Taintbound
by Lephtoks
Taintbound is a Fabric magic mod that adds a Taint mechanic, which turns vanilla enchantments and items into tainted variants.
What it does
Taint is a new property that lets players obtain altered versions of existing enchantments and items, which reach their full potential once tainted. Tainted variations usually keep the properties of the original but are distorted to a strong degree, and the unstable side of the mechanic makes them stronger and riskier to use. The mod is open source under the MIT License and is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.4, with 0.0.1-ALPHA for 1.21.4 as the latest file.
The mod adds four enchantments tainted versions of vanilla enchantments, a challenge mechanic for upgrading tainted enchantments, new materials and items, crafting stations, advancements and a book guide. Taintbound was inspired by Botania and shares some of its ideas, although they are heavily modified. Installation covers the server and each player's game.
Key features
Tainted enchantments
Four new enchantments exist as tainted versions of vanilla enchantments, giving them different effects.
Challenge upgrades
A challenge mechanic provides a way to upgrade tainted enchantments.
Tainted item variants
Tainted variations of items keep the original properties in a more distorted form, with riskier results.
Crafting and guide
New materials, items and crafting stations come with new advancements and a book guide.
Gallery
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
How it compares
Alternative Enchantments adds enchantments for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, targets 1.21.11 and is server required with an optional client, under All rights reserved. RandomEnchantJump is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 that runs on client and server under the MIT License, so both sides need it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taintbound | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-02-23 |
| Alternative Enchantments | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-07 |
| RandomEnchantJump | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-20 |
Questions
Does Taintbound need Fabric API and Patchouli?
Does Taintbound have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Taintbound support?
In the catalog
Taintbound is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
Taintbound is a new magical mod that adds new mechanic of Taint. It can be useful for you to create new, tainted variations of items that usually have the same properties as the original, but are highly distorted and unstable, which makes them stronger but riskier. Also, this is the first Minecraft mod I have ever…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/taintbound
- Owner
- Lephtoks
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-02-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15