Unidentified Enchantments
by ferriarnus
Unidentified Enchantments hides the enchantments on loot items so they look the same as any other item until a player identifies them.
What it does
Loot items that carry enchantments are shown with the same appearance as a plain item, so the enchantment table is the only way to tell them apart. A Scroll of Identification reveals the enchantment on an item placed beside it, and the scroll is consumed in the process. Items found in modded structure chests can be filtered by a loot modifier, and the server config controls how many levels are absorbed before an item is identified.
The mod also adds curses that affect the player. Curse of Hunger drains food faster when tools take damage, Curse of Weight slows movement in water when armor is worn, Curse of Insomnia stops sleeping in a bed while wearing the armor, and Curse of Madness makes creepers spawn nearby and sometimes explode. Curse of Vanity is only visible to the wearer. Loot tables are changed through global loot modifiers in Unidentified Enchantments, and the modifier has to be last in the load order, a check that the /globalloot command can assist with. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge, with 1.1.0 for 1.20.1 as the latest release, and the mod runs on the client and the server.
Key features
Hidden enchantments
Enchanted loot appears the same as ordinary items, so players must identify them before knowing what they carry.
Scroll of Identification
Placing the scroll above an unidentified item consumes it and reveals one random enchantment on that item.
Curses for armor and tools
Several curses change hunger, water movement, sleep and creeper behavior, adding a cost to wearing or using gear.
Structure loot filter
Modded structure chests can be filtered so their items are detected and handled by the identification system.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
RPG Loot is a server-side mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt covering 1.19 – 1.21.1, under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license and not open source, and it leaves client-side setup to players. VSCurse runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.19.4 – 1.21.8 and is also not open source, but it is released under the MIT License. Incantationem is open source under the Apache License 2.0 for Fabric and NeoForge, covering 1.17 – 1.21.1 with a client and server environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Enchantments | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-08-27 |
| RPG Loot | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-04-24 |
| VSCurse | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.4 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-06-28 |
| Incantationem | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.17 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-07 |
Questions
Does Unidentified Enchantments need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Unidentified Enchantments support?
Can the loot modifier order cause problems?
In the catalog
Unidentified Enchantments is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod hides the Enchantments on loot items, making them appear in the same way you find them in the enchantment table, unreadable. These loot items can be identified with a Scroll of Identification, after it has absorbed 5 levels (can be changed in the serverconfig) from the player. By placing a Scroll of…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/unidentified_enchantments
- Owner
- ferriarnus
- Published
- 2022-06-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-08-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15