Unexperienced
by Smileycorp
Unexperienced changes how experience is gained and spent, removing experience orbs and gating enchantments behind drinkable Bottles o' Enchanting.
What it does
Experience orbs are removed from the game, which cuts down on the lag that comes from spawning many entities during farming and exploration. Experience is instead given through bottles, and an optional setting makes those bottles drinkable so they grant experience directly without spawning anything. Bottles o' Enchanting become the only source of experience for exploration rewards, and quests are used to prevent experience farms.
The mod is meant to make enchantments harder to obtain for players who would otherwise rely on mass experience. Its settings suit three main uses: a stricter progression, a looser setup that keeps experience as a normal resource, and a middle option. Unexperienced runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Its source is under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only, and public links exist for the source code and the issue tracker. Builds are published for Forge and NeoForge across 8 release versions, 1.12.2 – 1.21, with 2.0.0 as the latest file for each loader.
Key features
Experience orbs removed
Experience orbs no longer spawn, which removes the lag they cause in large numbers.
Drinkable experience bottles
An optional setting lets bottles of experience be drunk directly, giving experience without spawning entities.
Enchantments gated by bottles
Enchantments and items of high value are reached through Bottles o' Enchanting rather than orb experience.
Quests against experience farms
Quests are used as an alternative route to experience, discouraging farms that run on orbs.
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: Modpack makers and server owners who want to limit enchanting progression or reduce entity lag from experience orbs can use the settings to fit their pack.
Questions
Does Unexperienced need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Unexperienced support?
Can experience be given without orbs?
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What the author says
Removing xp can be a great way to force players not to use enchantments, either to use some alternative upgrade system, to make the game harder or because it doesn't fit the modpack's theme. Gating Enchantments/Powerful Items with drinkable Bottles o' Enchanting
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/unexperienced
- Owner
- Smileycorp
- Published
- 2024-07-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
