Scattered Shards
by ModFest
Players who want collectible cards in adventure maps can use Scattered Shards, which adds shards that are created through a UI and placed in the world.
What it does
Scattered Shards is a system of collectible shards. Each shard type has its own title, description, hint and icon, and the shard's art can be an arbitrary texture on an item stack. Hints stay hidden as standard galactic text until the player moves the cursor over them, so discovery is part of the experience. Shards are grouped into sets, and each set holds one shard type, with custom names, textures, collection sounds and resource-driven data.
The mod is aimed at adventure maps and multiplayer servers, where shards can serve as tactile alternatives to advancements. Shard types are defined through data, so map makers and server owners can add their own. Suggested mod IDs, default locations and skill sets are among the possible choices, and they can be set to arbitrary values.
Scattered Shards depends on Fabric API and bundles fabric-permissions-api. It is published for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, runs on client and server, and is released under the MIT License, so it is open source. Its builds cover 1.20 – 26.1.2 across 10 release versions.
Key features
Shard creator screen
Running the shard creator command opens a UI where a new shard type can be filled in with title, description, hint and icon.
Shards placed in the world
Created shards can be placed in the world, where players find and collect them.
Custom shard sets
Shards are arranged into sets, each built around one shard type, and sets can use custom names, textures and sounds.
Data-driven shard types
Shard types are defined through resource data, so adding or changing them does not require code.
Hidden hints
Hints show as standard galactic text and are only readable when the cursor is moved over them.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Adventure map collectibles
Map makers can scatter shards through a world as collectibles that replace some advancement goals.
Server hunts
Server owners can build shard sets for multiplayer events and track which shards each player has gathered.
Who it’s for: Map makers, adventure creators and server owners who want collectible trading cards or shard hunts in their worlds. The mod is maintained through ModFest events.
Questions
Which loaders does Scattered Shards support?
Does Scattered Shards need Fabric API?
Do players need the mod to join a server running it?
In the catalog
Scattered Shards is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Requires Connector and FFAPI on (neo)forge. Scattered Shards adds a system of collectible "shards" that can be created via a UI and placed in-world.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/scattered-shards
- Owner
- ModFest
- Published
- 2024-04-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15