The Colormancer
by hernanfito
The Colormancer is a Fabric magic mod that gives each player a Mistborn-inspired origin built around primary colors.
What it does
The mod adapts the metal-based powers of the Mistborn series to colors, so each color grants a different ability. Cyan brings a calming state that improves the senses, letting a player hear nearby mobs with precision and see better in darkness. Magenta mixes passion and calm into a versatile power that lets the player push and pull. Yellow lets the soul leave the body to explore the world without material form, and Black strengthens the body, making it faster, stronger and tougher. Each power carries a downside, which other powers or outside agents can offset.
Food tastes better and replenishes more exhaustion, while cold and heat are much harder to bear. The origin is built on only the primary colors, which keeps it simple to learn while leaving a high skill ceiling. Investigation is handled by a printed guide, the Vademecum Cromaticus, which a player receives as a vanilla book. A player picks an origin by right-clicking a lectern with the book and a quill. The mod needs Colormancer-lib, Origins and Spirit Walker, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric only, for 1.20, 1.20.1 and 1.20.2, with 1.0.2 for 1.20.2 as the latest file, under the MIT License.
Key features
Mistborn-style colour powers
Each primary color grants its own ability, with a downside that other powers or outside agents can mitigate.
Senses and darkness
The Cyan power sharpens hearing for nearby mobs and improves sight in darkness, while light can blind the player.
Soul travel and black strength
Yellow lets the soul leave the body to explore the world, and Black makes the body faster, stronger and tougher.
Vademecum Cromaticus guide
An in-game guide written as a vanilla book explains the powers, and a lectern and quill are used to select an origin.
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 3
Questions
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In the catalog
The Colormancer is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
The Colormancer is a Mistborn inspired Origin. I tried to adapt the essence of being a mistborn to the Vanilla Minecraft feel and vibes by using Colors instead of Metals and taking advantage of their meaning to give the powers a uniqueness that differentiates my take from its inspiration.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-colormancer
- Owner
- hernanfito
- Published
- 2023-12-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-03-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
