PB-Skills
by Shirryon
PB-Skills is a Fabric skill progression mod that spreads 18 skills across Combat, Mining and Survival, and it runs on client and server.
What it does
Skills are gained through play rather than handed out: defeating hostile mobs and mining valuable ores both earn experience. Each gain goes into one central pool, and the player decides which skill to spend it on. Points can be removed and reallocated later, though doing so carries a penalty, so a build can be changed without starting over.
Progression covers three disciplines without locking the character into a single class. Combat raises attributes such as damage, attack speed, knockback and health. Mining increases breaking speed for tool types and raises Fortune rates. Survival adds gains to how quickly the character moves, how high it jumps, how long it can stay underwater and how much incoming harm it absorbs. The mod suits both casual play and hardcore grinding, since its settings can be tuned to either style.
PB-Skills runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is published for Fabric only, with a single game version, 1.21.11, and its latest file is 4.1.4 for 1.21.11. The code is under All rights reserved and is not open source. A built-in guide in English and Portuguese opens on the first login and explains the mechanics.
Key features
Central experience pool
Experience from every source flows into one pool, and the player chooses where each point is spent.
Respec with penalties
Skill points can be removed and reallocated at any time, with a penalty applied to each change.
Pinned skill screen
The most important skills can be pinned to a screen that tracks their progress in real time.
Movable HUD
The HUD can be dragged to a new position, and a screen helps fit it to the layout of the player's setup.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Casual and hardcore play
Players who want a light progression curve or a long grind can both use the same skill tree.
Building a character
Combat, Mining and Survival can be mixed, so a character develops across all three disciplines.
Who it’s for: Players who want skill-based growth on Fabric 1.21.11, and server owners who want a shared progression system that every player on the server can use.
Questions
Does PB-Skills need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and game version does PB-Skills support?
Is there a guide inside the game?
What the author says
A comprehensive guide is included directly in the game (available in English and Portuguese), explaining mechanics and details upon your first login. Um guia completo está incluído diretamente no jogo (disponível em Inglês e Português), explicando mecânicas e detalhes logo no seu primeiro login.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pb-skills
- Owner
- Shirryon
- Published
- 2026-01-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15