PBP Lightsabers
PBP Lightsabers adds lightsabers to Minecraft, built from crystals that players grow, color and combine at crafting and smithing tables.
What it does
Lightsabers are made through a chain of recipes. Amethyst shards are dyed red, green, blue, white or purple at a crafting table, then two colored shards and a netherite ingot are combined at a smithing table. Right-clicking an amethyst block with a netherite ingot converts it into colored amethyst. A kyber crystal can be mined with a diamond pickaxe or better, and a hilt is made from two iron ingots stacked at a crafting table. The final lightsaber combines a hilt, a kyber crystal and a colored amethyst shard that matches the crystal's color.
The mod is published for Forge and NeoForge only, with a Forge build for 1.20.1 and a NeoForge build for 1.21.8. It is installed on the client and on the server, so both need it. The license is All rights reserved, and the code is not open source. The author plans to expand the mod later with lore and more lightsaber customization, and the first release is an alpha.
Key features
Colored amethyst shards
Amethyst shards take on one of five colors when crafted with a matching dye at a crafting table.
Kyber crystal mining
Kyber crystals are mined from the ground with a diamond pickaxe or a higher-tier pickaxe.
Lightsaber hilts
Hilts are made from two iron ingots at a crafting table and then combined with a kyber crystal and a colored shard.
Crafted lightsabers
Each finished lightsaber takes its color from the colored amethyst shard that matches the kyber crystal.
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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
Crafted lightsaber builds
Players who want a lightsaber as a crafted item can use the recipe chain to make one in survival play.
Server-wide sabers
Server owners who run the mod can offer lightsabers to every player, since clients and servers both need the mod.
Who it’s for: Players who want a lightsaber as a crafted item in survival worlds and servers that run the mod on both sides.
How it compares
Beta Sabers is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.4 – 1.21.8 with the same client and server environment, under All rights reserved. Star Wars Palladium is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 only, also client and server and under All rights reserved. Jawa's Lightsaber covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and is likewise All rights reserved. PBP Lightsabers differs by its crafted recipe chain and its two game version builds, 1.20.1 and 1.21.8.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBP Lightsabers | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-11-29 |
| Beta Sabers | NeoForge | 1.21.4 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-08-09 |
| Star Wars Palladium | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-19 |
| Jawa's Lightsaber | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-23 |
Questions
Which loaders does PBP Lightsabers support?
Does the server need PBP Lightsabers too?
In the catalog
PBP Lightsabers is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
A long long time ago in a galaxy far fary away, an amethyst asteriod crashed onto a little planet. The asteriod shattered into thousands of pieces which were buried deep underground. Using these new crystals, the ancient builders discovered a way to create a powerful weapon. For centuries the recipe was lost, but…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pbp-lightsabers
- Owner
- PeanutButterPretzels
- Published
- 2025-06-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15