alt text Mythic Ritual brings in-world crafting to Minecraft through the power of rituals.
Instead of using a crafting table, place offerings around an altar and ignite the ritual with a catalyst item to shape powerful results.

As a modpack developer, I was always searching for creative ways to gate progression behind milestones. Mythic Ritual was designed with that goal in mind: its flexible system lets you restrict rituals to specific dimensions, biomes, altars, and catalysts. This makes it simple to lock powerful recipes behind meaningful challenges — whether that’s exploring a dangerous realm, reaching a rare biome, or crafting at a sacred altar.

⚡ Design your own rituals with datapacks or code, choosing exactly what items, entities, dimensions, and biomes are required. Whether it’s summoning lightning, consuming offerings, or transforming blocks into something entirely new, the ritual is yours to define.

✨ Features

Craft with rituals instead of crafting tables
Place offerings in specific positions around your altar
Support for items, entities, and tags as ingredients or results
Restrict rituals to certain biomes, dimensions, or sky access
Customize with visual effects (lightning, particles, or none)
Full datapack + API support with RitualRecipeBuilder
Ideal for modpack progression gating and RPG-style gameplay

📜 Example Ritual Recipe

Here’s a simple ritual recipe in JSON format:

json { "type": "mythicritual:ritual_recipe", "altar": "minecraft:stone", "catalyst": { "items": "minecraft:wooden_axe" }, "locations": [ { "position": [0, 1, 0], "offerings": [ { "items": "minecraft:melon" } ] } ], "result": { "items": "minecraft:melon_slice", "count": 8 }, "dimensions": [ "minecraft:overworld" ], "biomes": [ "minecraft:forest" ], "effect": "lightning", "actions": [ "damage_catalyst", "drop_result" ], "sky": true }