
Echoes of Antiquity
Echoes of Antiquity is a Minecraft mod inspired by Game Theory's exploration of Minecraft lore. It introduces items, specialized gear, and mechanics centered around the Void/End, Pillagers and the "Ancient Builders".
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About this Mod

Echoes of Antiquity is a Minecraft mod inspired by Game Theory's exploration
of Minecraft lore. It introduces ancient artifacts, specialized
gear, and mechanics centered around the Void and the End. Just download it and have some fun !
🛠 Materials & Ingredients
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🌑 End Steel Ingot 🟣
- A core material for advanced crafting.
- Recipe: Shapeless crafting with 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Popped Chorus Fruit, and 1 Ender Pearl.
🖤 Void Treated Leather 🟣
- Leather infused with End energies.
- Recipe: 1 Leather and 4 Chorus Fruits in a cross pattern.
📜 Ancient Scrip ⚪
- An ancient material used in crafting.
⚔️ Weaponry
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### 🏹 Dragon Bow 🟣 * A powerful long-range weapon. * Shoots with **twice the velocity** of the vanilla bow and is **more precise**🗡 Relic Blade 🟣
- A sharp blade forged from pure End Steel.
- Recipe: 3 End Steel Ingots arranged in a vertical column.
🗡️ Relic Greatsword 🟣
- A massive sword with custom animations for holding and attacking.
- Recipe: Place a Relic Blade (top), a Stick (middle), and Void Treated Leather (bottom) in a vertical column.
- Has 8.5 Attack damage, but with a 0.6 Attack Speed (lower = slower)
🗡️ Soul Siphon 🔵
- Has the same Attack Damage as a Stone Sword but with an 2.6 Attack Speed
- Entities killed by the Soul Siphon will drop a Soul Fragment
⬛ Blocks
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👣 Ender Boots 🟣
- Grants stealth by stopping vibration signals (Sculk sensors won't detect you).
- Recipe: Combine Leather Boots with Void Treated Leather at a Smithing Table.
🔮 Void Pedestal 🟣
- Allows the player to showcase one item.
- Prevents teleportation within a 20-block radius when active.
- Activation: Place an Ender Eye inside.
- Visuals: The Eye rotates and tracks nearby players.
- Effect: Applies the
void_pedestal_suppressedtag to entities in range.
⚓ Void Anchor 🟣
- Used as an "anchor" for the Static Pearl
- Right-click the Void Anchor with a magenta dye to change its texture. You can wash the dye with a water bucket.
🪚 Uncrafter ⚪
- Takes items and blocks as inputs, outputs a random ingredient from its crafting and smelting recipes.
- Will not output blocks/items that would allow for too big of a duplication (ex iron block from iron ingot)
🪨 Waystone ⚪
- A teleportation marker.
- Activation: Right-click with 10 Soul Fragments to activate it.
- Remembers the player who placed/activated it and will tp them back if health gets under 2.5 hearts
🧲 Gravity Anchor ⚪
- Activation: Powered by Redstone.
- Effect: When active, it projects an energy field in a 10-block radius that freezes falling blocks (like Sand or Gravel) in mid-air.
- Sound Effect: Humming sound when activated
Items
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🔘 Static Pearl 🟣
- Mechanics: Use once on a Void Anchor to link it to this Static Pearl, use again to instantly teleport back to it.
- Shift + Right-Click on a new Void Anchor to change which the Pearl is linked to
- Can be used 20 times
🧿 Soul Fragments 🔵
- Used to activate Waystones (Costs 10 fragments).
🕷️ Climbing Spider Leg ⚪
- Allows any player holding this item (main hand or offhand) to climb walls just like a spider
- Has a 0.5% drop chance from cave spiders
📏 Measuring Tape ⚪
- Right-Click a block to set its position has the starting point for the measure.
- Shift + Right-Click a block to set its position has the ending point for the measure.
- Shift + Right-Click in the air to change the distance calculation method.
- Has 2 distance calculations method :
- Vector distance : Calculates the norm of the vector linking both blocks.
- Manhattan distance : Calculates the distance between both blocks while staying on the block grid.
🪣 Infinite Water Bucket ⚪
- Places water just like a normal bucket.
- Mechanics: Shift + Right-Click directly on a fluid block to drain/absorb it.
📐 Level (Architect's Level) ⚪
- Mechanics: Right-click a block to instantly flatten a 3x3 area around it.
- It will automatically shave off up to 2 blocks above the target level.
- It will automatically fill in holes using Dirt from your inventory.
🥽 Obsidian Goggles 🟣
- Crafted with Obsidian, Glass Panes, and a Static Pearl.
- Allows the player to look at Endermen without angering them. Unlike Carved Pumpkin, it won't partially cover your view.
✨ Potions & Effects 🥛
👻 Phasing 🥛
- Effect: Allows walking through walls that are maximum 1 block thick.
- Brewing: Popped Chorus Fruit into an Awkward Potion.
- Note: This effect is disabled near an active Void Anchor.
📏 Long Arms (Reach) 🥛
- Effect: Increases interaction range by +2.0 blocks.
- Brewing: Popped Chorus Fruit into a Potion of Phasing.
📦 Creative Tab
- Find all items and blocks annotated with "🟣" in "The Fallen Humans" tab.
- Find all items and blocks annotated with "🔵" in "The Failed Clones" tab.
- Find all items and blocks annotated with "⚪" in "The Architect's Tools" tab.
- Find all items annotated with "🥛" in the vanilla "Food & Drinks" tab.
Available Versions
How to Install Echoes of Antiquity on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Echoes of Antiquity". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1, 1.21
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Echoes of Antiquity server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric 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 Echoes of Antiquity compatible with fabric?
Echoes of Antiquity officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Echoes of Antiquity – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Echoes of Antiquity 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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