Potion Books
by Litleo7
Potion Books lets a player attach vanilla potion effects to armor, tools and other gear through enchantment-style books, and it is a Forge mod for 1.16.5.
What it does
The mod adds most vanilla potion effects as enchantments that go mainly on armor and tools. Each enchantment fires on a trigger: taking damage, jumping, falling, eating food, entering water, hitting a mob or breaking a block. Some effects, such as Instant Health and Instant Damage, apply once on the trigger, while others such as Water Breathing, Fire Resistance and Jump Boost last for a period. Certain triggers fire only a fraction of the time, with a 10% or 5% chance per event.
Because the effects are enchantments, they are applied with the usual enchanting and combining steps, so they can be stacked or moved onto other pieces of equipment in the same way. Dolphin's Grace, Slow Falling and Conduit Power are included among the effects. Potion Books is built for 1.16.5 only, and the latest Forge file is 1.0.0. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and is not open source.
Key features
Vanilla effects as enchantments
Most vanilla potion effects become enchantments that can be applied to equipment instead of drunk.
Trigger-based activation
Each effect activates on a set action, such as taking damage, falling, jumping or breaking a block.
Chance-based triggers
Damage-triggered effects fire on a 10% or 5% chance, so their activation is occasional rather than constant.
Instant and lasting effects
Instant Health and Instant Damage act once per trigger, while Water Breathing and Fire Resistance last for a period.
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 of the 1.16.5 Forge modpacks who want potion effects carried by equipment rather than drunk from bottles. Server owners can add it in the same way as other Forge content, since it is installed on both sides.
How it compares
Magical Gems is a Forge mod for 1.16.5 that is open source under the MIT License and can run on a client or a server, while Potion Books must be on both sides. Potion Rings is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is open source under the MIT License and needs the client and server environment, so it cannot be used on 1.16.5. Trinkets is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is not open source and is covered by All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potion Books | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2023-08-07 |
| Magical Gems | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client or server, optional | 2023-07-09 |
| Potion Rings | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-03-27 |
| Trinkets | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-13 |
Questions
Does Potion Books need to be on the server?
Which loader and version does Potion Books support?
Can Potion Books be used in other Minecraft versions?
In the catalog
Potion Books is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 5,992 mods support Minecraft 1.16.5.
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What the author says
Potion Books adds most of the vanilla potion effects as enchantments to mainly put on your armor but also tools and weapons.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/potion-books
- Owner
- Litleo7
- Published
- 2023-08-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-08-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15