Dynamic Combat & Deep Magic

• Visceral Encounters: Experience weighty, satisfying combat with Better Combat, bringing custom animations and impactful weapon mechanics to every swing of your steel.
• Boundless Sorcery: Forge your own magical path. Spellweave custom incantations and dynamic enchantments using Ars Nouveau, or master powerful classical RPG spellcasting with Iron's Spells.
• Mythic Beasts: Face the ultimate test of survival and courage. Battle apex predators, uncover ancient hoards, and raise your very own dragons through the legendary Ice and Fire integration.

A World of Unrivaled Scale

• Breathtaking Landscapes: Journey across sweeping vistas, dramatic mountain ranges, and lush environments forged by the combined power of Tectonic and Geophilic.
• Endless Horizons: Take in massive, visually stunning terrain rendering with the seamless combination of Distant Horizons and Embeddium, ensuring epic views with perfectly optimized performance.
• Otherworldly Dimensions: Step through the portal to conquer the perilous, boss-filled dungeons of the Twilight Forest.

Masterful Building & Seamless Quality of Life

• Expanded Artistry: Construct majestic blue-bannered castles and sprawling strongholds using the massive decorative palettes of Chipped. Precision crafting is made immersive and highly organized with Sawmill and Woodworks for dedicated wood-cutting and fletching mechanics.
• Flawless Logistics: Never leave valuable loot behind. Manage your adventuring gear seamlessly on the road with Sophisticated Backpacks, and scale your stronghold's treasury with Sophisticated Storage.
• Polished Immersion: Enjoy a masterfully tuned, frustration-free UI experience. Navigate custom keybinds effortlessly with Controlling, identify world elements instantly with Jade, and set up camp on long journeys with Comforts.

Mount your dragon, ready your swords & sorcery, and prepare to write your own legend. The lands are yours to conquer.

System Requirements

Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.1

Mod Loader: NeoForge 21.1.256

RAM allocation:

• 8 GB   - Minimum
• 12 GB - Suggested
• 16 GB - High

Future Plans & Roadmap

Developer Note: Dragon Riders: Swords & Sorcery is an evolving project! Below are the major feature milestones currently in active development for upcoming pack updates.

• Custom Questline: A fully configured quest progression system (via FTB Quests) to guide you through magic spellbooks, dragon hunting tiers, and boss progression.
• Skill Tree Progression: RPG-style talent trees providing stat boosts, perk unlocks, and specialized paths for battle-mages, paladins, and dragon riders.
• Custom GUI & HUD Redesign: Overhauling the main menu, loading screens, inventory screens, and HUD elements for a cohesive high-fantasy aesthetic.

A Call to Arms: Join the Team!

Are you a modpack creator, builder, or artist? We are looking for collaborators!

We are actively seeking passionate team members to help with:

• Quest Writers & Designers (configuring FTB Quests & reward structures)
• GUI / Texture Artists (custom menu art, icon design, and HUD overlays)
• Custom Builder / Worldgen Designers (structures, dungeons, and quest hubs)

If you'd like to help shape the future of Dragon Riders, drop a comment below or reach out to get involved!

Custom Content

IN DEVELOPEMENT

• Journal: I am making a custom journal mod for players to record their journey, whether in this modpack or another
• Main Menu: I am working on a custom menu screen and possibly loading screens as well.

Known Issues & Workarounds

Please do not update individual mods manually.

CurseForge may display available updates for certain mods. These notifications are normal, but installing individual updates can cause incompatibilities

• Main Menu Layout: There is currently some overlapping text on the main menu screen.
• Small Ships Icons: Certain custom vessel variants added for The Twilight Forest and The Aether are currently missing their inventory/UI icons.
• Corpse & Curios Slots: Dead player corpses do not visually display equipped Curios slots. Don't worry—your items are safe! The corpse is still fully lootable, and all equipped Curios items will be properly retrieved when looted.
• Ars 'n Spells (Inscribed Spells): Ars Nouveau spells currently cannot be removed from Iron's Spellbooks once bound, even when using the Ars 'n Spells compatibility mod. Plan your spell slots carefully!
• Ice and Fire Mount Visual Bug: The Dread Knight Horse from Ice and Fire Community Edition is missing its hind legs due to a model rendering glitch.
• Iron's Spells Mount Visual Bug: The summonable horse from Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks is currently also rendered without back legs, and its saddle texture appears broken. If you use the Summon Steed spell from Ars and place it in Iron's Spellbooks this doesn't appear to be an issue.

Found a Bug or Have Feedback?

If you discover any other bugs or have suggestions on how to improve the modpack, please drop a comment below, or fill out a ticket on the Issues tab, I am actively monitoring feedback and will try to get it sorted as quickly as I can.

Contents

Magic & Arcane Systems

• Ars Nouveau by baileyholl2
• Ars 'n Spells by alex_f_27
• Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks by Ironbeardman
• Patchouli by Vazkii
• Enchantment Descriptions by DarkhaxDev

Combat, Mobs & RPG Mechanics

• Artifacts by ochy_
• Better Combat by daedelus_dev
• Bountiful by Ejektaflex
• Charm of Undying by Fuzss
• Corpse by Henkelmax
• DarkSmelting - RPG Smelt Armor, Tools, Weapons by Darkhax
• Friends & Foes by CorgiTaco
• Grind Enchantments by Serilum
• Hellim's Elytra Slot by Hellim
• Ice and Fire Community Edition by Alexthe666 / sbom_xela
• Ice and Fire Dragons X Better Combat by daedelus_dev
• Inventory Pets by Purplicious_Cow
• MmmMmmMmmMmm (Target Dummy) by Bonus_Bonkers / MehVahdJukaar
• Nameless Trinkets by Game_Mage
• Nyf's Spiders by Nyf
• Sword Blocking Mechanics by Fuzss
• Traveler Tool Belt by Fuzss
• XP Tome by BlayTheNinth
• Better Advancements by way2muchnoise
• Clean Swing Through Grass by Raycoms
• Combat Roll by daedelus_dev
• FTB Quests by FTB/FTB Team - COMING SOON
• Messenger Crow by Devrune
• Relics by SSKirillSS
• Backported Spears by NotUnaNancyOwen

World Generation, Dimensions & Dungeons

• AdoraBuild: Structures by AdoraBuild
• Buildpaste - Instant Structures by mickael
• Distant Horizons: A Level of Detail mod by JamesLFC & Seerick
• Friends&Foes - Beekeeper Hut by Fuzss / Friends&Foes Team
• Friends&Foes - Flowery Mooblooms by Friends&Foes Team
• Geophilic by Biscuits
• Lithostitched by Apollo
• MES - Moog's End Structures by Moog_Mods
• MMV - Moog's Missing Villages by Moog_Mods
• MNS - Moog's Nether Structures by Moog_Mods
• MVS - Moog's Voyager Structures by Moog_Mods
• Small Ships by Talhanation
• Tectonic by Apollo
• TerraBlender by Adubbz
• The Aether by The Aether Team
• The Twilight Forest by TeamTwilight
• Torchmaster by xalcon
• Towns and Towers by Biblio
• Villages&Pillages by Fuzss
• When Dungeons Arise - Forge! by DiamondLover
• When Dungeons Arise - Seven Seas by DiamondLover
• YUNG's Better Desert Temple by YUNGNICKYOUNG
• YUNG's Better Dungeons by YUNGNICKYOUNG
• YUNG's Better Jungle Temples by YUNGNICKYOUNG
• YUNG's Better Ocean Monuments by YUNGNICKYOUNG
• Cult of Azazel by Benj1kus - CONSIDERING
• Bosses of Mass Destruction [Forge | NeoForge] by Cerbon

Building, Logistics & Decor

• Amendments by MehVahdJukaar
• Chipped by terrariumearth
• Comforts by TheIllusiveC4
• Compost Bag by MehVahdJukaar
• Craftable Bundle by Serilum
• Craftable Horse Armor & Saddle by Serilum
• Farmer's Delight by VectorWing
• Immersive Aircraft by Convallyria
• Sawmill by MehVahdJukaar
• Sophisticated Backpacks by P3pp3rFl3y
• Sophisticated Backpacks: Ars Compat by P3pp3rFl3y
• Sophisticated Storage by P3pp3rFl3y
• Sophisticated Storage: Ars Compat by P3pp3rFl3y
• Supplementaries by MehVahdJukaar
• The Fletching Table Mod by MehVahdJukaar
• Tree Harvester by Serilum
• Woodworks by MehVahdJukaar
• WorldEdit by Sk89q / EngineHub
• Double Doors by Serilum

Navigation, UI & Quality of Life

• Appleskin by squeek502
• Ashen_16x Custom Font by Aim__Boot
• Better Third Person by Sledgehammer99
• Carry On by Tschipp
• Catalogue by Fuzss
• Controlling by Jaredlll08
• Jade by Snownee
• Just Enough Items (JEI) by mezz
• Just Zoom by Fuzss
• PlayerLocatorPlus NeoForged by Kanoyo
• Loot Integrations by Moog_Mods
• Loot Integrations: Moog's Voyager, Soaring, End & Nether Structures by Moog_Mods
• Loot Integrations: Towns and Towers by Biblio
• Mouse Tweaks by YaLTeR
• Searchables by Jaredlll08
• Waystones by BlayTheNinth
• Xaero's Minimap by Xaero96
• Xaero's Minimap & Worldmap - Waystones Compatibility by Xaero96 / BlayTheNinth
• Xaero's World Map by Xaero96
• Clumps by Jaredlll08
• Enhanced Boss Bars by Nakuring
• Tooltip Overhaul by xylonity
• Better Days by wendall911 - IF I CAN GET MULTIPLAYER WORKING
• Quark by Vazkii / wiresegal
• FancyMenu by Keksuccino

Performance, Graphics & Visuals

• AmbientSounds 6 by CreativeMD
• Embeddium by embeddedt
• EMF (Entity Model Features) by Traben
• ETF (Entity Texture Features) by Traben
• Entity Culling by tr3y
• FerriteCore by Malte0811
• fix GPU memory leak by SuperMartijn642
• Forge CIT by Subtegral
• ImmediatelyFast by RaphiMC
• Krypton Reno by Tux2
• LambDynamicLights by LambdAudacity
• ModernFix by embeddedt
• MoreCulling by FX_R3dfi3ld
• NeoContinuity by PepperCode1
• NeOculus by Fuzss
• Not Enough Animations by Traben
• Polytone by CorgiTaco
• ScalableLux by CorgiTaco
• Sound Physics Remastered by Henkelmax
• Sounds by SuperMartijn642

Libraries, Frameworks & Core Dependencies

• Accessories by wispforest
• Accessories Compatibility Layer by wispforest
• Architectury API by shedaniel
• Athena by Codexizer
• Balm by BlayTheNinth
• Blueprint by Team Abnormals
• Bundle API by Fuzss
• Cloth Config API by shedaniel
• Collective by Serilum
• CoroUtil by Corosus
• CreativeCore by CreativeMD
• Cristel Lib by Cristelknight
• Cupboard by Serilum
• Curios API by TheIllusiveC4
• Data Anchor by Fuzss
• Eunomia by Fuzss
• Framework by MrCrayfish
• Fusion by SuperMartijn642
• GeckoLib by Gecko
• Iron's Lib by Ironbeardman
• Jupiter by SuperMartijn642
• Konkrete by Keking
• MidnightLib by TeamMidnight
• Moonlight Lib by MehVahdJukaar
• Moogs Structure Lib by Moog_Mods
• MRU by Fuzss
• Network Protocol Disconnect (netprodis) by Serilum
• No Telemetry by kb_r
• oWo (owo-lib) by wispforest
• PlayerAnimator by KosmGL
• Puzzle by Motschen
• Puzzles Lib by Fuzss
• Resourceful Lib by ThatGravyBoat
• Sophisticated Core by P3pp3rFl3y
• Structure Pool API by TelepathicGrunt
• Uranus by SuperMartijn642
• YetAnotherConfigLib by isxander
• YUNG's API by YUNGNICKYOUNG
• Zeta by Vazkii
• ShatterLib | OctoLib by SSKirillSS / catboybinary
• Open Loader by DarkhaxDev

Resource Packs & Shaders

• Patrix 32x by Patrix - LEAVING SOON (too many incompatibilities)
• Ashen_16x by Aim__Boot
• Complementary Shaders - Unbound by EminGT