Old School Levels

Players gain experience in individual skills and each level raises the experience needed for the next one, so higher levels take progressively longer to reach. The system was built because vanilla progression feels too quick to some players, and the author aims to make grinding for levels more engaging. Things used in speed-running, such as certain tools and items, now require specific levels to craft or use.

Combat skills raise combat bonuses that depend on the combat style a player selects. Ranged and fletching skills work together: bows come in tiers and arrows deal more damage at higher levels. Arrows are crafted from arrow heads, sticks and feathers, and sticks can be cut from logs with a knife in the crafting window. The mod also includes Magic, Arcana and Mobility skills, and its config files in config\oldschoollevels let server owners add ores, gear, cooking and logs to the progression.

Old School Levels is open source under the MIT License and is listed for 26.1.2 only. Both the server and every player need it, because the progression runs on each side. Progress can be saved to a player account, which allows cross-world progress and follows the player wherever they go. Cloud saves are an opt-in option that can be enabled in the mod's settings.