Skill Forge

SkillForge is a complete progression mod for Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11, built with Fabric. It adds a large, server-authoritative skill tree where every player can spend their Minecraft experience levels to unlock permanent abilities, powerful bonuses and specialized playstyles.

Version 1.1.0 expands SkillForge from 4 to 12 unique branches and from 20 to 68 unlockable skills, covering mining, combat, movement, survival, archery, defense, farming, underwater exploration, magic, smithing, the Nether and world exploration.

Main Features

• 12 fully developed skill branches.
• 68 unlockable skills.
• Multi-rank abilities with increasingly powerful bonuses.
• Skills are purchased using normal Minecraft experience levels.
• Prerequisite system with connected progression paths.
• Individual progress for every player.
• Progress is preserved after death, reconnecting and restarting the server.
• Server-side validation of purchases, resets, cooldowns and movement abilities.
• Designed for single-player, LAN worlds and dedicated Fabric servers.
• Complete English and Spanish translations.
• Configurable costs, multipliers, cooldowns, limits, branches and individual skills.
• No mandatory dependencies other than Fabric API.

Skill Tree Interface

Press K to open SkillForge’s custom skill-tree screen.

The interface includes:

• Connected skill nodes arranged according to their prerequisites.
• Separate visual layouts for all 12 branches.
• Locked, available, purchased and selected node states.
• Skill names, descriptions, costs, current ranks and requirements.
• Current experience levels and total levels spent.
• Mouse dragging to move around the tree.
• Mouse-wheel zoom.
• Previous and next branch buttons.
• Keyboard navigation using the arrow keys.
• Automatic node placement and branch organization.
• Support for different resolutions and GUI scales.
• Purchase sounds and visual particles.
• A confirmation screen before resetting the tree.

Experience and Reset System

Every skill rank has a cost between 1 and 5 Minecraft levels. Experience is removed only after the server confirms that:

• The skill exists and is enabled.
• Its prerequisites have been completed.
• The requested rank is valid.
• The player has enough levels.
• The skill has not already reached its maximum rank.

The skill tree can be reset through a confirmation screen. By default, resetting returns 75% of all legitimately spent levels, rounded down.

Server owners can change the refund percentage or disable resets entirely. Administrative grants are not counted as purchased levels and therefore cannot be exploited to generate refundable experience.

Administrative Commands

Players can check their progress with:

/skillforge points

Administrators can use:

• /skillforge grant <player> <skill> [rank]
• /skillforge revoke <player> <skill>
• /skillforge reset <player>
• /skillforge unlockall <player>

Modification commands require administrative permission and provide autocomplete for player and skill names.

What Version 1.1.0 Adds

SkillForge 1.1.0 introduces:

• 8 completely new skill branches.
• 48 new abilities.
• A total of 68 skills across 12 branches.
• Automatic node positioning based on prerequisite depth.
• A larger tree layout organized into a branch grid.
• Dedicated branch navigation buttons and keyboard controls.
• A focused-branch indicator.
• Improved zoom and scrolling limits.
• New systems for item durability, experience bonuses and beneficial-effect duration.
• Configuration options for every new ability.
• New Lumberjack and Harvester limits.
• A configurable Aegis cooldown.
• Complete English and Spanish translations for all new content.
• Additional progression tests ensuring each branch has one independent starting skill and that prerequisites never cross between unrelated branches.

SkillForge 1.1.0 lets every player build a completely different character—whether they want to become a master miner, unstoppable warrior, expert archer, ocean explorer, powerful archmage, legendary smith or fearless ruler of the Nether.