Radical Exp Strategy

A customizable experience mechanism mod.

Features

1. Experience Absorb Delay

Configure how many ticks the player must wait before picking up another experience orb after collecting one.

Vanilla default: 2 ticks
Configurable range: 0 ~ Integer.MAX_VALUE

2. Direct XP Absorption

Experience from mobs killed by the player is granted directly to the player's XP bar, without spawning an experience orb entity.

No more running around to collect scattered orbs.
Clean, instant XP rewards for combat.
Disable this if you prefer the vanilla orb-dropping behavior.

3. Aggressive XP Merge

When enabled, all experience orbs can merge with each other regardless of their individual value, and merged orbs accumulate their total XP into a single entity.

Vanilla behavior only merges orbs with similar values — this mode removes that restriction entirely.
One big orb = one pickup, no matter how much XP it contains.
Ideal for farms, grinders, and large-scale mob slaughtering.

4. Max XP Value Per Orb

Controls the maximum amount of XP a single orb fragment can hold.

Vanilla default: 2477
Default (this mod): 32767
Acts as a cap for the aggressive merge system, avoiding potential vanilla cap inadequacy.
Higher values reduce entity count and improve performance, but may result in extremely large single orbs.

Configuration

All settings are configured via a NeoForge ModConfig file (COMMON config).

Config Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
`experienceAbsorbDelay`	Integer	0	Delay in ticks before picking up another orb. Vanilla: 2.
`directXpAbsorb`	Boolean	true	When enabled, player-kill XP goes directly to the player without spawning orbs.
`aggressiveXpMerge`	Boolean	false	When enabled, all orbs can merge regardless of value.
`maxXpValue`	Integer	32767	Maximum XP a single merged orb can hold. Vanilla: 2477.

The config file is generated automatically after running the game once with the mod installed.
You can find it at:
./config/radical_exp_strategy-common.toml

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.