Soulbound
by Pixelcite
With Soulbound, a player's own heart-shaped soul becomes a turn-based combat fighter, with menus, inspection and summoning in place of the usual Minecraft combat loop.
What it does
The mod turns Minecraft into a turn-based RPG. Battles follow a hybrid of mechanics drawn from the Earthbound, Deltarune and Undertale games, and combat is run through a menu rather than real-time hits. The author describes it as a large overhaul of the base game, and it is released under the MIT License as a Fabric mod.
Two required dependencies must be installed next to Soulbound on Fabric: AttributeFix and Caxton. Files cover 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, and the latest build, 2.0.13 for 1.21.1, is on the beta channel. The mod is client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is not open source.
Key features
Turn-based battle menu
Pressing M opens the menu that drives each turn of a fight.
Inspect enemies
Pressing G inspects an opponent, showing its details during a battle.
Summon the soul
Pressing R summons the player's soul into the fight.
Remove the soul
The Left ALT key removes the soul from the player, ending its control of the fight.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Story-driven adventure maps
Maps built around turn-based encounters can use the battle menu as their main interaction.
RPG-style survival worlds
Players who want combat closer to a classic role-playing game can run fights through the soul system instead of the default hits.
Who it’s for: Players who want turn-based battles inside Minecraft, and server owners who run adventure or RPG-style worlds. Both the server and each player need the mod, along with its required dependencies.
Questions
Does Soulbound need its dependencies installed?
Does the server need Soulbound?
Which game versions does Soulbound support?
In the catalog
Soulbound is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Soulbound: Turnbattle is a massive overhaul mod which turns Minecraft into a turn-based RPG with a hybrid of Earthbound, Deltarune, and Undertale mechanics!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/soulbound-turnbattle
- Owner
- Pixelcite
- Published
- 2026-03-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15