Wand Variety (Staffs)
by RoCris
Wand Variety (Staffs) adds six wand types to Forge 1.20.1, each with a combat or travel function, plus two new items that feed the lightning wand.
What it does
Each wand is used with left or right click, and some hold a click to start an effect. One wand summons lightning over a 5x5 area on right click, and a left click spends a Lightning ammo item to call three strikes where the player aims. Another gives levitation for a set time on right click, slow falling on a left-click swing, and makes a struck mob float. A holding-click wand lays frosted ice over a 3x3 area so the player can walk across it, and a snowball wand throws snowballs on left click. A further wand clears the blocks around the player while right click is held.
The Lightning Block is a new item that works as part of the lightning wand: it gives speed while walking and jump boosts when jumping on top of it, and lightning strikes on Undead, Arthropod, Illager and Water mobs can spawn it. Wand Energy is a second new item, used to repair a damaged wand with a matching item in an anvil. Wand Variety is a Forge mod that needs no other mod, and it is published for 1.20.1 only, under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Both sides must run it, so the server and every player need the mod.
Key features
Six wand types
Six wands, each with its own function, including lightning, levitation, ice, snowball and block removal.
Lightning ammo
The lightning wand fires three strikes per Lightning ammo item, aimed where the player points.
Lightning Block
A new item that boosts walking speed and jumping when stood on, and can be crafted again from its recipe.
Wand Energy repair
Damaged wands are repaired in an anvil using Wand Energy and the item they were crafted with.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want staff-style magic on Forge 1.20.1 and server owners who want wands on a multiplayer server, with both sides running the mod.
How it compares
Nether Star Staff is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Basically Gyrokinetic Wand is also a Forge 1.20.1 mod on client and server, and it is open source under the MIT License. Magic Of Ultima is another Forge 1.20.1 option on client and server under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wand Variety (Staffs) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-01-03 |
| Nether Star Staff | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-28 |
| Basically Gyrokinetic Wand | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-15 |
| Magic Of Ultima | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-01-20 |
Questions
Does Wand Variety (Staffs) need another mod?
Does the server need Wand Variety (Staffs)?
How is a damaged wand repaired?
In the catalog
Wand Variety (Staffs) is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Do you see 2 new items? Well that's a Lightning Block and a Wand Energy. I'll show you what's the Wand Energy later. When walking on the Lightning Block, your speed increases. You're jump also boosts when jumping on top of this block.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/wand-variety-staffs
- Owner
- RoCris
- Published
- 2024-01-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-01-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15