Upgrade Crystals
Upgrade Crystals adds nine gems to Minecraft, each of which grants a permanent statistic boost once it is used on a player.
What it does
Each crystal raises a single stat: Heart Ruby grants an extra heart, Tempo Amber speeds up attacks, Fury Topaz adds attack damage, Stalwart Emerald adds armor, Aegis Amethyst adds armor toughness, Fortunate Morganite raises luck, Swiftness Diamond raises movement speed, Mystic Aquamarine speeds mana regeneration and Arcane Sapphire raises maximum mana. The mod is configurable, so server owners can change how often gems drop and which sources produce them.
Gems come from mobs, from chests and from mined stone, and the drop sources can be changed in the config file. Craftable Void Stones and Transmutation Crystals let a player recover a crystal that was already used and switch it for another. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Optional support exists for Ars Nouveau, AttributeFix and Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks, and AttributeFix is recommended for the stat changes. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1, with 2.0.0 as the latest file. The code is closed: the license is All rights reserved.
Key features
Nine permanent gems
Nine crystal types each raise one stat, from maximum health to mana regeneration.
Configurable drop sources
Crystals can drop from mobs, chests or mined blocks, and the config file sets which sources apply.
Void Stone recovery
Craftable Void Stones and Transmutation Crystals return a used crystal so it can be changed.
Magic mod support
Mana-based stats work alongside Ars Nouveau and Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks when those are installed.
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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.
Optional 3
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want stat progression in a NeoForge 1.21.1 world, and server owners who want to tune the drop rates of the gems.
How it compares
Four Leaf Crystal is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1, open source under the MIT License and also client and server. Heart Crystal is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1, under the MIT License but not open source, and it is also client and server. Upgrade Crystals is closed under All rights reserved, whereas Crystal Odyssey is open source under the MIT License for the same loader and version.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade Crystals | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-14 |
| Four Leaf Crystal | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-06 |
| Heart Crystal | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-06 |
| Crystal Odyssey | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-28 |
Questions
Does Upgrade Crystals need NeoForge?
Does Upgrade Crystals have to be installed on the server?
Is AttributeFix required for Upgrade Crystals?
Will Upgrade Crystals get a Fabric version?
In the catalog
Upgrade Crystals is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 7,420 Equipment mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A highly configurable mod adding 9 new gems you can find for permanent upgrades. The Heart Ruby, which grants an extra heart.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/upgrade-crystals
- Owner
- thetrueshockwave
- Published
- 2026-08-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15