Medieval RPG Modpack for Minecraft 1.21.1
Antique Runes is a medieval RPG modpack built on NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1.
The pack features 250+ mods centered around world exploration, overhauled combat, new dungeons, creatures, and expanded farming — with performance mods configured for fast loading times and smooth FPS.
⚔️ What does this modpack offer?
🌍 New Biomes & World Generation
Over 75+ unique biomes to explore. From towering mountain ranges to dense, foggy forests — powered mainly by Terralith, Regions Unexplored, and Incendium.
🏰 New Structures & Dungeons
The world is full of places to raid. Ruins, towers, and sprawling dungeons from Dungeons and Taverns, Repurposed Structures, Structory, Towns and Towers, Medieval Buildings, and YUNG's series.
⚔️ Enhanced Combat
No more left-click spam. Combat features custom weapon animations, dodge rolls, and proper hit mechanics thanks to Better Combat, Combat Roll, and Critical Strike.
💀 Challenging Bosses
You'll run into bosses that actually require you to learn their moveset. Hard-hitting attacks and high-tier loot await in encounters from Bosses of Mass Destruction, Legendary Monsters, and more.
🍖 Farming & Cooking
Way beyond basic steak and bread. Cook dozens of new meals and drinks with Farmer's Delight and addons like Brewin' and Chewin', Chef's Delight, Miner's Delight, End's Delight, and More Delight.
🐾 Creatures & Wildlife
200+ new animals, mobs, and unique variants scattered across biomes. Added by Critters and Companions, Friends & Foes, Creeper Overhaul, Enderman Overhaul, Rotten Creatures, and Ribbits.
🎒 Backpacks & Gear
Store your loot on the go with Traveler's Backpack, gear up in medieval armor sets from Armor of the Ages, glide around with Gliders, and customize your gear with Tool Trims.
🏘️ Village Overhaul
Villages actually feel populated now. Guard Villagers defend against raids, Smarter Farmers handle crops automatically, and Mebahel's RPG Quests brings villager quests and hireable companions.
🔊 Sound & Ambience
Immersive environmental audio, realistic footsteps, and medieval background tracks powered by MAtmos, Drip Sounds, RedWolf's Music Expansion, and The Immersive Music Mod.
🎨 Visual Overhaul
Built around Ashen 16x for a clean medieval aesthetic. Mobs get smooth movement with Fresh Animations, menus are overhauled via GUI Revision, and you get 6 pre-configured shader options.
🌑 Dimension Overhauls
The Nether has 15+ new biomes, rare weapons, and deadly structures via Incendium, Luminous: Nether, and Rubinated Nether. The End is reworked with BetterEnd and End Remastered.
⚡ Optimized Performance
Runs surprisingly smooth even with 250+ mods. Heavily tuned using Sodium, Lithium, ModernFix, ImmediatelyFast, and more..
👥 How to Play Multiplayer
1. Install the Pack Make sure everyone in your server/party is on the exact same version of Antique Runes via Modrinth.
2. Pick How to Host
🖥️ Option A — Dedicated Server Great for 24/7 uptime if you have a hosting server.
🔗 Option B — Free LAN / Peer-to-Peer Use the built-in e4mc mod. Open your world to LAN, share the generated link with your friends, and they can join directly without port forwarding.
3. Hop In Everything in this pack — bosses, quests, dungeons — scales and works properly in co-op.
📦 Included Content
📄 Mod List [274]
- 2D Projectiles by Gauraaaaaaaa
- 3D Skin Layers by tr7zw
- Aggro Indicator by Raverbury
- AI Improvements by bl4ckscor3
- Amendments by MehVahdJukaar
- AppleSkin by squeek502
- Architectury API by MaxNeedsSnacks
- Armor of the Ages by Poulpinou
- Arrow In The Knee by RazorPlay01
- Artistry by Feliscape
- Aurae! by YeoXuHang
- Autochef's Delight by Snownee
- Axes Are Weapons by Fourmisain
- Bad Wither No Cookie by kreezxil
- BaguetteLib by Leclowndu93150
- Balm by BlayTheNinth
- BCLib: New Dawn by Raijin2312
- BE Style Wither by morimori0317
- Better Archeology by Pandarix
- Better Combat by ZsoltMolnarrr
- Better Days by wendall911
- Better ModList by 1Foxy2
- Better Safe Bed by frankV
- Better Smithing Table by jjblock21
- Better Third Person by Socolio
- BetterEnd: New Dawn by Raijin2312
- Blueprint by SmellyModder
- Boat Item View by 50ap5ud5
- Bookshelf by Darkhax
- Boss Checklist by Yori3o
- Boss Checklist - Incendium Compat by TheExiIedFeIIow
- Bosses of Mass Destruction by CerbonXD
- Brewin' And Chewin' by ProbablyEyes
- Button Fix by loonz
- Caxton by flirora
- CERBON's API by CerbonXD
- Cerulean by Txni
- Chat Animation by Ezzenix
- Chat Heads by dzwdz
- Chef's Delight by redstonegamesb
- Clean F3 by tyrannus
- Clean Tooltips by CesarZorak
- Cloth Config API by shedaniel
- Clumps by jaredlll08
- Cobweb
- Collective by Serilum
- Combat Roll by ZsoltMolnarrr
- Common Network by mysticdrew
- Configurable by Bawnorton
- Configuration by Toma1O6
- Confirm Disconnect by Microcontrollers
- Connector Extras
- Cool Rain Reforged by Leclowndu93150
- CorgiLib by CorgiTaco
- Corpse by henkelmax
- Corpse x Curios API Compat by Leclowndu93150
- Creeper Overhaul by Joo5h
- Cristel Lib by Cristelknight
- Critical Strike by ZsoltMolnarrr
- Critters and Companions by Joo5h
- Curios API by TheIllusiveC4
- Cursors Extended by fishstiz
- Dark Loading Screen by craisinlord
- Darker Depths by naterbobber
- Data Anchor by CorgiTaco
- Deeper and Darker by nitrodynamite18
- Delight Lib by Axperty
- Drip Sounds by PieKing1215
- Dungeons and Taverns by NovaWostra
- Dungeons Content 2 by zozozrob
- Dungeons Dimensions: Nether by Redupro
- Dynamic FPS by juliand665
- e4mc by vgskye
- EMF - Entity Model Features by Traben
- EMI by Emi
- EMI Enchanting by fzzyhmstrs
- EMIffect by moechakucha
- Enchant Limiter by ZsoltMolnarrr
- Enchantment Descriptions by Darkhax
- End Remastered by jack-bagel
- End's Delight by FoggyHillside
- Ender Dragon Fight Remastered by MrGenie151
- Enderman Overhaul by Joo5h
- Enhanced Celestials by CorgiTaco
- Entity Culling by tr7zw
- Entity Texture Features by Traben
- Equipment Compare by Grend
- Eternal Starlight
- Every Compat by MehVahdJukaar
- Expanded Delight by ianm1647
- Fancy Toasts by Bivrik
- FancyMenu by Keksuccino
- Farmer's Delight by vectorwing
- Farmer's Knives by ianm1647
- Fast Noise by ZenXArch
- Fast Paintings by MehVahdJukaar
- FDLib by FINDERFEED
- FerriteCore by malte0811
- Field Guide by evanbones
- Flerovium by MoePus
- Flowery Mooblooms by faboslav
- Forgified Fabric API
- FPS Reducer by bre2el
- Fragmentum by Obscuria
- Friends & Foes by faboslav
- Friends & Foes - Beekeeper Hut by faboslav
- Fzzy Config by fzzyhmstrs
- Galosphere by Orcinus
- GeckoLib by Gecko
- Gliders by Jeryn
- Gnetum by decce6
- Guard Villagers by seymourimadeit
- guy's Armor HUD by AnAwesomGuy
- Handcrafted by Kekie6
- Healight by Obscuria
- Hellish Trials by aureljz
- HerdsPanic by Globox1997
- Hominid by Alganaut
- Horseman by mortuusars
- Iceberg by Grend
- ImmediatelyFast by RaphiMC
- Immersive Damage Indicators by Txni
- Immersive Messages API by Txni
- Immersive Overlays by Cassian
- Incendium by catter1
- Interactive Foliage by KartO
- InvMove by PieKing1215
- InvMoveCompats by PieKing1215
- Iris Shaders by coderbot
- It Takes a Pillage by faboslav
- Item Descriptions by Cassian
- Ixeris by decce6
- JamLib
- JeremySeq's Damage Indicator by JeremySeq
- Jupiter by IAFEnvoy
- Kerria by decce6
- Keybind Atlas by UmbraLykos
- Konkrete by Keksuccino
- Kotlin for Forge by thedarkcolour
- Ksyxis by VidTu
- LambDynamicLights by LambdAurora
- LanguageReload by Yuqi154
- Legendary Monsters by Miauczel
- Lionfish API by mcl_ender
- Lithium by jellysquid3
- Lithostitched by Apollo
- Lodestone by egshels
- Loot Beams: Refork by Clefal
- Loot Journal by Obscuria
- Loot Sentinel by HER0XP
- Lootr by noobanidus
- Luki's Ancient Cities by lukidonu
- Luki's Crazy Chambers by lukidonu
- Luki's Grand Capitals by lukidonu
- Luki's Strongholds by lukidonu
- Luki's Woodland Mansions by lukidonu
- Luminous: Nether by RipleysMods
- Luminous: Overworld by RipleysMods
- Luminous Tag by RipleysMods
- Mas Effects by MasUN0
- MAtmos - Ambient Sound by tc.gaming108
- Mebahel's API by Mebahel
- Mebahel's Creatures - Draugr by Mebahel
- Mebahel's RPG Quests by Mebahel
- Medieval Buildings by Lupin
- Medieval Buildings: End Edition by Lupin
- Melody by Keksuccino
- MidnightLib by Motschen
- Milky Way by davigj
- Miner's Delight by SoyTutta
- MmmMmmMmmMmm (Dummy) by MehVahdJukaar
- Modern World Creation by Keksuccino
- ModernFix by embeddedt
- ModpackUtils by UltimatChamp
- Moog's End Structures by FinnDog_123
- Moog's Nether Structures by FinnDog_123
- Moog's Structure Lib by FinnDog_123
- Moonlight Lib by MehVahdJukaar
- More Armor Trims by masik16u
- More Culling by FX
- More Delight by Axperty
- Mouse Tweaks by YaLTeR
- My Nether's Delight by SoyTutta
- Myths & Legends by oVinter
- Naturally Trimmed by majo24
- Neruina by Bawnorton
- Nirvana Library by Clefal
- No Container Labels by Fyoncle
- No Realms Button by Tigercrl
- No Report Button by Lucaslah
- Not Enough Animations by tr7zw
- Not Enough Recipe Book by SSKirillSS
- OctoLib by SSKirillSS
- Packed Packs by fishstiz
- Particle Core by fzzyhmstrs
- Particle Interactions by enchanted-games
- Platform by ItsBlackgear
- playerAnimator by KosmX
- Prickle by Darkhax
- Prism by Grend
- Punchy!
- Reactions by Tochuuu
- Realm RPG: Fallen Adventurers by NoCube
- Realm RPG: Treasure Balloons by NoCube
- Reconnectible Chains by evanbones
- Redirected by Txni
- RedWolf's Music Expansion by riwie
- Reese's Sodium Options by FlashyReese
- Regions Unexplored by Apollo
- Reliable Advancements by evanbones
- Reliable EMI (REMI) by evanbones
- Remove Stardust Labs Intro by catter1
- Repurposed Structures by TelepathicGrunt
- Repurposed Structures - FD Compat by TelepathicGrunt
- Resourceful Config by epic_oreo
- Resourceful Lib by ThatGravyBoat
- Ribbits by Joo5h
- RightClickHarvest
- Rotten Creatures by JonahFuses
- Rubinated Nether
- SWAY by RazorPlay01
- ScalableLux by ishland
- Shulker Box Tooltip by MisterPeModder
- Simple HUD Enhanced by SoRadGaming
- Simple Menu by Serilum
- Simply Tooltips by Sweenus
- Sinytra Connector
- Smarter Farmers by MehVahdJukaar
- Smooth Gui by Ezzenix
- Sodium by IMS
- Sodium Extra by FlashyReese
- spark by lucko
- Spawn Animations by Tschipcraft
- Spawn Animations Compats by Fyoncle
- Spooki's Unique Mobs by spookipup
- Starcatcher by wdiscute
- Starter Kit by Serilum
- Steve's Realistic Sleep by Steveplays
- Storage Delight by Axperty
- Structory by catter1
- Structory: Towers by catter1
- Supplementaries by MehVahdJukaar
- TCT Core by tc.gaming108
- TerraBlender by Adubbz
- Terralith by Apollo
- The Immersive Music Mod by GoldEagleProductions
- Tidal Towns by joshieman
- Tide 2 by Lightning64
- Tool Trims by JoeFly
- TooManyRecipeViewers by Nolij
- Torch hit!
- Towns and Towers by Biban_Auriu
- TrashSlot by BlayTheNinth
- Traveler's Backpack by Tiviacz1337
- Traveler's Titles by YUNGNICKYOUNG
- Trek by hotsuop
- TxniLib by Txni
- Vanilla Backport by ItsBlackgear
- Visuality: Reforged by RaymondBlaze
- Waystones by BlayTheNinth
- World Play Time by Khajiitos
- WorldWeaver: New Dawn by Raijin2312
- WunderLib: New Dawn by Raijin2312
- Xaero's Minimap by thexaero
- YACL by isxander
- You Died by GoryMoon
- YUNG's API by YUNGNICKYOUNG
- YUNG's Better Mineshafts by YUNGNICKYOUNG
- YUNG's Better Witch Huts by YUNGNICKYOUNG
- YUNG's Bridges by YUNGNICKYOUNG
- YUNG's Extras by YUNGNICKYOUNG
- Ambient Environment by jaredlll08
- Epic RPG: Loot Sentinel by HER0XP
🎨 Resource Packs [37]
- Ashen 16x by Aim_Boot
- Ashen + Appleskin Support by Aim_Boot
- Ashen + Comforts Compatibility by Sof_Izh
- Ashen + EMI Compatibility by Sof_Izh
- Ashen + Gliders Compatibility by Sof_Izh
- Ashen + Lootr Compat by bunofthesun
- Ashen + Regions Unexplored Support by Aim_Boot
- Ashen + Ribbits Compat by bunofthesun
- Ashen + Visuality Support by Aim_Boot
- Ashen 16x Custom Font by Aim_Boot
- Ashen 16x PBR Addon by Taygeta
- Ashen Simple Foliage by Aim_Boot
- Better Horses by CanineGray
- Better Horses x Fresh Animations by CanineGray
- Dramatic Skys by thebaum64
- EGG Textures by DarikStoune
- Enhanced Boss Bars
- Fast Better Grass by robotkoer
- Fast Better Grass - RU Compat by Fyoncle
- Fresh Animations by FreshLX
- Fresh Moves by IthanMendoza
- Fyoncle's 3D Trims by Fyoncle
- GUI Revision by Vixel
- GUI Revision Compats by Fyoncle
- Icons by Zartrix
- Icons Compats by Fyoncle
- Jade Enhance by Kaelis_T
- Low On Fire by Haikis
- Main Menu Panoramas by sumone_lol
- MedievalMusic by Globox1997
- Nerf's Fancy Cursor by nerfashton
- Refined Buckets by patovskiz
- Sparkles by YoannBB
- Untitled Punchy by _seoluvs.u
- Vocal Villagers by Owehttamy
- xali's Enchanted Books by xalixilax
- xali's Enchanted Books - Addon by DedMaxim99
🎬 Shaders [6]
- Bliss Shaders by Xonk
- BSL Shaders by CaptTatsu
- Complementary Shaders - Reimagined by EminGT
- Complementary Shaders - Unbound by EminGT
- Photon Shaders by sixthsurge
- Solas Shader by Septonious
❓ F.A.Q
Will Antique Runes come to CurseForge?
Nope. Antique Runes is a Modrinth-exclusive modpack and we don't have any plans to bring it to CurseForge.
Will it be ported to other Minecraft versions?
Not at the moment. I'm focused on making the 1.21.1 version the best it can be. Porting to other versions would mean re-testing hundreds of mods, and I'd rather spend that time improving what's already here.
Can I use this modpack on a server?
Absolutely. The pack works on both client and server. Just make sure everyone's running the same version and you're good to go. You can also use the built-in e4mc mod to share your world without port forwarding.
What are the minimum system requirements?
I recommend at least 8 GB of RAM allocated to Minecraft, a decent CPU, and a GPU that can handle shaders if you want to use them. The pack runs fine without shaders too — they're completely optional.
I found a bug / something crashed. Where do I report it?
Head over to my Discord server and report it there. I check everything regularly. Please include your crash log — it makes fixing things way easier.
Can I add my own mods to the pack?
You can, but I can't guarantee everything will work. I've spent a lot of time balancing compatibility between 250+ mods, so adding more might cause conflicts. If something breaks after adding your own mods, that's on you.
Is there a recommended shader pack?
I personally recommend Complementary Reimagined — it looks great with the medieval theme and runs well. But all 6 included shader packs work perfectly with the modpack.
🌐 Community
Got questions, feedback, or just want to hang out with other players? Join the Discord — I'm pretty active there.
Share your builds, report bugs, suggest features, or just chat about the pack. I check everything and reply as fast as I can.
📜 Credits
Modpack Creator
Ardopia
Art, Graphics & Testing
Fyoncle
Logo, Banner, 3D Trims & Custom Pack Compats
Featured Works & Special Thanks
Ashen 16x by Aim_Boot (Core Visual Style)
Terralith & Regions Unexplored by Apollo
Incendium & Structory by catter1
Galosphere by Orcinus
A huge thank you to every mod developer, texture artist, and shader creator whose work makes this pack possible! ❤️
