¶ Description
Fabled Roots is an RPG-lite Minecraft data pack that adds 10 unique races and 10 different classes, together with new weapons, armor, spell scrolls, NPCs and structures. When you first join a world, you choose a race and a class to shape your playstyle. Races change things like your size, movement and strengths in certain biomes, while classes give you a small perk and extra experience for doing what that class enjoys. Everything is designed to add to the classic Minecraft loop without getting in the way.
¶ Download
The data pack is currently published only on Modrinth. All required assets are included in the data pack and can also be used as a resource pack. An automatically converted mod version is also available. You can download it here: Fabled Roots on Modrinth
The resource pack is required for textures, sounds and translations. When using the mod version in singleplayer worlds, the data pack does not need to be loaded as a resource pack. However, when using the mod version on a server, you must either include the assets from the data pack in your server's resource pack or instruct players to install the mod locally.
¶ Getting Started
When you join a world with Fabled Roots for the first time, the race selection menu opens automatically. After picking a race, you choose your class and receive that class's starter equipment. Until a race is chosen, the menu keeps opening.
You can change your choices later with Reset Roots, which costs 100 Experience Levels. More information can be found on the Player Menu page.
¶ Features
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Races | The 10 races, their traits, biome bonuses and race abilities. |
| Classes | The 10 classes, their perks, experience bonuses and starter equipment. |
| Player Menu | The Fabled Roots menu in the pause screen: hotkeys, player info and resetting your roots. |
| Weapons | The 7 race weapon types, their tiers and stats. |
| Scrolls & Spells | How Scrolls are enchanted into spells, and an overview of all 26 spells. |
| Descendants | The race NPCs living in Shelters, and bartering with them. |
| Journals & Treasure Maps | Race journals telling the stories of each race, and maps leading to their buried treasure. |
| Administration | The admin menu, configuration options and uninstalling the data pack. |
¶ Items
All items of Fabled Roots, grouped by type. Each item has its own page.
¶ Weapons
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
 Broadsword |
The Netherian race weapon, in 7 tiers from Wooden to Netherite. |
 Club |
The Frostborne race weapon, in 7 tiers from Wooden to Netherite. |
 Hatchet |
The Oakhearted race weapon, in 7 tiers from Wooden to Netherite. |
 Rapier |
The Palehearted race weapon, in 7 tiers from Wooden to Netherite. |
 Scimitar |
The Dunesworn race weapon, in 7 tiers from Wooden to Netherite. |
 Scythe |
The Endling race weapon, in 7 tiers from Wooden to Netherite. |
 Throwing Knife |
The Moonshroud race weapon, in 7 tiers from Wooden to Netherite. |
 Blaze Mace |
A Mace with a Blaze Rod handle that hits harder but swings slower. |
 Breeze Mace |
A Mace with a Breeze Rod handle that hits lighter but swings faster. |
¶ Items of Roots
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
 Sword of Roots |
An iron-tier sword that takes on its owner's race color. |
 Reinforced Sword of Roots |
The netherite-tier version of the Sword of Roots. |
 Bow of Roots |
A bow that takes on its owner's race color. |
 Bundle of Roots |
A bundle that takes on its owner's race color. |
 Horn of Roots |
A horn for each race, with its own sound. |
 Helmet of Roots |
Iron-tier armor in the wearer's race color. |
 Chestplate of Roots |
Iron-tier armor in the wearer's race color. |
 Leggings of Roots |
Iron-tier armor in the wearer's race color. |
 Boots of Roots |
Iron-tier armor in the wearer's race color. |
 Reinforced Helmet of Roots |
Netherite-tier armor in the wearer's race color. |
 Reinforced Chestplate of Roots |
Netherite-tier armor in the wearer's race color. |
 Reinforced Leggings of Roots |
Netherite-tier armor in the wearer's race color. |
 Reinforced Boots of Roots |
Netherite-tier armor in the wearer's race color. |
 Crown of Roots |
A rare crown that strengthens nearby players of the wearer's race. |
 Harness of Roots |
A Happy Ghast harness in its rider's race color. |
 Horse Armor of Roots |
Horse armor in its rider's race color that heals the mount. |
 Trial Key of Roots |
Opens the race vaults of the Congress Hall. |
¶ Mob Shells
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
 Allay Shell |
Walk up full blocks without jumping. |
 Bee Shell |
Jump higher and take less fall damage. |
 Creaking Shell |
Immunity to knockback. |
 Enderman Shell |
Fall a little slower. |
 Ghast Shell |
Stop burning sooner. |
 Husk Shell |
Less damage from strong hits. |
 Iron Golem Shell |
Break blocks faster. |
 Phantom Shell |
Move faster while sneaking. |
 Stray Shell |
Move normally on slowing terrain. |
¶ Other Items
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
 Music Discs |
A music disc by Peter Hont for each race. |
 Music Disc (Peter Hont - Mojam) |
A music disc by Peter Hont that belongs to no race. |
 Scroll |
Enchant it into a spell scroll. |
 Villager Hats |
Hats of the villager professions, worn as helmets. |
Every race also has its own painting, made by using any Painting on a Stonecutter. More information can be found on the Races page.
¶ Structures
| Structure | Description |
|---|---|
| Shelter | A small home of each race, inhabited by Descendants. |
| Outpost | A race outpost found in the lands of the Dunesworn, Endlings, Oakhearted and Palehearted. |
| Congress Hall | A large underground hall where all races meet, with Trial Spawners and vaults. |
¶ Death Messages
Fabled Roots replaces the vanilla death messages. When a player dies, a random death message that fits their race is broadcast to everyone, with 200 different messages for each race. The vanilla show_death_messages game rule is turned off when the data pack loads.
¶ Advancements
Fabled Roots adds the following advancements to the Explorer's Eden advancement tab:
| Advancement | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Rooted | Craft the Sword of Roots. | Task |
| Arsenal of Roots | Own one of each of the 7 Roots weapon types, of any tier. | Goal |
| Call of the Races | Collect all 10 race horns. | Goal |
| Dressed for the Job | Collect all 9 villager profession hats. | Goal |
| Trophy Case | Collect all 9 mob shells. | Goal |
| Barded for Battle | Find Horse Armor of Roots in all 4 material tiers. | Goal |
| Bard's Repertoire | Collect all 11 custom music discs. | Goal |
| Congress Assembled | Open a vault inside the Congress Hall with a Trial Key of Roots. | Task |
| Crowned | Find and wear the Crown of Roots. | Task |
| Full Set of Roots | Wear the complete Roots armor set. | Goal |
| Reinforced | Find any piece of reinforced Roots armor. | Task |
| Legendary Arms | Craft the Sword of Roots, then find the Reinforced Sword of Roots. | Task |
| Home Away From Home | Discover both a Shelter and an Outpost belonging to the same race. | Challenge |
| Saddle Up | Craft the Harness of Roots. | Task |
| Scroll Scholar | Use enchanted scrolls spanning all 10 scroll families. | Challenge |
| Stonecutter's Pride | Craft a race-specific painting for all 10 races. | Goal |
| Living History | Complete a full Daily Life journal arc for one race. | Goal |
| Beyond the Grave | Complete a race's darker Final Days journal arc. | Goal |
| New Beginnings | Complete a race's New Horizons journal arc. | Goal |
| Ten Tales Told | Complete at least one full journal arc for all 10 races. | Challenge |
| X Marks the Spot | Follow a race's treasure map to its treasure. | Goal |
| Master Cartographer | Reach the treasure of a race from each of 5 regional pairings. | Challenge |
¶ Technical Details
For PaperMC users, it is recommended to set the
paper.maxChatCommandInputSizeproperty to a value between 512 and 1024. More information can be found in the PaperMC Docs. Also make sure to haveallow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboardsenabled in your Paper configs.
Custom Dialogs were first introduced in Minecraft 1.21.6, so a backport to older versions is not possible.