Selective Disenchanter
by ItzChoko
Selective Disenchanter changes the grindstone so that one chosen enchantment can be removed from an item while the rest stay on it.
What it does
In the grindstone, an enchanted item goes in the top slot and an enchanted book carrying the target enchantment goes in the bottom slot. The grindstone then strips only the enchantment that the book carries, and the item comes back with every other enchantment intact. Items such as books, tools, armor and weapons all work this way.
Vanilla grindstones remove every enchantment from an item at once, which forces players to choose between keeping a set of enchantments and losing them all. The mod replaces that behavior with targeted removal, so a player can drop one unwanted enchantment and keep the rest. It is server-side only, so players join a server running it without installing anything. Selective Disenchanter is published for Fabric and NeoForge, with files for 26.2 and builds covering 1.21.11 – 26.2, and it is released under the MIT License, not open source.
Key features
Single-enchantment removal
The grindstone takes one enchantment off an item and leaves every other enchantment on it in place.
Book-guided selection
The enchanted book placed in the bottom slot determines which enchantment is removed from the item.
Support for common gear
Enchanted books, tools, armor and weapons can all be processed through the grindstone.
Vanilla behavior replaced
The grindstone's default full-removal behavior is changed so targeted removal is the result instead.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who want control over which enchantments they lose, and server owners who prefer targeted grindstone removal in survival or multiplayer worlds.
How it compares
Selective Grindstone is a Fabric-only server-side mod for 26.2 under the MIT License, so it covers a narrower version range than Selective Disenchanter. Custom Disenchanter is a client and server mod for 1.16.5 – 26.3 with All rights reserved licensing and is not open source, so both sides must run it and its terms differ. Enchantments EX is a client and server mod for 1.21.1 – 26.3 that is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and it targets NeoForge as well as Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selective Disenchanter | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-22 |
| Selective Grindstone | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-05 |
| Custom Disenchanter | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-15 |
| Enchantments EX | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-17 |
Questions
Does Selective Disenchanter need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Selective Disenchanter support?
Can a grindstone remove an enchantment from any item?
In the catalog
Selective Disenchanter is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
A mod that lets you remove one specific enchantment at a time using the grindstone. Tired of losing all your enchantments when using the grindstone? Selective Disenchanter gives you full control: remove exactly the enchantment you don't want and keep the rest intact!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/selective-disenchanter
- Owner
- ItzChoko
- Published
- 2026-03-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15