Just Skills

Just Skills is a lightweight NeoForge mod that adds an advancement-based skill system to Minecraft.

Unlock skills through progression, receive one of your available skills at random, and use it in combat. After successfully casting a skill, a five-minute cooldown begins before another skill can be obtained.

Features

• Seven unique skills
• Advancement-based skill unlocking
• Random skill selection from unlocked skills
• Simple skill and cooldown HUD
• Stationary skill casting
• Five-minute cooldown after a successful cast
• Server-authoritative skill activation and damage
• Multiplayer support
• Configurable skill key, with G as the default

Skills

Just Skills currently includes seven skills:

• Crimson Wave
• Azure Wave
• Amber Disk
• Emerald Spikes
• Golden Flicker
• Indigo Orbit
• Violet Rift

Each skill has its own visual effect and combat behavior.

How It Works

When you have no assigned skill and your cooldown has finished:

1. Press the skill key (G by default) to receive a random skill from the skills you have unlocked.
2. Press the skill key again to begin casting the assigned skill.
3. Complete the cast to activate the skill.
4. After a successful cast, the skill is consumed and a five-minute cooldown begins.
5. Once the cooldown ends, press the skill key again to receive another random unlocked skill.

If a cast is interrupted, the assigned skill is kept and the cooldown does not begin.

BlazeandCave's Advancements Pack

The built-in skills are integrated with BlazeandCave's Advancements Pack (BACAP) and use its advancement progression for skill unlocking.

Just Skills itself can load without BACAP, but the built-in skills that depend on BACAP progression will remain unavailable.

HUD

The HUD displays your currently assigned skill and the remaining cooldown state.

If you attempt to use the skill system while it is still on cooldown, the remaining time is displayed above the hotbar.

Multiplayer

Skill unlocking, random skill assignment, casting, cooldowns, and damage are all handled server-side.

This keeps the core skill system authoritative and consistent in multiplayer environments.

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.1.2
• NeoForge 26.1.2.97 or later
• Java 25
• BlazeandCave's Advancements Pack 1.20.3 for the built-in skill unlock progression

Commands

/justskills cast <skill>

An administrator and testing command that immediately activates the selected skill.

This command bypasses normal skill assignment, unlock requirements, casting, and cooldown mechanics and requires Game Master permissions.