Jacko's Bossified Weapons
Jacko's Bossified Weapons gives vanilla boss drops new uses, adding Forge weapons that inflict wither, mark sculk targets and draw on experience.
What it does
The mod targets players who want more out of the bosses of vanilla Minecraft. Its weapons reach past their usual role, with one item granting elytra-style access and others tied to crafting and beacons. The set is built around the Wither and the Sculk, so most attacks either apply a wither effect or mark a target for a later effect.
Each weapon has its own pattern. The Withering Harvest inflicts wither on up to three targets for eight seconds. The Sculk Tuning Fork works as a sword that can be tuned toward offense or defense, siphons experience from entities it hits and marks sculk targets. The Withered Slashing weapon fires slash particles, damages what it hits and applies wither and weakness. The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, with its source code public. It is published for Forge, for 1.20.1 only, and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Its first file, 1.0.0, was released on 2025-06-08 on the alpha channel.
Key features
Wither skull shot
Right-clicking fires four wither skulls, and the last one is blue, so a single use can cover several targets.
Sculk resonance
Damage rises in proportion to the experience the user carries, and hitting a marked entity enables a riptide once per mark.
Soul surge
Riptide becomes available only after an entity marked with the sculk effect is hit, tying the weapon's movement to earlier attacks.
Sculk tuning
The Sculk Tuning Fork sword can be tuned between offensive and defensive capabilities, and it siphons experience from the entities it hits.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want combat tools built around vanilla boss drops, and server owners who need a Forge weapon set that runs on both sides.
How it compares
Easier Wither Skull Grind is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with the same client and server environment, released under the MIT License and not open source. Strongest Wither is server-side only, with files for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under All rights reserved, so players need nothing installed. Withered Blade is client-side only, open source under the MIT License, and also targets 1.20.1 alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacko's Bossified Weapons | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-08 |
| Easier Wither Skull Grind | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-11 |
| Strongest Wither | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Server-side only | 2026-07-14 |
| Withered Blade | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2026-05-29 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Jacko's Bossified Weapons is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod is currently under the process of being rewritten in actual code using intellij idea, on fabric 1.20.1 due to some of the limitations of mcreator. As of now the major weapons added are: - Withering Harvest - Sculk Tuning Fork
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/jackos-bossified-weapons
- Owner
- JackoPumpkinFace
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15