Instant Pearl Catch
by lyosha
With Instant Pearl Catch installed on a Fabric server, ender pearls and wind charges can be caught on the same tick they are thrown, which vanilla does not allow consistently.
What it does
Instant pearl catches, called IPCs, depend on the order in which entities update within a tick. Vanilla Minecraft varies that order, so a catch that works once may fail the next time. The mod makes the timing depend on the player's input instead, so an ender pearl can catch a wind charge thrown during the same tick.
The mod changes only the server side. Players connected to a server that runs it need nothing extra, and a single-player world is covered by installing it alongside the game. A client-only install does not change projectile timing on multiplayer servers, so the server must run the mod for it to have any effect.
The project is built for Fabric Loader 0.18.2 and newer on Minecraft Java 1.21.x, and for Fabric Loader 0.19.2 and newer on 26.1.x. Its files cover 1.21 – 26.1.2 across 15 release versions, and the latest file is 1.0.0+26.1.x for 26.1.2, published 2026-05-29. The source code and issue tracker are public, and the mod is released under the Unlicense, so it is open source.
Key features
Consistent instant catches
Ender pearls and wind charges can be caught within the same tick, with the outcome set by player timing rather than update order.
Same-tick wind charge catches
A wind charge thrown during an IPC throw can be caught by an ender pearl in that same tick.
Server-side operation
Only the server needs the mod, so players join without installing anything, and single-player worlds run it locally.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want instant pearl catches to work reliably, and players who use ender pearls and wind charges together in survival or adventure play on Fabric.
How it compares
Pearl Detector is client-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and published for Fabric across 1.19.4 – 1.21.11, so it changes what a player sees rather than projectile timing. PearlWind_chargeAnalysis is also client-side only and open source under the MIT License, covering 1.21.4 – 26.2 on Fabric. Smart Pearl is client-side only, not open source, and published only for 1.21.11 under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instant Pearl Catch | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-29 |
| Pearl Detector | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-03-21 |
| PearlWind_chargeAnalysis | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-09 |
| Smart Pearl | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-09 |
Questions
Does Instant Pearl Catch have to be installed on the server?
Does the mod work in multiplayer if only the client has it?
Which Fabric Loader version does Instant Pearl Catch need?
In the catalog
Instant Pearl Catch is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
InstantPearlCatch makes instant pearl catches, or IPCs, work in vanilla Minecraft. Without InstantPearlCatch, vanilla Minecraft prevents consistent IPCs with ender pearls and wind charges.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/instantpearlcatch
- Owner
- lyosha
- Published
- 2026-05-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15