2026-10-15