Smart Use XP
by AstraLight
Smart Use XP changes how the enchanting table charges experience, so players pay exact points rather than whole levels.
What it does
The mod replaces the vanilla experience charge with an exact point cost, which avoids wasting points when a player overshoots a level. It also adds a new block, the Smart Enchanting Table, which handles this cost. Client and server both need it, so players and the server must run the same build. Files are published for NeoForge 1.21.1, released under the MIT License as open source.
Key features
Exact point charging
Enchanting takes only the experience points needed, instead of rounding the cost up to full levels.
Smart Enchanting Table
A new block that applies the exact-cost enchanting rules in place of the vanilla table.
Level-based cost scaling
The cost of moving between high levels is adjusted so that dropping from level 50 to 47 costs proportionally more raw experience than dropping from 30 to 27.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Smart Use XP need a loader other than NeoForge?
Does the server need Smart Use XP installed?
In the catalog
Smart Use XP 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
A Quality of Life (QoL) Minecraft mod that makes enchanting smarter, fairer, and removes the vanilla "high-level XP tax". In vanilla Minecraft, the experience system is flawed: dropping from level 50 to 47 costs significantly more raw experience points than dropping from level 30 to 27.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/smart-use-xp
- Owner
- AstraLight
- Published
- 2026-05-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15