Magic/Ability mod recommendations for 1.20.1 (Destructive and Customizable)
Recently I've been craving a magic mod or any ability mod really that has aesthetically pleasing/beautiful ability effects that allow me to be as destructive as I want- like tearing through huge chunks of blocks and damage that reaches into the thousands. I'm not only looking for pure damage, I'm also looking for destruction in general. I know a lot of magic mods involve tech aspects which I'm not really interested in, but if it allowed me to reach the things I'm looking for I don't really mind.
The most experience I have with a magic mod is Iron's spells and spellbooks. I play it a lot especially since I love being able to cast spells or use abilities without having to use an item in-hand and can just use a key bind to cast or scroll through magic. For RP purposes, it's just really fun for me to use abilities without being limited to an in-hand item. While that mod is fun- They include a lot of the cool things and addons in 1.21 and since I mainly play on 1.20.1 for larger mod variety I hate that I miss out.
I know it's a lot to ask for, but I want to provide a rough list of what I'm looking for in no ranking or order, but I don't expect a mod to have them all. If anyone has mods or modpacks they'd like to recommend that include at least some of these things, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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Highly customizable (interchangeable with 2)
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Large variety in possibilities, damage, and player empowerment
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Alchemical circles when using magic (?) (Very optional)
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Potential for huge amounts of block destruction
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Aesthetically pleasing/ Lots of effort in development and systems
Posted Dec 7, 2025, 5:00 AM UTC