Japes!
Japes! adds a set of small schoolyard pranks to Minecraft, such as paper balls, folded notes and a taunting sign, played between players.
What it does
Paper balls, folded notes and renamed signs give players light, playful ways to tease each other. Crafting a paper ball is possible, and throwing one at another player can make the target drop their held item when their hand is empty. Creating a folded paper uses sneak and the use key, and a note can be unfolded later to read it.
Some tricks affect combat. Interacting with a block near other players can briefly give the user a combat advantage, and a taunting sign can be obtained by renaming paper and kicking it. Shoelace tying lets a player sneak-interact with someone's feet to untie their laces, and a looking-down disarm removes an item from a target. An item called a leash is craftable from a wind charge, and a chat message can announce a lost game.
The mod runs on both client and server, so the server and every player need it installed. It is published for Fabric only, on game version 26.1 – 26.1.2 with three release versions, and the code is under the European Union Public License 1.2, which makes it open source. It requires Fabric API and Trinkets Updated.
Key features
Paper balls and folded notes
Paper can be thrown as a ball or folded into a note, and the note can be unfolded again by the player who holds it.
Taunting signs
Renaming paper and kicking it produces a sign, which a player can place to tease others nearby.
Shoelace tying
Sneaking up to a player's feet and interacting unties their shoelaces, a light prank on the target.
Combat pranks
Certain blocks and items give a short combat advantage over nearby players, and a disarm triggers when a player looks down.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Questions
Does Japes! need Trinkets Updated?
Does the server need Japes! installed?
Which game versions does Japes! support?
In the catalog
Japes! is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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Adds: - The Paper Ball - Created by folding (using) paper, and can be unfolded by sneak+using. - Can be thrown by using, drops on contact (players with an empty hand will "catch" it) - Obscures the anvil name of the paper that was folded (can be used to "pass notes") - Buggy - Interact with this block while other…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/japes
- Owner
- sleepingdragoninn
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
