Runes of Power

Runes of Power

Craftable and lootable runes that can be found in your world. Runes can be upgraded and some can be socketed!

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About this Mod

Runes

Unleash the mystical forces of ancient magic with Runes of Power, a mod that introduces a wide array of powerful runes into Minecraft! Each rune offers unique abilities, allowing you to master the elements, enhance your survival, and bend the world to your will.


The Runes

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Features

🔮 New Rune System

  • Added upgradable runes with 4 tiers (I–IV).
  • Blood Rune and Storm Rune can be socketed into a weapon! ( 1.21.1 feature only )
  • Runes can now be upgraded by sneak + right-clicking while holding another copy in your offhand.
  • Each tier improves power, duration, or cooldown depending on the rune.
  • New tier info + stats are displayed directly on rune tooltips.
  • New Loot system with Config. Check below for current loot integration.

⛏️ Rune of Burrowing

  • Added Burrowing Rune for fast terrain clearing.
  • Breaks nearby soft blocks (dirt, sand, gravel, soul sand, etc.).
  • Higher tiers increase radius and reduce cooldown.

🌊 Rune of Tides (Water)

  • Grants water breathing.
  • Upgrades now increase duration and reduce cooldown.

🌑 Shadow Rune (Black Out)

  • Teleports you back to your spawn point.
  • Now includes tiered cooldown improvements.
  • Applies confusion + blindness on use for balance.

🕊️ Rune of Ascension (Flight)

  • Grants creative-style flight.
  • Higher tiers greatly increase flight duration and reduce reuse cooldown. -Includes safe landing effects after teleport or landing.

🔥 Inferno Rune (Fire Resistance)

  • Grants Fire Resistance and Lava Vision.
  • Higher tiers increase duration for both effects.
  • Cooldown decreases as rune is upgraded.

🥷 Veil Rune (Stealth)

Makes you completely undetectable to sculk systems.

Prevents:

  • Warden summoning
  • Sculk shriek trigger
  • Sculk vibration detection -Higher tiers extend stealth duration and lower cooldown.

🌌 Rune of Passage (Teleport)

Teleports you to your configured dimension safely. Now finds a safe landing spot on terrain instead of spawning you in the void.

Higher tiers:

  • Reduce cooldown
  • Add Slow Falling + Resistance after teleport

⚡ Storm Rune (Chain Lightning) 1.21.1

Unleash the fury of the skies. The Storm Rune calls down arcing bolts of chain lightning, striking multiple nearby enemies in rapid succession.

Effects:

  • Fires chain lightning that jumps between nearby targets
  • Deals magic-based damage
  • Applies a brief burst of speed to the caster
  • Scales with rune tier

Higher tiers:

  • Increase number of chain targets
  • Increase lightning damage
  • Increase range
  • Reduce cooldown

Socketing this rune into a weapon lets you cast Chain Lightning directly from your blade.


🩸 Blood Rune (Life Drain) 1.21.1

Feed on the vitality of your enemies. The Blood Rune drains life from nearby foes, dealing necrotic damage in an area and converting a portion of it into healing.

Effects:

  • Damages multiple nearby enemies
  • Heals the caster based on damage dealt
  • Applies brief regeneration
  • Scales with rune tier

Higher tiers:

  • Increase number of drained targets
  • Increase damage per target
  • Increase healing percentage
  • Reduce cooldown

Can also be socketed into weapons, allowing you to trigger a life-drain effect on demand.


Loot Tables & Rune Drops

currently only 1.21.1, crafting is still available for the mean time

Easy Loot

Tables:

  • minecraft:chests/simple_dungeon
  • minecraft:chests/abandoned_mineshaft
  • minecraft:chests/village/village_temple

Current Drops:

  • Empty Rune
  • Water Rune
  • Burrow Rune
  • Fire Resistance Rune

Medium Loot

Tables:

  • minecraft:chests/jungle_temple
  • minecraft:chests/desert_pyramid
  • minecraft:chests/pillager_outpost
  • minecraft:chests/abandoned_mineshaft
  • minecraft:chests/simple_dungeon

Current Drops:

  • Empty Rune
  • Water Rune
  • Black Out Rune
  • Blood Rune
  • Storm Rune
  • Fire Resistance Rune

Hard Loot

Tables:

  • minecraft:chests/stronghold_corridor
  • minecraft:chests/nether_bridge
  • minecraft:chests/bastion_treasure

Current Drops:

  • Stealth Rune
  • Burrow Rune
  • Teleport Rune
  • Blood Rune
  • Storm Rune

Endgame Loot

Tables:

  • minecraft:chests/end_city_treasure
  • minecraft:chests/ancient_city
  • minecraft:chests/bastion_treasure

Current Drops:

  • Cure Insomnia Rune
  • Stealth Rune
  • Burrow Rune
  • Creative Flight Rune
  • Teleport Rune
  • Blood Rune
  • Storm Rune

Available Versions

Runes of Power 3.1.1release
MC 1.21.1fabric
February 24, 2026
Runes of Power 3.1.1release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
February 24, 2026
Runes of Power 3.0.1-1.20.1release
MC 1.20.1fabric
February 24, 2026
Runes of Power 3.0.1-1.20.1release
MC 1.20.1forge
February 24, 2026
Runes of Power 3.0.0-1.20.1release
MC 1.20.1fabric
December 24, 2025

How to Install Runes of Power on Your Server

1

Order Server

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

2

Set fabric Loader

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

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Runes of Power". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabricforgeneoforge

Minecraft Versions

1.21.1, 1.20.6, 1.20.5 (+4 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Runes of Power 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 Runes of Power compatible with fabric and forge and neoforge?

Runes of Power officially supports fabric, forge, neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.6, 1.20.5. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Runes of Power – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Runes of Power 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
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Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.21.11.20.61.20.51.20.41.20.31.20.21.20.1