Turn-based tactical RPG combat inside Minecraft.

Craftics turns Minecraft into a tactical RPG. Fight through 18 biomes across the Overworld, Nether, and End in grid-based combat using your actual inventory, weapons, armor, and potions. Every item has a purpose in battle.

THIS PROJECT IS IN BETA AND WILL HAVE BUGS

How It Works

If you set your world type to Craftics, you will spawn in a hub room. Type in /new to create a base, this will teleport you to your new home island where you can survive like normal. It comes with a tree and some farmland to get started. Click the Level Select Block to pick a biome and enter combat. The camera locks to an isometric view, the cursor unlocks, and you control your character on a tile grid. Click to move, click to attack, use items from your hotbar. Defeat all enemies to win, collect loot, and push deeper.

Between fights, you return to your hub room. This is your base of operations. Craft gear at the crafting table, smelt ores in the furnace, brew potions at the brewing stand, enchant weapons at the enchanting table, and cook food in the smoker. Tame animals during combat and they'll live in your hub. Build it up over time with blocks and furniture you earn from victories. Everything you do here prepares you for the next fight.

No new items. No new blocks (except the Level Select). Craftics gives combat meaning to everything already in the game.

Features

Combat System

Action Points (AP): 3 AP per turn to move, attack, or use items
Grid movement with pathfinding and tile highlights showing your range
11 weapon types with unique abilities:
- Swords cleave to adjacent enemies
- Axes stun targets for a full turn
- Maces smash in a 3x3 AoE with knockback
- Bows (range 3), Crossbows (range 4, piercing), Tridents (range 3, returning)
- Diamond Sword crits for double damage. Netherite Sword executes low-HP targets.
Unique Enchantment Effects. Sharpness causes bleeding, Fire Aspect ignites in a cone of fire, etc

Misc weapons such as coral for Water damage, and hoes for special class damage.

28+ Usable Items in Battle

Every item does something:

Food heals (steak = 5 HP, golden apple = 8 HP + absorption)
Potions give turn-based buffs (Strength = +3 ATK for 5 turns)
Splash potions arc through the air with particles, 4-tile range, hit enemies or heal yourself
Lingering potions create poison clouds that tick damage each turn
Tipped arrows apply their effect on hit (poison, slowness, harming)
Snowballs knock enemies back. Ender pearls teleport you. TNT explodes in a 3x3.
Cobwebs stun. Fire charges ignite. Bells stun everything in range.
Goat horns have 8 variants with unique combat buffs and debuffs

Armor Trim Combat System

Every trim pattern gives a per-piece bonus that stacks up to 4, plus a full-set bonus when all 4 match:

Trim	Per Piece	Full Set Bonus
Sentry	+1 Ranged Power	Counter-attack ranged enemies
Wild	+1 AP	First attack each turn is free
Ward	+1 Defense	50% less damage when stationary
Vex	Ignore 1 enemy DEF	20% dodge chance
Silence	+1 Stealth	Invisible for first 2 turns
Flow	+1 Speed	Kills refund 1 AP
Bolt	+1 Melee Power	Crits stun the target
…and 11 more

Templates drop from bosses. Every trim enables a different playstyle.

18 Biomes, 90 Levels

Player Progression

Beat bosses to level up. Allocate points across 8 stats:

Speed more tiles per turn
AP more actions per turn
Melee Power / Ranged Power bonus damage
Vitality bonus max HP
Defense flat damage reduction
Luck better loot and crit chance
Resourceful more emeralds, cheaper trades

Spend emeralds at 8 types of wandering traders between levels. Weaponsmiths, Armorers, Alchemists, Craftsmen, and more.

New Game+

Beat the Ender Dragon and the game resets, but you keep your stats, emeralds, and gear. Enemies scale +25% per cycle. How far can you go?

Fully Configurable

45+ config options via Mod Menu:

Enemy HP/ATK/DEF scaling per biome
Boss HP multiplier
Critical hit chance, ranged accuracy
Passive mob wander chance, predator hunting toggle
Permadeath mode, heal between levels
Enemy animation speed, auto-end turn
Enemy range hints, intention preview
Colorblind mode, larger UI, camera shake toggle
Loot multiplier, trader spawn chance, horn drop rate

Modding & Datapacks

Craftics is built for extensibility.

Custom arena maps build in creative, save as .nbt, drop in data/craftics/structures/arenas/
Custom biomes JSON datapacks define enemies, loot, grid size, and environment style
Custom AI register new mob behaviors through CrafticsAPI.registerAI()
Custom biome paths add new biomes into the progression

Requirements

Fabric Loader 0.16.9+
Fabric API 0.102.0+1.21.1
owo-lib 0.12.15.4+1.21
GeckoLib 4.8.4 — entity animations
Pehkui 3.8.3 — entity scaling for bosses/baby mobs

Compatibility Mods

Artifacts - new events, custom abilities for artifacts

Creeper Overhaul - Replaces creeper enemies with the different creepers in this mod

Variants&Ventures - Replaces general monsters in certain biomes with the variants in this mod

Golem Overhaul - Build the mod's golems as combat allies, each with its own role (tanks, healers, ranged casters, splitters and rideable mounts)

Basic Weapons - Adds the mod's daggers, spears, quarterstaves, clubs, hammers and glaives to combat with unique attacks like dual-wield, cleaves and sweeps, sold by weaponsmiths

MoreTotems - Each totem variant gets its own combat revive effect and can drop as rare loot

Copper Age Backport - Adds copper tools and a full copper armor "Marksman" set with ranged bonuses and ricochet shots, plus copper hybrid armor combos

Pale Garden Backport - Brings the Pale Garden, Creaking and resin content into combat and world generation on versions that don't have it yet

Spring to Life Backport- Spawns the mod's climate-matched cow, pig and chicken variants in the biomes that fit them

Addon Policy

You're free to create addons, datapacks, resource packs, and mods that interact with Craftics through its API. You can also include Craftics in modpacks with credit.

You may not redistribute Craftics itself, include its source code in your projects, or create standalone copies.

Allowed:

Addons that add new biomes, enemies, AI behaviors, or items via the API
Datapacks with custom arenas, loot tables, or biome configs
Resource packs that retexture Craftics content
Modpacks on CurseForge, Modrinth, or similar platforms (with credit)
Videos, streams, and reviews (no permission needed)

Not allowed:

Redistributing Craftics outside of modpack launchers
Copying source code into your own projects
Re-uploading to other sites without permission

Craftics - Grid Based Tactical RPG