Currently in beta. JEI is a required dependency. Some features are not fully implemented or functional yet. However the mod is in a playable state.

Have you ever played games like RuneScape or Skyrim where as you do certain tasks over and over you start gaining proficiency and bonuses to gameplay related to those tasks. Like fishing over and over and you gain a higher chance to get rarer fish or catch multiple fish. More damage with arrows by using bows a lot, able to pickpocket bigger and better items from NPC's.

That is this mod, but for minecraft. Action Skills adds 25 skills related to basic gameplay tasks that augments or increases efficiency of those tasks. It also adds a few secret bonuses and skills that will be unlocked after completing certain tasks in a certain order, to gain certain bonuses.

Otherwise its pretty simple. For mod packs JEI is a requirement and some of the bonuses can be applied to modded items, materials, and machines.

Action Skills is tuned to be a slow burn mod that is intended to be used in long term play sessions and worlds spanning multiple days.

Leveling Basics
Most skills cap at level 50. Exceptions: Fishing, Cooking, Defense, and Beast Handling cap lower. Most skills use a rising XP curve: roughly 100 points for level 1, then about 10% more per level. Some slow/fast skills have custom curves, especially Sprinting, Jumping, Foraging, Monster Slaying, Scavenging, Treasure Hunting, Enchanting, Alchemy, and crafting skills.

Skills Summary

Skill	How To Level	Main Bonuses
Sprinting	Sprint blocks	Speed I while sprinting, Speed II at level 25
Jumping	Jump and use charged jump	Charged higher jumps, +1% charge power per level
Mining	16 pickaxe blocks = 1 point	Mining speed, tool durability save, ore fortune, stone bonus loot, reach
Excavation	16 shovel blocks = 1 point	Shovel speed, durability save, soil nugget/gem loot, reach
Woodcutting	16 logs = 1 point	Axe speed on logs, axe durability save, reach
Farming	Harvest crops	Bonus harvest chance, more min/max bonus crops, row planting at 25+
Foraging	Grass/flowers/ferns/dead bushes, apples near cut trees	Apple/forage bonus chance, golden apple tree chance
Fishing	20 points per caught drop	Bonus cod chance, cap level 17
Cooking	Eat edible items	More saturation and food value, cap level 15
Smelting	Smelt ore outputs	Bonus ore product chance
Armor Crafting	Craft armor	Bonus crafted output chance; armor values vary by material
Tool Crafting	Craft tools	Bonus crafted output chance
Weapon Crafting	Craft weapons	Bonus crafted output chance
Projectile Crafting	Craft projectile items	Bonus crafted output chance
Explosives Crafting	Craft explosive items	Bonus crafted output chance
Material Crafting	Craft materials	Bonus crafted output chance
Smithing	Anvil work	Reduced anvil XP cost, chance to boost book enchant level
Enchanting	Complete enchant table work	Higher enchantment table level bonus
Alchemy	Brew/pick up/use potions	Potion progress and potion-related bonuses
Building	Place blocks, 25 placed = 1 point	Block reach at levels 25 and 50
Masonry	Place stone-like blocks	Masonry placement progress
Carpentry	Place plank blocks	Carpentry placement progress
Swordsmanship	Sword kills	Sword damage, undead damage, charged slash at 25/50
Axe Combat	Axe kills	Axe damage, ground slam at 25, stronger blast at 50
Brawler	Unarmed/block/drop kills	Damage, knockback, charged punch at 25/50
Archery	Projectile hits/damage	Projectile damage, poison chance, charged bow shots at 25/50
Crossbows	Projectile hits/damage	Projectile damage, poison chance, 5-shot burst at 25/50
Tridents	Trident kills	Trident damage, lance attack at 25/50
Defense	Take hostile damage	Up to 75% hostile damage reduction, cap level 15
Armor	Take hostile damage while armored	Armor durability preservation
Shielding	Block hostile damage with shield	Extra shield reduction, shield durability preservation
Recovery	Heal	Healing bonus, regeneration when hurt and fed
Stealth	Stealth kills/hits/invisibility play	Night vision while sneaking, invisibility at 5, backstab damage at 10+
Hunting	Kill animals	Animal damage, duplicate animal drops
Monster Slaying	Kill hostile mobs	Hostile damage, duplicate hostile drops
Beast Handling	Interact with horse-like animals	Not Fully Implemented
Ranching	Feed animals	Chance to refund wheat seeds
Trading	Villager trades/open merchant menus	Bonus emerald chance
Bartering	Use gold ingots on piglin-type entities	Bonus gold nugget recovery
Scavenging	Generated/other-player chests once per player	Bonus chest loot chance and quality
Treasure Hunting	Generated/other-player chests once per player	Bonus chest loot chance and quality
Swimming	Swim/dive	Underwater mining speed, underwater night vision at 25
~~Diving~~	~~Legacy/merged~~	~~Existing saved levels remain, active behavior merged into Swimming~~
Climbing	Climb, 1.5 points/sec	Haste while climbing at 10+, stronger at 30+
Riding	Ride non-boat vehicles	Vehicle speed, +3% every 5 levels up to 40%
Sailing	Ride boats	Boat speed from Sailing
Nether Survival	Spend time in Nether	Fire resistance at 10, resistance at 25
End Survival	Spend time in End, End kills	Slow falling at 10, resistance at 25

Original Forge Dependencies

Dependency	Required?	Version
Minecraft	Yes	`1.20.1`, range `[1.20.1,1.21)`
Forge / JavaFML	Yes	Forge loader `[47,)`; tested around Forge `47.2.0`
JEI	Yes	`[15,)`
Create	Optional	`[0.5.1,)`
Java	Yes	Java 17 for Minecraft/Forge 1.20.1