Sands of Time
by Uncraftbar
Sands of Time gives players a time-bending curio charm, the Entropic Hourglass, that speeds up machines, crops, entities and animal growth around the holder.
What it does
The Entropic Hourglass is added through the Relics addon and is found by brushing suspicious sand in desert pyramids (5% chance) and desert wells (5% chance). Once held, the hourglass absorbs temporal energy over time and can be spent to accelerate the world around its owner. It is a curio charm with three abilities that grow stronger as its level rises, and re-clicking the ability extends its duration or upgrades its speed.
The accelerated targets cover machines and tile entities such as furnaces, hoppers and brewing stands, crops and randomly ticking blocks like wheat, carrots, saplings, sugar cane and cactus, plus entity AI, mob behavior and animal growth. Maximum speed scales with the ability level. Server owners can set a block blacklist and an entity blacklist in the in-game Mods menu, and a HUD display mode can show the status in the action bar, a top-left overlay, or be disabled. Note that line of sight is required and players cannot be targeted.
Sands of Time requires Curios API, Relics and ShatterLib | OctoLib. It is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with version 1.0.0 released 2026-03-09. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Time-bending charm
The Entropic Hourglass is a curio charm with three abilities that speed up nearby targets.
Machine and crop acceleration
Furnaces, hoppers, brewing stands, crops and randomly ticking blocks can all run faster while in range.
Entity and animal speedup
Mob AI, entity behavior and animal growth are accelerated, with maximum speed scaling with ability level.
Configurable targets
Block and entity blacklists in the in-game Mods menu keep chosen blocks and entities out of the effect.
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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 3
How it compares
Diverse Archaeology is a NeoForge client and server mod for 1.21.8, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Reliquified Twilight Forest is also NeoForge, client and server, for 1.21.1, under All rights reserved and not open source. Pokerelics! is an open source option under the MIT License, client and server, published for NeoForge 1.21.1, so it shares Sands of Time's version and license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sands of Time | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-09 |
| Diverse Archaeology | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-03-17 |
| Reliquified Twilight Forest | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-26 |
| Pokerelics! | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-13 |
Questions
Does Sands of Time need Relics to get the Entropic Hourglass?
Does the server need Sands of Time installed?
Can server owners stop certain blocks or mobs from being accelerated?
In the catalog
Sands of Time is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,992 Magic mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Sands of Time is an addon for the Relics mod that adds the Entropic Hourglass, an ancient relic that lets you bend time itself. Discovered through archaeology in desert pyramids and desert wells, this hourglass passively absorbs temporal energy and lets you spend it to accelerate the world around you.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sands_of_time
- Owner
- Uncraftbar
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15