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Vanilla-Skills

by jonahsnotmyname

Vanilla-Skills replaces vanilla progression on a server with a points-based skill tree, where experience orbs are banked as Skill Shards and Infusing Table enchanting takes their place.

FabricNeoForgeServer required, client optionalAll rights reserved26.1.2 – 26.2

What it does

Vanilla-Skills is a server-side overhaul of progression. Experience orbs no longer drop levels, the XP bar shows banked Skill Shards instead, and players spend them in a fifteen-lane skill tree through an anvil. The Infusing Table replaces enchanting, and crafting is gated across 10 gear tiers. Advancements count once as the main source of shards, while mined ores, dungeon loot, bartered items and a wandering trader add further raw materials that pay out shards.

Two currencies carry the economy. Unstable Skill Shards can be withdrawn from the skill tree, right-clicked back into a bank or traded to another player, and nine of them compress into a Stable Skill Shard Block. Ancient cities place reinforced deepslate in the world, and other mods can feed the economy through a countedNamespaces setting. Anything completed during login is recorded but earns nothing, so adding the mod to an existing world does not hand out a windfall.

Vanilla-Skills requires Fabric API on Fabric and runs on NeoForge as well. The latest files target 26.2, with 26.1.2 also listed among the two release versions, and the mod is released under All rights reserved. Public links exist for source code, the issue tracker and a wiki.

Key features

  1. Points-based skill tree

    A fifteen-lane skill tree is spent with banked Skill Shards, replacing the usual level-based progression.

  2. Gated crafting tiers

    Crafting is gated across 10 gear tiers, with Netherite and Crystalline gear among the later steps of the economy.

  3. Two-currency bounty economy

    Unstable and Stable Skill Shards form the currency pair, with withdrawals, bank deposits and trades between players.

  4. Custom gear and blocks

    Gear such as the Rose Gold and Crystalline items adds effects like Strength, Resistance and reflected melee damage.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.22.1.14+mc26.22.1.14
26.1.22.1.14+mc26.1.22.1.14
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

RPG skill tree is a server-side option for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20 – 1.21.11, under the MIT License and not open source. Default Skill Trees covers 1.18.2 – 26.2 on the same loaders and server-required environment, with the CC0 1.0 Universal license. Belser's Reinforced Netherite is a Fabric mod for 26.2 that runs on client and server, and iom857's Masteries is open source under the MIT License for the same version.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Vanilla-SkillsFabric and NeoForge26.1.2 – 26.2Server required, client optional2026-08-29
RPG skill treeFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20 – 1.21.11Server required, client optional2026-02-12
Default Skill TreesFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.18.2 – 26.2Server required, client optional2026-01-11
Belser's Reinforced NetheriteFabric26.2Client and server2026-08-25
iom857's MasteriesFabric26.2Client and server2026-07-18

Questions

Does Vanilla-Skills need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is required on Fabric. The mod also loads on NeoForge, where the requirement does not apply.

Does every player need to install Vanilla-Skills?

No. Players can join with a client that has no mod installed, since the server pushes the resource pack on join and an unmodified client still sees the custom gear and blocks.

Which game versions does Vanilla-Skills support?

The latest files target 26.2. Two release versions, 26.1.2 and 26.2, have files published for the mod.

In the catalog

Vanilla-Skills is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Equipment mods17,631Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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What the author says

Experience is gone. Skill Shards took its place. VanillaSkills replaces vanilla's progression with one of its own. Experience orbs no longer drop, levels no longer matter, and the XP bar shows your banked Skill Shards instead. You spend them on a fifteen-lane skill tree, at the anvil, and at the Infusing Table that…
jonahsnotmyname, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
jonahsnotmyname
Published
2026-07-02
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-29
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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