Story Chat
by Eon Story
Story Chat changes the in-game chat window, giving story-driven maps and everyday play a styled chat with character portraits and colored nicknames.
What it does
The mod modifies chat and adds a set of extended capabilities. Two chat styles can be switched during play: Story Chat for narrative sessions and Vanilla+ for ordinary chat. Story maps can show a custom character head in place of the player head, which suits narration and dialogue. Each player can use one uniform color for everyone or a personal color, set through a HEX color input UI that also covers nicknames.
Messages fade in with smooth animations. A built-in settings menu controls the chat position and the scrollable message history, and the chat can be bound to hotkeys. The mod is distributed for NeoForge only, for the 1.21.1 game version, and it runs on the client alone, so a server does not need it. The code is under All rights reserved, which means it is not open source, and redistribution, reupload or forks are not permitted without the author's consent.
Key features
Two chat styles
Players switch between the Story Chat style and the Vanilla+ style while the game is running.
Custom character portraits
On story maps, the character head replaces the player head beside narration and dialogue lines.
Nickname colors
Each nickname can use a uniform color or a personal color chosen with a precise HEX input.
Smooth fade-in messages
New chat messages fade in with animation rather than appearing at once.
Built-in settings screen
A settings menu sets the custom chat position, the scrollable history length and the hotkey bindings.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Map makers who write dialogue and players who run roleplay sessions on NeoForge 1.21.1 will find the portrait and style features most useful. Players who only want the default chat layout have less reason to install it.
How it compares
LFT: 1 season is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that is installed on both the client and the server, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Uniform Grass Color is a client-side only NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 under All rights reserved, so it changes a different part of the client. MoreChatHistoryNeoForge is a client-side only NeoForge mod for 1.21 that is open source under the MIT License, so its source code can be read and reused under those terms.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story Chat | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-09-23 |
| LFT: 1 season | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-19 |
| Uniform Grass Color | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-05-07 |
| MoreChatHistoryNeoForge | NeoForge | 1.21 | Client-side only | 2025-01-12 |
Questions
Does Story Chat need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version does Story Chat support?
Can the mod be redistributed or modified?
In the catalog
Story Chat is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,784 Social mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/story-chat
- Owner
- Eon Story
- Published
- 2026-06-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15