Meridian — Enchanting Overhaul

Chart your enchantments.

Also on Modrinth and GitHub Releases. Visit the website for the full feature list, config reference, and command guide.

Meridian is a ground-up rewrite of Minecraft's enchanting system for Minecraft 1.21.1 (Fabric). It replaces the single-stat enchanting table with a five-axis progression system, adds 75 original enchantments, introduces 25+ biome-themed shelf blocks, and gives you real tools for managing your enchantment collection — libraries, salvage tomes, and anvil upgrades included.

A full system, not a handful of tweaks. Inspired by Apotheosis and Zenith, rebuilt from scratch for modern Fabric.

At a glance

• Minecraft 1.21.1, Fabric loader (0.16.10+), Fabric API required.
• Install on the server and every client — Meridian ships custom GUIs and themed enchanting particles.
• Every enchantment and feature is individually configurable through Mod Menu / Cloth Config or config/meridian.json — hot-reload with /meridian reload.
• MIT licensed.

Features

Five-Stat Enchanting

The vanilla enchanting table's single "bookshelf power" is gone. In its place, five independent stats — each contributed by the blocks you build around your table — control every aspect of the enchanting process.

Building your enchanting setup is no longer about stacking 15 bookshelves. It's about choosing which stats to push and how far.

25+ Themed Shelf Blocks

Every shelf contributes a unique combination of stats, and they're organized into progression tiers themed around Minecraft's dimensions.

Organic Shelves — Early-game options crafted from renewable resources.

• Beeshelf, Melonshelf

Nether Shelves — Fire-themed shelves with escalating Eterna.

• Hellshelf → Infused Hellshelf → Glowing Hellshelf → Blazing Hellshelf

Ocean Shelves — Water-themed shelves that boost Arcana.

• Seashelf → Infused Seashelf → Crystalline Seashelf → Heart-Forged Seashelf

End Shelves — The highest Eterna values in the game. Draconic Endshelf is the only way to hit Eterna 50.

• Endshelf → Pearlescent Endshelf → Draconic Endshelf

Deep Dark Shelves — Sculk-infused shelves with unique particle effects. Sculk variants have a small chance of spawning a Shrieker.

• Dormant Deepshelf → Deepshelf → Echoing Deepshelf → Soul-Touched Deepshelf
• Echoing Sculkshelf, Soul-Touched Sculkshelf

Utility Shelves — Shelves that modify specific stats or unlock special behaviors.

• Hellshelf of Sight / Hellshelf of Masterful Sight — Boost Clues
• Shelf of Seabound / Hellbound / End-Fused Rectification — Boost Rectification
• Filtering Shelf — Blacklist specific enchantments from your table
• Deepshelf of Arcane Treasures — Unlock treasure-tier enchantments (like Mending) at the table

Each shelf tier displays themed enchanting particles — fire, water, end, and sculk.

75 Original Enchantments

Meridian adds 75 new enchantments across every equipment slot and playstyle. Every enchantment is fully data-driven and can be individually configured or disabled by server operators.

Combat

Tempo — Increases attack speed. Keen Edge — Chance to deal a burst of bonus damage. Cleave — Strikes hit nearby enemies in an arc. Siphon — Drains life from targets on hit. Final Gambit — Sacrifice your weapon for devastating burst damage. Soul Tax — Spend XP to amplify strikes. Blight — Poisons targets. Decay — Inflicts Wither. Nightfall — Blinds targets with Darkness.

Ranged

Detonation — Arrows explode on impact. Stormcall — Arrows summon lightning. Resonance — Arrows emit a damaging sonic shockwave. Gale Shot — Wind burst knockback on impact. Permafrost — Freezes water and chills targets. Ricochet — Arrows bounce off surfaces. True Flight — Flat trajectory, ignoring gravity.

Tools

Excavate — Mine a 3x3 area in one swing. Prospect — Break an ore and shatter the entire connected vein. Bounty — Harvesting crops reaps and replants nearby mature ones. Furrow — Tilling extends to surrounding blocks. Terrasculpt — Walking converts rough terrain into natural growth.

Mobility

Alacrity — Movement speed boost. Vault — Higher jumps. Clamber — Automatic step-up. Slipstream — Dolphin-speed swimming. Cinderwalk — Solidifies lava underfoot into temporary obsidian. Diminish — Shrink yourself with auto step-up. Colossus — Grow larger at the cost of speed.

Defense & Utility

Abyss Ward — Saves you from the void once per life. Premonition — Hostile mobs glow through walls. Luminance — Permanent night vision. Gravitas — Nearby items drift toward you. Repulse — Attackers get knocked back. Rally — Regeneration surge at critical health. Bloodrage — Taking damage fuels a frenzy. Antidote — Harmful potion effects expire faster. Spellguard — Reduces magic damage.

Mounts

Gallop — Faster mount speed. Trample — Mount damages creatures it runs through. Skybound — Higher mount jumps, less fall damage. Saddleguard — Reduced rider damage.

Elytra

Ironwing — Reduces all damage while gliding. Impact Ward — Reduces kinetic collision damage.

Shield

Retribution — Chance to reflect blocked damage. Pummel — Bonus damage while a shield is equipped. Fortify — Blocking costs less durability.

Specialty

Tether — Item stays in your inventory on death. Snare — Slain creatures may drop their spawn egg. Plunder — Double loot drops. Aurify — Transmute blocks into gold. Beckon — Farm animals are drawn to your held hoe. Prismatic — Sheared wool drops as a random color. Renewal — Sheep instantly regrow wool after shearing.

…and more, including dedicated Trident, Mace, and Curse enchantments.

Enchanting Table Crafting

The enchanting table doubles as a stat-gated crafting station. When your table's stats meet the requirements, the third enchant slot transforms into a crafting recipe. Spend XP to craft items without leaving the table.

Craftable items include:

• Shelf upgrades — Infused Hellshelf, Infused Seashelf, Deepshelf, and more
• Key materials — Infused Breath (from Dragon's Breath), Echo Shards, Budding Amethyst
• Tome progression — Scrap Tome → Improved Scrap Tome → Extraction Tome
• Library upgrades — Basic Library → Library of Alexandria (preserves stored books)
• Rare items — Enchanted Golden Apple, Heart of the Sea, Totem of Undying, Golden Apple, Golden Carrot
• XP conversion — Honey to Experience Bottles (three tiers)

Recipes are viewable in EMI, REI, and JEI under the "Infusions" crafting category. A companion "Enchantments" browser category lists every enchantment with its max level, exclusive sets, treasure flag, and per-level power windows.

Enchantment Libraries

A dedicated storage system for pooling enchanted books. Drop books into the library and it tracks per-enchantment point banks with an exponential cost curve.

Basic Library — Stores enchantments up to level 16.

Library of Alexandria — Stores enchantments up to level 31. Upgrading preserves all stored enchantments.

The library tracks both accumulated points and the highest level you've ever deposited. You can't grind thousands of Sharpness I books to pull Sharpness V — you need to deposit at least one Sharpness V first. Hopper automation is supported for bulk deposits.

Salvage Tomes

Three tiers of enchantment recovery, used in the anvil:

All costs are configurable.

XP Tomes

A ladder of consumables that bank experience levels for later. Right-click to deposit one level into the tome; shift-right-click to withdraw one back to yourself. A lime durability bar shows how full the tome is. Each tier is crafted at the enchanting table from a Dormant XP Tome, with higher tiers gated behind higher Eterna.

The Dormant XP Tome itself stores nothing — it's the crafting base for the active tiers.

Anvil Upgrades

Prismatic Web — Place it in the anvil with a cursed item to strip all curses while keeping every other enchantment. Costs 30 XP levels (configurable).

Iron Block Repair — Place an Iron Block in the anvil with a damaged anvil to repair it by one tier (Damaged → Slightly Damaged → Undamaged).

Warden Loot

Wardens now drop Warden Tendrils — a crafting material required for sculk-tier shelves. One guaranteed drop, plus a 10% bonus chance per Looting level.

Progression

Meridian includes an advancement tree that guides you from your first shelf all the way to Apotheosis — reaching Eterna 50 with a Draconic Endshelf. Eighteen advancements cover shelf crafting, library building, tome mastery, Warden hunting, and more.

Commands

Operator commands: /meridian reload — reload config/meridian.json from disk, rebuild enchantment info, and re-sync to all connected players (op level 2). Full reference: meridian.rfizzle.com/commands.html

Optional integrations

Meridian detects and integrates with these mods when present. None are bundled — install whichever you already use.

• Mod Menu — config screen entry
• Cloth Config — settings GUI
• Jade / WTHIT — shelf stat tooltips and library contents via probe
• EMI / REI / JEI — enchanting table recipes and library mechanics under the "Infusions" category, plus an "Enchantments" browser (max level, exclusive sets, treasure flag, power windows)

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.21.1
• Fabric Loader 0.16.10+
• Fabric API — Meridian will not load without it
• Java 21+
• Works on dedicated servers and singleplayer

Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader for 1.21.1.
2. Drop Fabric API into your mods/ folder — Meridian requires it.
3. Download Meridian from this CurseForge page (or via the CurseForge app / your launcher of choice) and place it into mods/ as well — on both server and client.
4. (Optional) Add Mod Menu and Cloth Config for the in-game settings screen.

Config generates at config/meridian.json on first launch.

Links

• Website: https://meridian.rfizzle.com
• GitHub Releases (canonical downloads): https://github.com/rfizzle/meridian/releases
• Modrinth: https://modrinth.com/mod/meridian-enchanting-overhaul
• GitHub: https://github.com/rfizzle/meridian
• Report an issue: https://github.com/rfizzle/meridian/issues
• Changelog: https://meridian.rfizzle.com/changelog.html

Companion mods

Meridian is part of Concord — a modular collection of system overhauls. Install any, combine all:

• Mercantile — Every villager remembers.
• Tribulation — Survive what comes next.
• Prosperity — Every chest, yours to discover.

License & credits

Licensed under the MIT License. © 2026 rfizzle. Meridian is not affiliated with Mojang Studios or Microsoft.