Selective Powers
by BluMasc
Selective Powers gives players a custom power system in which they gain favour from old gods and receive unique abilities bound to one of them.
What it does
A player can gain favour from one god at a time, and each god grants favour to only one player. Favour is earned by playing normally and by performing actions that draw a specific god's attention. Once a god takes notice, the player can be offered a power, which is a small boon that opens further powers after a quest is completed. Receiving a power binds the player to that god, and a bound player gains a small passive buff tied to that god.
The power system ties into the awoken state. A player completes a quest to become awoken, and an awoken player who kills another awoken player gains ascended status. An ascended player who is killed by a player who is at least awoken loses the status and becomes awoken again. The mod is built for servers and was made so friends can play together, with some features still rough.
Selective Powers needs the BluBasics core library. Version 0.5.0 and above is backwards compatible. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1, and the source code and issue tracker are public. The mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license and is not open source.
Key features
Gods and favour
Each god grants favour to only one player, so bonds with the gods are exclusive on a server.
Quest-based power progression
Powers are offered for small boons, and completing quests opens further powers from the same god.
Plant Guardian and Mycelium Network
The Plant Guardian makes nearby plants grow faster and lets forest sprout around the player, while rose bushes slow entities that walk through them.
Elemental Duality and Holy Beacon
The Ice and Fire god makes the bound player take fire and freezing damage, and the Righteousness god adds extra damage against undead mobs.
Draconic Heart and Endless Void
The Dragons god protects against fall damage, the Darkness god grants the Endless Void effect, and tamed animals near the Mycelium Network receive potion effects.
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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.
How it compares
Ascension is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1, released under the MIT License and open source, and it runs on client and server like Selective Powers. Enchanted God Apple Crafting is server-side only and released under All rights reserved, so players join without installing it. Gods Of Olympus and Minecraft but, you are a God are both NeoForge mods for client and server, but their versions differ, at 1.21.11 and 1.21.8, and both are All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selective Powers | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-20 |
| Ascension | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-20 |
| Enchanted God Apple Crafting | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-02-25 |
| Gods Of Olympus | NeoForge | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-23 |
| Minecraft but, you are a God | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-01-03 |
Questions
Does Selective Powers need another mod to run?
Do players need the mod if they join a server running it?
Can one player be bound to every god at once?
In the catalog
Selective Powers is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
CAUTION: Version 0.5.0 and above are not backwards compatible and need BluBasics as a core Library The main focus of this mod is a custom Power system in wich players can find the favor of old gods and use their powers.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/selective-powers
- Owner
- BluMasc
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15