Glitch's Races
Glitch's Races lets players pick a race for their character, each with its own abilities and lore, using vanilla-friendly data pack content in new worlds.
What it does
Each race gives a character a set of traits, such as teleporting, launching into the sky, moving across water, or seeing better in the dark. The races come with a short lore entry about their history, and a researcher note in the world gives the background. The content is built to fit inside Minecraft without changing how the vanilla game plays.
The main inspiration is the Origins mod, and the project was started to offer a similar race choice through a data pack. Players choose a race when they begin, then explore new places that a given race can reach. A server needs the data pack and the mod installed, while a client may add the mod to see the race visuals, so the environment is server required with an optional client.
Installation uses the Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt loader for 1.21.11 and the 26.x builds, and a data pack is also available. The project is open source under the Apache License 2.0, and its source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Race selection
Players choose a race in a new world, and each race changes which abilities the character can use.
Enchanted gear
New armor and weapon enchantments include fire on hit, higher jumps, and thunder strikes on certain melee weapons.
Area mining tools
Some tools break a 3 by 3 area of blocks where the player is looking, and one tool mines faster than a standard pick.
Night vision helmet
A helmet placed in this mod gives night vision while worn.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Use cases
Role-play servers
Server owners can give each player a distinct race and its lore to shape a role-play world.
Adventure maps
Race abilities such as sky launches and water crossings give adventure maps new ways to reach places.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a race system without a custom modpack, and players who enjoy role-play and exploration in vanilla-style worlds.
How it compares
Fabled Roots is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, with files for 1.21.6 – 26.3, and needs only the server side. Races (Fantasy Races) is not open source, targets 1.21.5 – 1.21.7 and also runs server side with an optional client. Fantasy Races is limited to 1.21.1, is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glitch's Races | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-05 |
| Fabled Roots | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-03 |
| Races (Fantasy Races) | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.7 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-06 |
| Fantasy Races | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-05-12 |
Questions
Does Glitch's Races need a specific loader?
Does the server need the mod installed?
Which game versions does the current build cover?
In the catalog
Glitch's Races is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
A datapack that adds many things to the game, the biggest being the races and the lore behind all of them, and being able to explore things about each one I wanted to just add a vanilla-friendly way to play different races inside of Minecraft. The main inspiration for this datapack was the Origins mod.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/glitchraces
- Owner
- GlitchingArts
- Published
- 2026-07-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15