Puffish Skills Leveling
Puffish Skills Leveling adds multi-level skills to Forge, with tomes, imbuement slots, charms and tiered trading that extend the Pufferfish's Skills system.
What it does
Skills in this mod have levels, from 5 up to 100, and each level can grant its own reward or attribute modifier. Players find or craft Skill Tomes and use an Anvil to imbue weapons, armor and other items with specific skills. Items can carry up to 3 unique skill slots, and a tome can be upgraded by combining two of the same kind, following the vanilla enchantment style.
The mod also adds Skill Charms, wearable accessories with dedicated slots that give skill bonuses, and a Skill Scribe Table workstation for a new profession. Trading is tiered across 5 levels, and every part of the system, including skill levels and villager reputation, can be changed through standard datapacks. It requires Curios API and Pufferfish's Skills, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files cover 1.20 – 1.20.6 for Forge under the MIT License, which does not make the project open source.
Key features
Multi-level skills
Skills scale across many levels, and each level can add rewards or unique attribute modifiers.
Skill Tomes and imbuement
Tomes found or crafted can be applied at an Anvil to give weapons and armor specific skills.
Imbuement slots
Items hold up to 3 unique skill slots, which become available through Sigil Imbuement.
Skill Charms
Wearable charms sit in dedicated slots and provide skill bonuses without occupying gear slots.
Tiered trading
Trades scale across 5 tiers so villager offers match the player's progression.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
How it compares
Peritia is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 only, under the MIT License, and it runs on client and server. Player: Level UP skills covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the MIT License, also on client and server. Tome of Binding is a 1.20.1 Forge mod under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only, also client and server. Where Puffish Skills Leveling focuses on tomes, imbuement slots and charms, these alternatives cover a narrower range of skill mechanics and version support.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puffish Skills Leveling | Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-03-18 |
| Peritia | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-22 |
| Player: Level UP skills | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-03-22 |
| Tome of Binding | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-27 |
Questions
Does Puffish Skills Leveling need Pufferfish's Skills?
Do servers and players both need the mod?
Which versions does the mod support?
Can the progression be changed without code?
In the catalog
Puffish Skills Leveling is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
An amazing expansion for the Pufferfish Skills mod. It takes the standard "unlock" skill system and turns it into a deep, multi-tiered RPG progression experience. Designed for modpack creators who want more control over how their players will interact with this system, offering nearly limitless customization even…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/puffish-skills-leveling
- Owner
- DeveloperNoShinigami
- Published
- 2026-03-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15