Ancient Artifacts - Forge

Ancient Artifacts - Forge

My solution to the controversial Combat Update ft Elytra and easy endgame. Getting to the End of Minecraft feels like an early game achievement, lets change that!

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Screenshots

Warden's Heart
Totem of Order
Totem of Chaos
Mycelium Dust
End Staff
Dragon Pedestal

About this Mod

Ancient Artifacts

This is the Ancient Artifacts Mod Forge Page. This mod was origonally made in Fabric and I have recently completed adding all functionality to a Forge version. To find out more about how the mod works, where to find/craft all of the Blocks/Items in the world, their functionality and purpose, as well as a ton of other useful information and steps, please visit the wiki page.

Description

This is an exploration and adventure mod that requires the player to seek out lost and forgotten treasures called Ancient Artifacts. These artifacts can be found all around the world and are required in order to ever seek the End again and fly with Elytra. A lot of people in the community have talked about how finding the End portal, beating the Ender dragon, and obtaining elyrta can be not challenging enough for most players and makes many means of travel such as minecarts and horses obsolete. Elytra is a great tool; however, it allows players to simply rely on a gunpowder farm and mending to fly many blocks per second.

There is also a new update for Minecraft coming out (if you have been living under a rock) called 1.20 Tales and Trails. One of the features it's adding is armor trims and smithing templates. From what Mojang has said, the smithing templates can be found in various places around the world like underwater ruins and piglin bastions. So, I took inspiration from that idea and decided what if player had to explore places like the ancient city and woodland mansion before beating the Ender Dragon and obtaining Elytra, especially if playing a hardcore world. So, this mod will add ~25 new items to the game and use rare existing items like the echo shard and nether star to be collected together, crafted, brewed, and placed together to form a monument of sorts.

This monument configured using all of the custom items/blocks added to the game, placed and used in the right way will allow for the eyes of ender to be placed in the End Portal frame. There are plans in the future to flesh these items out more, give them more functionality, and more ways to find in the world, but for now version 1 achieves the mods goal.

What it Adds (High Level)

  • Several new blocks and items including a magic staff
  • Additions of these new items to loot tables in the world
  • Disabled End Portal by default, find all items to re-enable it

Compatibility

This mod currently works for Minecraft Fabric 1.19.2 - 1.21.1!!!

Support

If you have any questions, suggestions, or issues, put them on the issues page or reach out to me from my Discord Server!

Credits

EA6LE WIN6S (Brandon)

Available Versions

Ancient Artifacts - Forge 1.0.37-1.21.1beta
MC 1.21.1forge
December 23, 2025
Ancient Artifacts Forge 1.0.35-1.21.1beta
MC 1.21.1forge
November 10, 2025

How to Install Ancient Artifacts - Forge on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Ancient Artifacts - Forge". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.21.1

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Ancient Artifacts - Forge server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Ancient Artifacts - Forge compatible with forge?

Ancient Artifacts - Forge officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.21.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Ancient Artifacts - Forge – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Ancient Artifacts - Forge consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
MIT License
Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.21.1