Irons spells and spell books is actually very fitting with vanilla themed Minecraft mods! Its spells are based on Minecraft attacks you may already see in Minecraft! They are my go-to magic mods on my mod packs when it comes to Minecraft magic, Ars Nouveau is also cool, but doesn’t fully capture Minecraft’s style.
This! Irons spells, is designes to follow vanilla progression, and you can also use gated questbook stuff to lock certain levels or tiers of spells if you dont want someone pikcing up a legendary 5th level smite or something haha.
Enchancement is a great mod for this- while less direct, it overrides the enchanting system to be more than just stat buffs, and may work to enhance the experience pretty well
Ars Nouveaux is my favorite. You can make your own spells with words , enchant/craft new armors made for magic related things , do incantations and even summon mobs to help (plus there’s a boss fight who’s alright)
Iron's spells and spellbooks is one of my favorites, its pretty balanced, has a good progression, and is really close to the vanilla feel of minecraft.
I loved original Witchery and Bewitchment was fine. But the og witchery had so many flavors of magic, having to toss each potion ingredient in was awesome and they were completely customizable! Plus rituals and familiars and stuff.
Man... Discovering all the cool possibilities for potions and doing all the fun rituals and the boss fights, trolling. Your friends... It was all so uniquely wonderful
I miss Witchery so much, if only the creator gave the code for other people to update it(I personally would work on that) but no one including me want to go through trouble of rebuilding it from zero. I hope maybe one day the creator decides to upload the code if we make enough fuss about it
I wish there was one that let you craft spells and store them in amerhyst shards, which would break when casting the spell. Would give it an alchemical feel
That mechanic kind of reminds me of Rin Tousaka’s flavor of magic in the Nasuverse. There is a mod that utilizes amethyst to use magic. Hex crafting. It’s extremely complicated but the results can be fun or destructive. But it doesn’t store it in the amethyst rather it’s just a casting cost
Spells & Shields is a neat one. From what I remember it adds the ability for enchantment tables to give you spells that you buy with XP. Some require items in order to use, for example a pufferfish for a water breathing spell. There is a tree system, where you need to unlock lower level spells in a catagory, before you can unlock higher level ones. Overall its a good magic mod, maybe a bit simple and small, but overall good.
Thaumcraft ever since 4 has been drawing from the vanilla magics of minecraft (potions/enchantment/golemancy etc.) and TC7 is currently being worked on for the latest versions of the game
I second this. Hexcasting took me a while to learn as a non-programmer, but it was a lot of fun to learn the mod and the guide book is amazing. Highly recommend this mod.
I’m really fond of “schools of magic: second semester”. It hasn’t been updated for a few versions, but its spells are very Minecrafty and it’s the only mod I’ve seen that uses a dnd inspired spell slot system. As suggested by the name, it’s actually an in progress remake of an older mod with balance changes. Would love to see it get more support because it looks very unique while still being relatively grounded (at least in comparison to the anime magic or particle effect hell mods).
It doesn't scream Magic, but I recommend the mod "Apotheosis". It adds enchantments, potions and adds to the potion aspect of Minecraft, improves the enchanting table with special bookshelves, has magic gems that add buffs to armor and tools and stuff. And that's nowhere near everything. It's a really good mod that you should consider checking :D yeah it doesn't add spells, but it makes the vanilla Minecraft magic more fleshed out.
ATM 9's magic are goddamn awesome. I have a survival world with 2 friends, and the fun thing is that we get to choose our "style" of magic For example one of them uses Ars, I use Mahou Tsukai and the last uses Iron's. It adds some purpose to each of us as each one's magic has streights and weaknesses and we learn to balance it between us
I've always felt that Minecraft always took the Tolkien approach to magic. Yes, magic exists, but mainly in the form of magical items like enchanted equipment and potions. Any magic outside of that could be seen as evil or at least used by people with ill intentions. I think more magical items could be cool, like the Totem of Undying. Magic as more utility-based rather than anything outwardly physical.
ElectroBlobs is my personal favorite, i think its got a good vanilla feel to it and its pretty balanced (i love many of the add ons especially more golem spells but i don’t think thats what you’d be wanting)
there's a series of mods called the RPG series, its complete with 3 wizard classes, a priest, paladin, and ranger class, with their own weapons/staffs and armor ,stat increasing jewelry, and compatibility for better nether and better end(new magical items tier) , the magic system is ferly simplistic and fits in pretty well with vanilla Minecraft
There are lots of vanilla style mods that add new mobs and features that include a few interesting magical items. An example is a mod I think is called savage and ravage and L lenders cataclysm adds some cool weapons with magic abilities
The problem with this respect is that magic mods that are vanilla style usually aren't considered magic mods. For example, extra utilities two is probably the most vanilla style mod, and has it's own magic system, without feeling out of place. The really popular magic mods, like thaumcraft, bloodmagic or botania basically work like tech mods, so expecting them to be vanilla style is a veryy strange expectation
This is probably the best explanation of the issue. The more vanilla-style magic mods aren't considered magic mods, they're usually considered vanilla+ mods or utilities or enhancers. They rarely come with just magic. Apotheosis has some stuff with the improvements to enchanting, allurement adds more enchantments, Void Totem is self explanatory. Actually, a lot of mods add new enchantments and potions, which is pretty much all there is for vanilla magic, aside from the evoker, which is drastically different from anything else in Minecraft and actually doesn't feel out of place among some of the mods he's saying don't fit like Ars Magicka or Ars Nouveau.
Amethyst Imbuement is a little strong, but you craft spells through an enchanting table like block, and put it on a want. It can be really expensive experience wise, but most of the spells use basic minecraft effect, such as lightning, firecharges, and snowballs. Bonemeal mending, and regeneration.
Paladins and Priests, Invocations, and Spellblades and Such, and Wizards are all magic mods that can work hand in hand that feel fairly Vanilla. It adds armor, weapons with their own magic, and craftable spellbooks in a table that acts similarly to an enchantment table. All of these mods are updated to 1.20.1 as well.
I remember when the ars magicka mod was a thing. Find spell books that teach you spells throughout the world, craft wands that have slots and affect how strong your spells are, and mix spells together for unique effects.
@monacatowa4924 I remember seeing the original mod showcase where there wasnt even books or wands, and you could just pick 6 basic spells and then combine 2 together at a time for dofferent effects. Like making the elemental mines.
@@Ssppectralneither was ars, mana and artifice is as close to a direct sequel we will get considering the other mods inspired by ars that we have are both very different aesthetically and mechanically, see mods like hex casting, psi and ars noveau.
Supposedly trimeffects is part of the magic section if it’s in 1.20 threw 1.21 if that what your mod pack is in it gives trim effect so like silence trim if you put netherite on your armor it gives you night vision permanently and the other trims give you different potion effects
As many others have mentioned, you should definitely check out Iron's Spells and Spellbooks. The textures are very vanilla friendly and the mechanics are fun and well thought out, and fairly well balanced.
Minecraft is a block game. All spells should be spell blocks that have effects when placed. A fireball block. A block that lures enemies. A block that summons lightning. A block that turns surrounding blocks corrupted. A block that converts enemies. Then you can make it so the blocks aren’t stackable so you have to constantly craft them for an effective mage build.
Scriptor Magicae is an interesting mod for more modern versions of the game. It focuses on language, and you have to figure out a fake language and put together words to create spells.
Eidolon Rebrewed is updated to 1.19.2, remake of Eidolon, it’s like a ritual based mod that I really liked. It’s got a lot of cool artifacts, a unique enchanting system, and some cool rituals and magical items
I’m sure others have said it but Iron’s Spells and Spellbooks is fucking fantastic, 10/10 mod and I don’t think any magic mod enjoyers should sleep on it.
One of my new favourites is Malum!! It centers around souls, the textures and blocks fit seamlessly with vanilla Minecraft, and it's overall just a fun time! Hexerei, Ars Nouveau, Iron Spells and Spellbooks, Apotheosis and Nature's Aura are my other favourites, along with Tetra. For Fabric, the RPG series, Mythic Metals+Simply Swords and Bewitchment are your best bets. I get the struggle man,
It's not a magic mod specifically, but the Medieval Weaponry mod for fabric has a healing staff that I think is pretty tame and fits with the minecraft style for the most part
I fully agree, I've been in the modding community for ages and its infuriating because most of the magic mods that DO exist completely trump any other mods in terms of scale/power or just completely break the balance of the game (which IS cool in it's own right, but it creates the issue of there being no good reason to focus on anything other than the mod if you want to get stuff which just doesn't feel good)
I _love_ apotheosis, its one of my favorite mods Ive played with since upgrading my computer to play something beefier than 1.14, but it absolutely isnt what hes looking for lol. or if he did add it, he'd have to nerf it beyond recognition to keep it within the realm of minecraft's 'normal balance'
I know it goes kinda on the other way of "Minecraft style" but Hexcasting is amazing and feels just like Redstone, if you want you can make one of the most absurd things in the universe
Amethyst imbuement is really good. There are a few things that don't feel minecrafty, but almost all the spells either already exist (evoker fangs, for example) or stuff like summoning fireballs or wither skulls. It also gives more uses to current workstations and adds a few more that behave in a Minecraft manner. It's a lot of fun to explore.
One of my favorite magic mods that I always like using is Ars Nouveau and it’s not that strong of a magic mod and it’s somewhat easy to use/understand, the only thing about this mod though is that you’ll most likely have to disable some of the more op spells
@IrjaJonssia you might be one the few people who didn’t make it past 6th grade if you cannot understand what I said like what the hell are you in because j want some 😋
I recommend "Primal Magick" In the begining it is focused on researching the world and exploring, it does not stray far away from vanilla (at least not in the beginning), and it is more something to do on the side then to mainly focus on Hope this helps! 🙂
Amethyst Imbuement gives the Minecrafty feel as it uses an enchantment table design for its magic Bewitchment is always a fun and fairly simple mod Apotheosis is just a cool boost to potions and enchanting Arcon is a fun one that feels very vanilla if you ignore the mana system
I really like Botania. Technically not spells and whatnot I suppose, but the systems it has for crafting its items I just really like. It does rely entirely upon its own items though, so is a bit disjoint from vanilla.
I’ve been working on a fully fleshed out idea for a Minecraft magic mod, but lack the knowledge to code it. It’s a big priority for me to make once I learn how to code Kind of like in Skyrim, there would be magic staffs that use charge. By putting a potion on two sticks you could cast a spell of that effect. Regular potion for a beam, splash for aoe and lingering for lingering aoe. Then there would be books made from alligator hide, a new mob. These books can be put in an enchanting table to create a spell book. At first, you have to open the book and read the spell, but after mastering it, you just have to hold the book. These spells would include fire, ice, a leaping spell, and a charm spell. The charm spell has the most function, passifying mobs. The charm spell can be used to learn ‘party trick’ spells. When charming the correct mob, they will share knowledge with you to unlock the new spells in the enchanter. The evoked will teach you a spell to convert sheep colors, as is done in game. The parrot, because owls were seen as wise, will give you a spell to cast fireworks on demand. The dolphin will give you a spell to convert any item temporarily into a raw cod. (Cannot be cooked) This is inspired by alchemy myths of turning coal into gold
I don’t know of a good magic mod, but I do know of a good dragon mod that might help with some ideas. it is a add-on in Minecraft called dragon fire and it cost five dollars and there’s also a free version that has less dragons and other stuff and I think you should try it out because it’s really interesting what they do with the swords and the five dollar version what they do with the armor.
i think an extremely underrated mod to add magic like this is Hex Casting! it's very simple and yet allows you to do so much through using amethyst as "mana" in the form of media. it's a bit complex, but highly personalized to how you're able to write your spells
Irons spells and spellbooks was an absolyte favourite of my friends on my personal modpack, I tried dozens of other magic mods but we all prefered that.
Mana amd Artifice is and will always be my favoriteagic mod because of how modular it is. Tons of shapes, effects, modifiers that can be mixed and matched with each other, a nice progression system that involves a lot of small steps that you'd either do anyway in a minecraft world (reaching the stronghold, finding a fortress, ect.) or nudging you to interact with its systems. Constructs to automate things like farming, a new way to echant things and the way you craft spells is simple yet always satisfying!
Definitely Iron's Spells and Spellbooks. It fits within Minecraft's style. The spells, items, structures and mobs all look like they could have possibly been developed by Mojang. It also *heavily* supports exploration as that is how you upgrade your spells, going with the very core of the game. It also uses workbenches rather than menus, going with what you said you wanted. Definitely highly recommend the mod!
Ars nouveau is my personal favorite. It kinda overhauls the Minecraft gameplay loop at it's core with the insane amount of spells and items it gives. It draws inspiration from balanced magic systems already in Minecraft and is super fun to use. It doesn't really capture that feel of vanilla mc but it's fun enough it doesn't really matter. I'd recommend at least looking into it.
Ars Neuveau is a abreviation of ars magica 2 but has almost nothing in common and mostly uses vanilla materials as progression and you make your own spells by chaining effects. I really love that mod and it feels very close to vanilla
Bewitchment is a fabric only mod that adds simple and fun gameplay with a witchy vibe! And nothing is over complicated, it’s all simple mechanisms that feel like they could fit into a very vanilla vibe!!
Coral Tombstone is a pretty cool mod. It stores all your items in a grave when you die and there are spell scrolls and tablets which you can enchant using decorative graves. I've used it in all of my modded playthroughs
a big part of a mod pack, is making sure the mods compliment each other, everything goes hand in hand. one mod pack that does this really well is dawn craft. best of luck on the modpack!
Hear me out, if anyone is planning to make a magic mod, do it something like this. The player has a Tab for Magic (like achievements) or an inventory bar, and can equip 3-9 spells at a time. The player also needs to find rare Items to craft Scrolls. the stronger the spell, the Harder the recipe. Once you have a spell, you need a Certain amount of Experience and a few more ingredients to make it more Powerful or add upgrades to it.
This is pretty much how Mana and Artifice does it, minus the magic tab thing. You can use a Spellbook or Grimoire to store and cast spells, and while you can just cast using the spell item, it tends to clutter your inventory so it's not recommended. Although, rather than just learning spells, you have to learn how to make the components to create your own.
Irons spells n spellbooks is probably exactly what you're looking for. It's very vanilla based and even uses the magic type the evokers and ender dragon use as elemental types. All in all, it's very vanilla friendly for such a big overhaul.
I would definitely recommend Botania and/ mystical agriculture as they both add magic that requires some kind of cost and allow for some very rewarding progression. Both mods also add some utilities to their systems of magic
If I could make a mod that I would actually update it would be a mod that adds staffs made of the non-weapon used materials (copper, amethyst, emerald, echo shard, lapis) that would use the already existing enchantment books to add unique attacks. For example if you hold a thorns book in your off hand and a staff in your main hand and right click thorns would appear out of the ground for a short time causing lingering damage to those in the area. Alternatively someone could use a blast protection book to create a shield around the player, or use a swift sneak book to give the player speed two for 20 seconds. Each book would have a cooldown for the effect it gives, as well as the amount of uses it has left shown with the durability meter. Each staff would simply have more durability (each book use cost’s durability on the book and the staff) and also make the books more powerful. The way that the books would be used is designed to have the player keep a book in their off hand for quick use and have a sword or axe for quick switching after using the staff. Each book wouldn’t just be for offense but also for defense or as ways to activate potion effects. There could even be cloaks that give less protection than chest plates but give less of a cooldown on each book.
For larger vanilla-esque magic mods (besides the amazing Iron’s Spells and Spellbooks), I recommend Goety. It’s a more recent and lesser known mod whose creator derives inspiration from vanilla Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons to make a darker-themed magic experience for version 1.20. I believe it also interacts with villager reputation, and using dark magic near them makes them lose trust in you. For smaller additions, I recommend Biome Makeover, which has two very small additions to vanilla magic. One of these is in the form of an Altar for upgrading enchanted gear in exchange for risking new curses. The other is a Witches’ Hat, and interacting with a Witch while wearing it allows for trading requested items for unobtainable potions. Alex’s Mobs adds a very small additional workbench for the late-game, allowing for the duplication of randomly-chosen items for a price.
Mana and Artifice is *amazing*, you have factions, golems, spellcasting, that looks like an old version of it but new version basically requires you to FIND the lore to get started. Villagers who sell stuff, you can pull the enchantments off other gear as runes and then embed those runes into other things on an anvil... it's SO GOOD
I guess it’s because, we know little about actual Minecraft magic Is like making a mod about deep dark We know so little about it so it’s bound to not feeling like it fits in
Minecraft itself did the whole “magic” thing back in 2020 through the Realm’s mini games. Some of the most fun I had was playing that one mini game where monsters continuously flooded in as you’re given more and more spells to pick from together with my friends.
Try MALUM, Ars Nouvau and Hexerei They might be the closes ones you get. Ars lets you create your own spells Malum lets you perform rituals using the souls of slain creatures. And Hexerei lets you brew devious concoctions. Also Flying brooms!!! And a pet crow familiar to ride on your shoulder!
Shoutout to oldschool Runecraft Mod. Used to be an awesome plug-in where you built runes out of blocks on the ground and smacked 'em with a stick to cause vanilla compatible effects. Our favorite was the one that carved sky islands out of the ground and raised them up; size of the carve and height were determined by what blocks used and size of the rune too IIRC.
My favorite magic mod, especially for packs like this, is hex casting. It feels very vanilla but gives you more freedom than any other magic mod I have seen. It is a magic mod that uses simplified code condensed as runes to write spells. Along with this, it is very vanilla in the way that it takes learning and always costs something in return specificly amethyst which is a good use of a normally under used resource.
Irons spells and spell books is actually very fitting with vanilla themed Minecraft mods! Its spells are based on Minecraft attacks you may already see in Minecraft! They are my go-to magic mods on my mod packs when it comes to Minecraft magic, Ars Nouveau is also cool, but doesn’t fully capture Minecraft’s style.
This! Irons spells, is designes to follow vanilla progression, and you can also use gated questbook stuff to lock certain levels or tiers of spells if you dont want someone pikcing up a legendary 5th level smite or something haha.
idk what this is but it seems like this comment deserves a reply to boost it to the top
Dam you beat me to it, but yes I agree Iron’s is a damn good mod
Irons is great and it's in almost every version you'll be playing with
definitely need to try it then
If ElectroBlob’s Wizardry ever updates, I’d recommend that
The port is being worked on
Nah it's not vanilla in my opinion.
Yessss truely my fav magic mod of all times
@@duckytheduckster0obviously it’s not vanilla, it’s modded
@mayonaise0 no I mean the vibe of the mod doesn't add to the vanilla vibe, and actively throws it off
Enchancement is a great mod for this- while less direct, it overrides the enchanting system to be more than just stat buffs, and may work to enhance the experience pretty well
was gonna suggest this myself, love Enchancement and Moriya's other mods
Enchancement also has great config options, so you can keep it vanilla friendly but still add its new enchantments!
Yes i love enchancements
Isn’t it only for fabric, or did they recently port it to forge?
@@smallxplosion9546 only fabric and quilt afaik
Ars Nouveaux is my favorite. You can make your own spells with words , enchant/craft new armors made for magic related things , do incantations and even summon mobs to help (plus there’s a boss fight who’s alright)
SAME HERE!! Ars is so good. I'm on a server with it, and it feels so fun.
Is that like a spiritual successor to ars magica?
I think it’s just the actual successor.
Plus forbidden and arcanus with their ritual-style crafting
Iron's spells and spellbooks is one of my favorites, its pretty balanced, has a good progression, and is really close to the vanilla feel of minecraft.
I loved original Witchery and Bewitchment was fine. But the og witchery had so many flavors of magic, having to toss each potion ingredient in was awesome and they were completely customizable! Plus rituals and familiars and stuff.
I LOVED WITCHERY SO MUCH!!! One of my top 10 Minecraft mods :( I wish it was updated as it is
Witchery was so goated. Same with thaumcraft, though i suppose thaumcraft is kinda lacking in the minecraft feel.
Man... Discovering all the cool possibilities for potions and doing all the fun rituals and the boss fights, trolling. Your friends... It was all so uniquely wonderful
unfortunately it stopped getting updates. genuinely a tragedy for modded minecraft players
I miss Witchery so much, if only the creator gave the code for other people to update it(I personally would work on that) but no one including me want to go through trouble of rebuilding it from zero. I hope maybe one day the creator decides to upload the code if we make enough fuss about it
I wish there was one that let you craft spells and store them in amerhyst shards, which would break when casting the spell. Would give it an alchemical feel
That mechanic kind of reminds me of Rin Tousaka’s flavor of magic in the Nasuverse.
There is a mod that utilizes amethyst to use magic. Hex crafting. It’s extremely complicated but the results can be fun or destructive.
But it doesn’t store it in the amethyst rather it’s just a casting cost
Hex casting mod
It’s that and fun
HEXcast is more like programming mod rather than magic@@ferrelagrios8199
Spells & Shields is a neat one. From what I remember it adds the ability for enchantment tables to give you spells that you buy with XP. Some require items in order to use, for example a pufferfish for a water breathing spell. There is a tree system, where you need to unlock lower level spells in a catagory, before you can unlock higher level ones. Overall its a good magic mod, maybe a bit simple and small, but overall good.
Thaumcraft ever since 4 has been drawing from the vanilla magics of minecraft (potions/enchantment/golemancy etc.) and TC7 is currently being worked on for the latest versions of the game
Since like 2019. I wouldn't wait for it.
here’s hoping it actually releases, thaumcraft is probably my favourite minecraft mod of all times
@@chronicallyheadachedfox8023Yeah mine too. Really great mod.
Thaumcraft 4 was goated
I love thaumcraft
My favorite magic mod is Hex Casting but casting a single spell is like writing a command because it’s essentially just computer science
It’s also only available for 19.2 and can get pretty powerful if you have an advanced understanding of the systems
I second this. Hexcasting took me a while to learn as a non-programmer, but it was a lot of fun to learn the mod and the guide book is amazing. Highly recommend this mod.
I agree with this one. It's so fun, thought I did have some prior programming experience so it definitely helped me a bit lol
hecasting is absolutely insane and I see no use for it, but it has to be included in a fantasy pack
BRO I WAS JUST ABT TO SAY
Enchancement, Malum, and Requiem are great fantasy mods that all work together!
I’m really fond of “schools of magic: second semester”. It hasn’t been updated for a few versions, but its spells are very Minecrafty and it’s the only mod I’ve seen that uses a dnd inspired spell slot system. As suggested by the name, it’s actually an in progress remake of an older mod with balance changes. Would love to see it get more support because it looks very unique while still being relatively grounded (at least in comparison to the anime magic or particle effect hell mods).
It doesn't scream Magic, but I recommend the mod "Apotheosis". It adds enchantments, potions and adds to the potion aspect of Minecraft, improves the enchanting table with special bookshelves, has magic gems that add buffs to armor and tools and stuff.
And that's nowhere near everything. It's a really good mod that you should consider checking :D yeah it doesn't add spells, but it makes the vanilla Minecraft magic more fleshed out.
Also adds item affixes making mob and loot drop items a lot more interesting than the same crafted ones.
It is considered a magic mod in an ATM modpack.
Enchantment is technically magic.
Highly recommended.
Apotheosis is one of my favorite mods only behind Tinker's Construct
@@Dankboi68 I liked old tinkers, I think it got a lot more boring after tuning down the craziness of the material modifiers
ATM 9's magic are goddamn awesome.
I have a survival world with 2 friends, and the fun thing is that we get to choose our "style" of magic
For example one of them uses Ars, I use Mahou Tsukai and the last uses Iron's. It adds some purpose to each of us as each one's magic has streights and weaknesses and we learn to balance it between us
Thaumcraft was the absolute pinnacle but sadly it’s not supported with newer version :(
Nothing will top Thaumcraft
I wish they would update the 1.7.10 version to 1.21 fabric and beyond. I loved that mod so muchm
Team Cofh is still working on thaumcraft 7, don’t lose hope!
@maneniklas he'll yehsvdh d
We really need to bring back thaumcraft so bad
Hexcasting fucking slaps and it feels very minecrafty
Yo hex casting
I've always felt that Minecraft always took the Tolkien approach to magic. Yes, magic exists, but mainly in the form of magical items like enchanted equipment and potions. Any magic outside of that could be seen as evil or at least used by people with ill intentions. I think more magical items could be cool, like the Totem of Undying. Magic as more utility-based rather than anything outwardly physical.
Iron’s Spells n’ Spellbooks is a pretty good one. Ars nouveau is also pretty popular.
Was just about to comment the second one
@@mineeternal4748 You mean ars neoveau? The NOT vanilla+ overpowrd magic mod.
Ars Nouveau is a pretty cool and decently balanced magic mod I believe
It makes you way too op imo
Its definitely not in the Minecraft style
........ decently balanced is a huge stretch for a mod that can make you pretty much invulnerable in a very small amount of time
@@RezzSubsCan doesn't mean you have to. Balance requires both sides to pick up the slack
@@vOID-fh1qt in a personal playthrough? Sure. In a multi-player playthrough, however...
Electrobob’s wizardry is amazing, it just needs to be updated to work
ElectroBlobs is my personal favorite, i think its got a good vanilla feel to it and its pretty balanced (i love many of the add ons especially more golem spells but i don’t think thats what you’d be wanting)
there's a series of mods called the RPG series, its complete with 3 wizard classes, a priest, paladin, and ranger class, with their own weapons/staffs and armor ,stat increasing jewelry, and compatibility for better nether and better end(new magical items tier) , the magic system is ferly simplistic and fits in pretty well with vanilla Minecraft
I love the RPG series, but Iron's Spells and Spellbooks is also great
RPG series and iron's spells mod are both too otherworldly and not vanilla enough
wdym they're the most vanilla magic you'll find
@@duckytheduckster0 they resemble the vanilla game design and complexity the most of any magic mod i know of
@@duckytheduckster0 it's MAGIC, magic is otherworldly.
DND is what he is looking for
Goety is based entirely around illager magic, so it already has its roots
There are always new versions of Dartcraft that no one really uses anymore, but it used to be a super popular magic mod in 2011
There are lots of vanilla style mods that add new mobs and features that include a few interesting magical items. An example is a mod I think is called savage and ravage and L lenders cataclysm adds some cool weapons with magic abilities
The problem with this respect is that magic mods that are vanilla style usually aren't considered magic mods. For example, extra utilities two is probably the most vanilla style mod, and has it's own magic system, without feeling out of place.
The really popular magic mods, like thaumcraft, bloodmagic or botania basically work like tech mods, so expecting them to be vanilla style is a veryy strange expectation
This is probably the best explanation of the issue. The more vanilla-style magic mods aren't considered magic mods, they're usually considered vanilla+ mods or utilities or enhancers. They rarely come with just magic. Apotheosis has some stuff with the improvements to enchanting, allurement adds more enchantments, Void Totem is self explanatory. Actually, a lot of mods add new enchantments and potions, which is pretty much all there is for vanilla magic, aside from the evoker, which is drastically different from anything else in Minecraft and actually doesn't feel out of place among some of the mods he's saying don't fit like Ars Magicka or Ars Nouveau.
Iron's spells and spellbooks is a very good option imo
Amethyst Imbuement is a little strong, but you craft spells through an enchanting table like block, and put it on a want. It can be really expensive experience wise, but most of the spells use basic minecraft effect, such as lightning, firecharges, and snowballs. Bonemeal mending, and regeneration.
Paladins and Priests, Invocations, and Spellblades and Such, and Wizards are all magic mods that can work hand in hand that feel fairly Vanilla. It adds armor, weapons with their own magic, and craftable spellbooks in a table that acts similarly to an enchantment table. All of these mods are updated to 1.20.1 as well.
I remember when the ars magicka mod was a thing. Find spell books that teach you spells throughout the world, craft wands that have slots and affect how strong your spells are, and mix spells together for unique effects.
I was gonna bring ars magica up!!
@monacatowa4924 I remember seeing the original mod showcase where there wasnt even books or wands, and you could just pick 6 basic spells and then combine 2 together at a time for dofferent effects. Like making the elemental mines.
For newer versions, i've heard that Mana and Artifice is a nice successor to this mod, though the textures aren't too vanilla friendly.
@@PenanceisNighArs magica was in this video at the start
@@Ssppectralneither was ars, mana and artifice is as close to a direct sequel we will get considering the other mods inspired by ars that we have are both very different aesthetically and mechanically, see mods like hex casting, psi and ars noveau.
Botania is great if it's still supported
Botania exist for basically every version
Botania is so fun I was playing it recently in a 1.20 server
botania is a tech mod the dev said so
Thanks, you brought back some of my memories with my brother.
Yeah it is pretty good.
Supposedly trimeffects is part of the magic section if it’s in 1.20 threw 1.21 if that what your mod pack is in it gives trim effect so like silence trim if you put netherite on your armor it gives you night vision permanently and the other trims give you different potion effects
Spectrum is my favorite magic mod ever, it also fits the exploration/discovery feel of minecraft very well
SPECTRUM MENTIONED!!!!! MY GOAT!!!
(i am definitely not biased at all because i will soon be a sprite artist for this mod, nope.)
As many others have mentioned, you should definitely check out Iron's Spells and Spellbooks. The textures are very vanilla friendly and the mechanics are fun and well thought out, and fairly well balanced.
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Came down here to see if anyone else had mentioned it.
This is one of my favorite mobs
Minecraft is a block game. All spells should be spell blocks that have effects when placed. A fireball block. A block that lures enemies. A block that summons lightning. A block that turns surrounding blocks corrupted. A block that converts enemies. Then you can make it so the blocks aren’t stackable so you have to constantly craft them for an effective mage build.
Scriptor Magicae is an interesting mod for more modern versions of the game. It focuses on language, and you have to figure out a fake language and put together words to create spells.
Witchery is one of my favorites
sadly tho, the latest version is 1.7.10 and the developer is gone
Sad really. I’ve been making do with Bewitchment and it’s actually pretty good.
There's also Hexrei but it's stuck in 1.19
There are some really cool ones, like Hexcasting, but yeah, little to none actually fit vanilla 😅
Don't forget hexal and moreiotas
And depending on mc version there are a lot of addons
@@walksanator yeah I love 'em
I remember spending an hour on that mod and finally getting a spell. Oh the joy 😂
@@flarethefox9836 haha same! It was very complex to even do a single explosion, but it was very satisfying when you started to get a hang of it!
Eidolon Rebrewed is updated to 1.19.2, remake of Eidolon, it’s like a ritual based mod that I really liked. It’s got a lot of cool artifacts, a unique enchanting system, and some cool rituals and magical items
I’m sure others have said it but Iron’s Spells and Spellbooks is fucking fantastic, 10/10 mod and I don’t think any magic mod enjoyers should sleep on it.
One of my new favourites is Malum!! It centers around souls, the textures and blocks fit seamlessly with vanilla Minecraft, and it's overall just a fun time! Hexerei, Ars Nouveau, Iron Spells and Spellbooks, Apotheosis and Nature's Aura are my other favourites, along with Tetra. For Fabric, the RPG series, Mythic Metals+Simply Swords and Bewitchment are your best bets. I get the struggle man,
iron's spells is pretty sick
In my opinion, the best wizard mod that you can get. That doesn't just seem like it could really overhauls. Minecraft is electrob's wizardry.
iron's spell and spellbooks is what I'd use. very vanilla-like with great animations for 1.20.1
It's not a magic mod specifically, but the Medieval Weaponry mod for fabric has a healing staff that I think is pretty tame and fits with the minecraft style for the most part
thaumcraft on 1.7.10 is really good
He asked for up to date mods
@@Terrabyte13bringing it up could mean someone who works on mods will update it on behalf of, it's just a suggestion
@@Terrabyte13 ok? idc
@vOID-fh1qt you do know that it would be illegal to Port it right
Luckily team CoFH has permission to Port it (team behind the thermal series)
"erm you know that would be illegal right?" 🤓☝
Ars Nouveau, its expansions, Hexerai, and Iron's Spells and Spellbooks are some of my favorites that keep it pretty vanilla friendly imo
I fully agree, I've been in the modding community for ages and its infuriating because most of the magic mods that DO exist completely trump any other mods in terms of scale/power or just completely break the balance of the game (which IS cool in it's own right, but it creates the issue of there being no good reason to focus on anything other than the mod if you want to get stuff which just doesn't feel good)
I like Apotheosis. New enchantments, potions, tipped arrows, etc. But I'm not 100% on if that fits the vibe/power level you're looking for.
I _love_ apotheosis, its one of my favorite mods Ive played with since upgrading my computer to play something beefier than 1.14, but it absolutely isnt what hes looking for lol. or if he did add it, he'd have to nerf it beyond recognition to keep it within the realm of minecraft's 'normal balance'
@@sketchiscribblr8285 Yeah, I just figured I'd mention it since it's been on my mind with a recent modpack, haha.
Really nice and just an extension of magic in Minecraft.
iron's spells and spellbooks is really good
Enchanting, potion magic and don't forget all the SOUL shenanigans and the transformative power of lightning!
Equivalent exchange is very cool. Not what you were asking for, but it fits the vibe.
Mojang def needs to do a magic update
I know it goes kinda on the other way of "Minecraft style" but Hexcasting is amazing and feels just like Redstone, if you want you can make one of the most absurd things in the universe
"Nature's Aura" is My absolute favorite magic mod. It feels right in place with vanilla Minecraft, and it's just nice.
Amethyst imbuement is really good. There are a few things that don't feel minecrafty, but almost all the spells either already exist (evoker fangs, for example) or stuff like summoning fireballs or wither skulls. It also gives more uses to current workstations and adds a few more that behave in a Minecraft manner. It's a lot of fun to explore.
Have you tried iron's spells n' spell books?
Probably isn’t vanilla+ enough
Maybe
One of my favorite magic mods that I always like using is Ars Nouveau and it’s not that strong of a magic mod and it’s somewhat easy to use/understand, the only thing about this mod though is that you’ll most likely have to disable some of the more op spells
You said it was "not that strong of a magic mod" But then said you will probobly need to disable stuff to make it balanced make up your mind.
@IrjaJonssia you might be one the few people who didn’t make it past 6th grade if you cannot understand what I said like what the hell are you in because j want some 😋
I recommend "Primal Magick"
In the begining it is focused on researching the world and exploring, it does not stray far away from vanilla (at least not in the beginning), and it is more something to do on the side then to mainly focus on
Hope this helps! 🙂
Ooh that's a good mod😊
Amethyst Imbuement gives the Minecrafty feel as it uses an enchantment table design for its magic
Bewitchment is always a fun and fairly simple mod
Apotheosis is just a cool boost to potions and enchanting
Arcon is a fun one that feels very vanilla if you ignore the mana system
Iron's spells 'n spellbooks
I really like Botania. Technically not spells and whatnot I suppose, but the systems it has for crafting its items I just really like.
It does rely entirely upon its own items though, so is a bit disjoint from vanilla.
the mod Occultism is one of my favorites, and it doesn’t ever feel too out-of-place in Minecraft!! Bewitchment is also a good one :)
I’ve been working on a fully fleshed out idea for a Minecraft magic mod, but lack the knowledge to code it. It’s a big priority for me to make once I learn how to code
Kind of like in Skyrim, there would be magic staffs that use charge. By putting a potion on two sticks you could cast a spell of that effect. Regular potion for a beam, splash for aoe and lingering for lingering aoe.
Then there would be books made from alligator hide, a new mob. These books can be put in an enchanting table to create a spell book. At first, you have to open the book and read the spell, but after mastering it, you just have to hold the book. These spells would include fire, ice, a leaping spell, and a charm spell.
The charm spell has the most function, passifying mobs. The charm spell can be used to learn ‘party trick’ spells. When charming the correct mob, they will share knowledge with you to unlock the new spells in the enchanter.
The evoked will teach you a spell to convert sheep colors, as is done in game.
The parrot, because owls were seen as wise, will give you a spell to cast fireworks on demand.
The dolphin will give you a spell to convert any item temporarily into a raw cod. (Cannot be cooked)
This is inspired by alchemy myths of turning coal into gold
I don’t know of a good magic mod, but I do know of a good dragon mod that might help with some ideas. it is a add-on in Minecraft called dragon fire and it cost five dollars and there’s also a free version that has less dragons and other stuff and I think you should try it out because it’s really interesting what they do with the swords and the five dollar version what they do with the armor.
Ars Nouveau and RPG Series mods are really good for keeping that vanilla feeling while expanding into their own stuff
i think an extremely underrated mod to add magic like this is Hex Casting! it's very simple and yet allows you to do so much through using amethyst as "mana" in the form of media. it's a bit complex, but highly personalized to how you're able to write your spells
Iron spells and spellbooks is by far the best option, accurate to what your looking dor since it is very immersive but still feels minecraft-y
Irons spells and spellbooks was an absolyte favourite of my friends on my personal modpack, I tried dozens of other magic mods but we all prefered that.
100%. Most magic mods are just industrial mods with a different coat of paint over them.
Mana amd Artifice is and will always be my favoriteagic mod because of how modular it is. Tons of shapes, effects, modifiers that can be mixed and matched with each other, a nice progression system that involves a lot of small steps that you'd either do anyway in a minecraft world (reaching the stronghold, finding a fortress, ect.) or nudging you to interact with its systems. Constructs to automate things like farming, a new way to echant things and the way you craft spells is simple yet always satisfying!
My favourite magic mod is mana and artifice, it essentially lets you make custom spells and other arcane insanity.
Definitely Iron's Spells and Spellbooks. It fits within Minecraft's style. The spells, items, structures and mobs all look like they could have possibly been developed by Mojang. It also *heavily* supports exploration as that is how you upgrade your spells, going with the very core of the game. It also uses workbenches rather than menus, going with what you said you wanted.
Definitely highly recommend the mod!
The ice and fire mod is a very popular and very good mod. It adds dragons, serpents, sirens, cyclopses, fairies, and more
Yeah
Ars nouveau is my personal favorite. It kinda overhauls the Minecraft gameplay loop at it's core with the insane amount of spells and items it gives. It draws inspiration from balanced magic systems already in Minecraft and is super fun to use. It doesn't really capture that feel of vanilla mc but it's fun enough it doesn't really matter. I'd recommend at least looking into it.
Ars Neuveau is a abreviation of ars magica 2 but has almost nothing in common and mostly uses vanilla materials as progression and you make your own spells by chaining effects. I really love that mod and it feels very close to vanilla
Ars Magicka has always been a favorite of mine, although it doesn't quite keep the Minecraft feel, it let's you pretty much fully customize spells
Bewitchment is a fabric only mod that adds simple and fun gameplay with a witchy vibe! And nothing is over complicated, it’s all simple mechanisms that feel like they could fit into a very vanilla vibe!!
Coral Tombstone is a pretty cool mod. It stores all your items in a grave when you die and there are spell scrolls and tablets which you can enchant using decorative graves. I've used it in all of my modded playthroughs
a big part of a mod pack, is making sure the mods compliment each other, everything goes hand in hand.
one mod pack that does this really well is dawn craft.
best of luck on the modpack!
Hear me out, if anyone is planning to make a magic mod, do it something like this.
The player has a Tab for Magic (like achievements) or an inventory bar, and can equip 3-9 spells at a time. The player also needs to find rare Items to craft Scrolls. the stronger the spell, the Harder the recipe.
Once you have a spell, you need a Certain amount of Experience and a few more ingredients to make it more Powerful or add upgrades to it.
This is pretty much how Mana and Artifice does it, minus the magic tab thing. You can use a Spellbook or Grimoire to store and cast spells, and while you can just cast using the spell item, it tends to clutter your inventory so it's not recommended.
Although, rather than just learning spells, you have to learn how to make the components to create your own.
Idk the names of the mods, but I think the ones that were used for Witchcraft smp were pretty good!
Schools of magic is probably my favourite magic mod. It's relevantly vanilla, give it a shot and see if you like it
personally, i'd say electroblobs is my go to, i also think vampirism is pretty close to vanilla, just bear in mind it has a good couple weird quirks
Irons spells n spellbooks is probably exactly what you're looking for. It's very vanilla based and even uses the magic type the evokers and ender dragon use as elemental types. All in all, it's very vanilla friendly for such a big overhaul.
I would definitely recommend Botania and/ mystical agriculture as they both add magic that requires some kind of cost and allow for some very rewarding progression. Both mods also add some utilities to their systems of magic
If I could make a mod that I would actually update it would be a mod that adds staffs made of the non-weapon used materials (copper, amethyst, emerald, echo shard, lapis) that would use the already existing enchantment books to add unique attacks. For example if you hold a thorns book in your off hand and a staff in your main hand and right click thorns would appear out of the ground for a short time causing lingering damage to those in the area. Alternatively someone could use a blast protection book to create a shield around the player, or use a swift sneak book to give the player speed two for 20 seconds. Each book would have a cooldown for the effect it gives, as well as the amount of uses it has left shown with the durability meter. Each staff would simply have more durability (each book use cost’s durability on the book and the staff) and also make the books more powerful. The way that the books would be used is designed to have the player keep a book in their off hand for quick use and have a sword or axe for quick switching after using the staff. Each book wouldn’t just be for offense but also for defense or as ways to activate potion effects. There could even be cloaks that give less protection than chest plates but give less of a cooldown on each book.
For larger vanilla-esque magic mods (besides the amazing Iron’s Spells and Spellbooks), I recommend Goety. It’s a more recent and lesser known mod whose creator derives inspiration from vanilla Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons to make a darker-themed magic experience for version 1.20. I believe it also interacts with villager reputation, and using dark magic near them makes them lose trust in you. For smaller additions, I recommend Biome Makeover, which has two very small additions to vanilla magic. One of these is in the form of an Altar for upgrading enchanted gear in exchange for risking new curses. The other is a Witches’ Hat, and interacting with a Witch while wearing it allows for trading requested items for unobtainable potions. Alex’s Mobs adds a very small additional workbench for the late-game, allowing for the duplication of randomly-chosen items for a price.
his "what's going on here" is so fucking funny it sounds like a medieval age citizen witnessing witchcraft 💀💀
Ars nouvo is amazingly adaptable and still keeps the feel of Minecraft with workbench’s and everything
Mana and Artifice is *amazing*, you have factions, golems, spellcasting, that looks like an old version of it but new version basically requires you to FIND the lore to get started. Villagers who sell stuff, you can pull the enchantments off other gear as runes and then embed those runes into other things on an anvil... it's SO GOOD
I guess it’s because, we know little about actual Minecraft magic
Is like making a mod about deep dark
We know so little about it so it’s bound to not feeling like it fits in
Minecraft itself did the whole “magic” thing back in 2020 through the Realm’s mini games. Some of the most fun I had was playing that one mini game where monsters continuously flooded in as you’re given more and more spells to pick from together with my friends.
Nothing truly feels like Minecraft until its actually added to vanilla.
Aight so ur gonna want "Irons Spells and Spell Books" and "Apotheosis". Those two are insanely good, and capture the feel of Vanilla MC really well.
Bewitchment would be my immediate suggestion, it is very Minecraft styled, and doesn’t add any crazy over the top world ending spells
part of the reason it’s hard to test magic mods is your usually in creative mode which means you have unlimited resources and mana if the mod has that
Try MALUM, Ars Nouvau and Hexerei
They might be the closes ones you get.
Ars lets you create your own spells
Malum lets you perform rituals using the souls of slain creatures.
And Hexerei lets you brew devious concoctions. Also Flying brooms!!! And a pet crow familiar to ride on your shoulder!
Shoutout to oldschool Runecraft Mod. Used to be an awesome plug-in where you built runes out of blocks on the ground and smacked 'em with a stick to cause vanilla compatible effects. Our favorite was the one that carved sky islands out of the ground and raised them up; size of the carve and height were determined by what blocks used and size of the rune too IIRC.
My favorite magic mod, especially for packs like this, is hex casting. It feels very vanilla but gives you more freedom than any other magic mod I have seen. It is a magic mod that uses simplified code condensed as runes to write spells. Along with this, it is very vanilla in the way that it takes learning and always costs something in return specificly amethyst which is a good use of a normally under used resource.