Hopeful: Enchanting

Scrolls are produced at the table through a chance roll. The default chance is low, but catalysts raise it, and the blocks in a 5x5x5 area around the table each give a different effect. Higher scroll chances also raise the experience level the table requires, so a player balances odds against cost. Hopeful: Enchanting needs no other mod beyond its own content and runs on NeoForge only.

Tools can level up through use, and a bundled datapack that is enabled by default lets tools reach a very high tool level, so the older limit on how many scrolls a tool accepts matters less. Sealed enchants are a data component that keeps enchantments from taking up tool levels, and levels cannot be removed. Three new gamerules adjust how experience is handled, and the xp per level value in the mod's configuration sets how many experience points make up one level.

The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and its source code is public. Files target NeoForge for game versions 1.21 – 26.1.2, with the latest NeoForge file, 1.7.1, built for 1.21.1 and published on 2026-09-06. It is a Client and server mod, so the server and every player need it.