Time Mercenaries
by Sluggly
Time Mercenaries is a Forge and NeoForge minigame in which players send recruited mercenaries on timed missions for item rewards, with the mission outcome tracked through a Dimensional Time Clock.
What it does
Players craft a Dimensional Time Clock and use its items to recruit a mercenary and send that mercenary on a mission. Missions are grouped by rarity, and the Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary tiers open as the player's level reaches 3, 5, 7 and 10. Each mission can end with a reward, nothing, or a failure that damages the mercenary. A mercenary who dies drops to level 1 and must be resurrected at a cost in player levels. Skipping a mission lets the player recruit a new mercenary after 150 seconds.
The mod is a client and server mod, so the server and each player who joins it need the mod installed. It works in singleplayer, on servers and over LAN. Missions run with the item progress shown in the inventory, and a Traits screen lets players spend skill points on their mercenaries. Modules, a separate addition, permanently open improvements to the clock and are covered in an integrated guide. The mod is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later and is not open source. It targets Minecraft 1.20.1 only.
Key features
Timed mercenary missions
Mercenaries travel to places and return with rewards, with the time left shown on the clock item as the mission progresses.
Rarity tiers
Missions open by rarity in four steps, and eight or more mercenaries draw from one item reward pool.
Traits and upgrades
A Traits screen distributes skill points, and upgrading a mercenary a level shortens missions and lowers the chance of death.
Skyblock-friendly items
The reward pool offers unique niche items that suit skyblock-style play.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Skyblock progression
Players in skyblock worlds can use missions as a steady source of niche items that are hard to obtain otherwise.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can run the minigame on a shared world, with each player managing their own mercenaries and clock.
Who it’s for: Players who want a timed side activity with item rewards, and server owners looking for a light minigame that runs on a shared world.
Questions
Does Time Mercenaries need to be installed on the server?
What happens if a mercenary dies on a mission?
Which loaders and versions does Time Mercenaries support?
Is the mod still in development?
In the catalog
Time Mercenaries is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 886 Minigame mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
In this mod, players are able to craft the Dimensional Time Clock. This items allows players to recruit a Mercenary and send him on a mission.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/time-mercenaries
- Owner
- Sluggly
- Published
- 2024-04-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
