SpoornLoot
by spoorn
SpoornLoot gives weapons, tools and armor random elemental and combat properties, so drops from loot chests vary from one find to the next.
What it does
Loot generated by the mod includes swords, tools and armor that carry random elements such as lightning affinity, fire damage, critical chance and critical damage. The mod adds nine new swords, including lightning swords, and their chance to appear in loot chests can be tuned by spawn rate. A sword that spawns with extra properties is a different item from a plain one of the same type.
Gear generated by the mod is scaled to the player's achievements and the difficulty of the world, so later stages of play bring stronger random rolls. The mod is a Fabric mod that runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it installed. Builds cover Minecraft 1.16 – 1.16.5 across six release versions, and it is released under the MIT License but is not open source.
Key features
Random loot properties
Weapons, tools and armor receive random properties when they are generated, so two swords of the same type can differ.
Nine new swords
The mod adds nine swords to the game, including a set of lightning swords with the lightning affinity property.
Critical hit rolls
Items can roll bonuses to critical hit chance and critical damage, raising the potential of a single attack.
Fire and lightning effects
Elemental properties add fire damage or lightning affinity to a weapon, changing how it behaves in combat.
Spawn rate control
The chance for a sword to spawn in loot chests can be adjusted, which sets how often players find enhanced gear.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Use cases
Exploration with variable gear
Players who explore caves and dungeons find weapons whose properties differ from one chest to the next.
Progression tuning
Server owners can adjust spawn rates to match how quickly their players advance through the game.
Who it’s for: Players who want random equipment in loot chests, and server owners who set the loot pace for a multiplayer world on Fabric 1.16.5.
How it compares
Legendary Equipment is a Fabric mod released under All rights reserved, with files for 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 and the same client and server environment. Xenium is a Fabric mod for 1.19 – 1.19.4, also client and server and under All rights reserved, so it does not cover the 1.16 builds of SpoornLoot. Increased Tool Damage is open source under the MIT License and needs the server but leaves the client optional, so players can join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpoornLoot | Fabric | 1.16 – 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2021-03-24 |
| Legendary Equipment | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-12 |
| Xenium | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.19.4 | Client and server | 2024-03-24 |
| Increased Tool Damage | Fabric | 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-05 |
Questions
Does SpoornLoot need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does SpoornLoot use?
Can the chance of finding enhanced swords be changed?
In the catalog
SpoornLoot is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 5,992 mods support Minecraft 1.16.5.
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What the author says
The vision for this mod is to add weapons/armor/tools or loot in general that may scale with the player's achievements/difficulty, but also have a random element to them for fun.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spoorn
- Owner
- spoorn
- Published
- 2021-03-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2021-03-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15