Skill Issue
by hd42
Skill Issue is a Forge mod that rewards players for reaching experience level milestones, with attributes, commands and penalties tied to each one.
What it does
Players reach a milestone the first time they hit a chosen experience level, and from then on the attributes they earn grow with that milestone. Losing levels does not remove the benefit, although a death can set the milestone back by a configurable percentage of its former value. Attributes are a vanilla feature that adjusts properties of entities, and the mod uses them to make players stronger as they progress.
Behaviour is controlled through JSON configuration files. The root object of the attribute file holds one attributes array, and each attribute entry defines which attribute grows with the milestone level and within what range, with ranges that may be set below the vanilla defaults. A separate milestones file uses the same pattern, with a milestones array whose entries describe rewards and penalties.
Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for Forge only, for eight release versions 1.18.2 – 1.20.4, and the source code is public. It is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later and is open source.
Key features
Milestone attributes
Attributes improve as a player passes each experience level milestone, and a JSON file sets which attributes grow and how far.
Commands on milestones
Rewards run commands when a milestone is reached, and extra properties restrict when and for whom each command executes.
Penalty commands
Penalties run commands in set circumstances, such as once after a player respawns following a death that cost a milestone level.
Chunk XP and XP sensor
Chunk XP, a skill pressure plate and an XP sensor give players other ways to gain experience, and the settings are fully configurable.
Persistent effect removal
An option removes persistent effects applied by reward commands, for cases where a reward needs to be undone.
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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
New-Skills is Forge only for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1, also client and server, with All rights reserved licensing and no open source code. More Skills is Forge only for 1.20.1, also client and server, under the MIT License, and is not open source. SaoWorld covers Forge for 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 with All rights reserved licensing and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill Issue | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-05-05 |
| New-Skills | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-02-12 |
| More Skills | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-11 |
| SaoWorld | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-07 |
Questions
Does Skill Issue need to be installed on the server?
Which versions does Skill Issue support?
Can a death remove a milestone?
In the catalog
Skill Issue is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Dynamic leveling, player attributes and more. Highly configurable. Skill Issue provides players with means in reaching high experience levels in Minecraft. That is, once players reach levels for their first time their attributes will become better. To avoid confusion this mod refers to such levels as milestones. But…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/skillissue
- Owner
- hd42
- Published
- 2024-02-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-05-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15