Magicraft
by lullaby
Magicraft introduces spells, scrolls, mana and grimoires to the game, letting a player learn a spell from a scroll and cast it from a book.
What it does
A player learns a new spell by right-clicking a scroll, which permanently adds it to the grimoire. The grimoire opens a spell list where a spell is selected, and holding the grimoire and left-clicking then casts the chosen spell. Each spell consumes mana, and the default regeneration restores one mana point every five seconds, so the pool becomes the limit on how often spells can be cast.
Mana can also be restored faster. A mana potion, once crafted, instantly refills the entire mana pool, and mage armor, crafted at a smithing table, makes mana regenerate faster. Scrolls appear as loot from fishing and from the Wandering Trader, and they are rare by design, so each one is meant to feel like a valuable discovery.
The mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for 26.3 released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later, so it is open source. Servers must run it for the spell system to work, while players can join without installing it. Source code is public, and the mod is also available as a data pack.
Key features
Spell scrolls
Scrolls teach a single spell when used, and they stay in the player's grimoire once learned.
Grimoire spell list
The grimoire lists learned spells, and a selected spell is cast by holding the book and left-clicking.
Mana pool and potions
Each spell draws from a mana pool that regenerates over time, and a crafted potion refills it in one step.
Mage armor
A smithing table recipe produces armor that speeds up mana regeneration for the player wearing it.
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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 a spell and mana progression in vanilla-style survival, and server owners who want magic available to every player without installing a client mod.
How it compares
Zauber is a client and server mod for Fabric and Quilt, released under the MIT License and published for 1.20 – 1.21.1, so it covers older versions than Magicraft. Chorus Spells is needed on the server, with the client optional, with MIT License open source files for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt covering 1.20.5 – 26.1.2. The Spell Library is client and server, uses All rights reserved and is limited to Fabric for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magicraft | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-06 |
| Zauber | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-08-14 |
| Chorus Spells | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.5 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-05-20 |
| The Spell Library | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2026-04-12 |
Questions
Does Magicraft need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Magicraft support?
Are scrolls hard to find?
In the catalog
Magicraft is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Be a mage with a spell, scroll, mana, and grimoire vanilla-style system! Every scroll you find brings you one step closer to becoming the ultimate mage.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ly-magicraft
- Owner
- lullaby
- Published
- 2026-07-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15