HexBoard
by yggdyy
HexBoard, a Hex Casting addon for Fabric and Forge, adds a connectable board system for organizing hex patterns in the world.
What it does
Board blocks store hex patterns in slots, so a player can arrange a spell in a physical layout instead of composing it only in the in-game book. Several Type Block items, made from quartz, wool, lapis and redstone, hold different iota data. A Staff Board supports edit modes for adding, deleting, moving, copying, resolving literal values and loading boards.
The addon requires Architectury API and Hex Casting. Hexcessible is optional. Patchouli integration adds in-book navigation and pattern-assisted placement. HexBoard is released under the MIT License and is open source, with source code and an issue tracker linked from the project. Files are built for 1.20.1 on both Fabric and Forge, with 0.1.1 as the latest version in the beta channel. The server and every player need the mod installed.
Key features
Connectable board blocks
Board blocks link together and organize patterns in slots, forming a readable grid of spell fragments.
Type Block items
Quartz, wool, lapis and redstone variants each store a different kind of iota data.
Staff Board edit modes
A dedicated staff tool switches between adding, deleting, moving, copying and resolving literal values.
Board operations
Five patterns cover loading, deleting, moving, resolving literals and resolving directly on a spell-side board.
In-world hex workflow
Composing hex patterns happens on placed boards, which a player can build, edit and read from the world.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 1
Use cases
Building spells on a table
Players lay out patterns across connected boards rather than holding the whole spell in one book page.
Who it’s for: Players of Hex Casting on 1.20.1 who want to arrange spells physically, and server owners who run Hex Casting with Architectury API installed.
How it compares
Iotaworks is a Fabric-only client and server addon for 1.20.1 released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, so it does not run on Forge. HexIntent is also Fabric-only for 1.20.1 and open source under the MIT License. HexBoard covers both Fabric and Forge with the same 1.20.1 version and the same MIT License.
Questions
Does HexBoard need Hex Casting installed?
Do server owners need to install HexBoard?
Which loaders are supported?
Is the Hexcessible integration required?
In the catalog
HexBoard is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Hex Board is an addon for Hex Casting (Minecraft 1.20.1) that introduces an in-world board workflow for composing and editing hex patterns.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hexboard
- Owner
- yggdyy
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15