Remove your end crystals before the server even knows you hit 'em!
- Fabric Loader, Quilt Loader, Forge, or NeoForge
- Minecraft (1.16.5, 1.17.1, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.19.4, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.4, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.8, or 1.21.10)
- Fabric/Quilt only: Fabric API or QFAPI/QSL (Required)
- Fabric/Quilt only: Mod Menu (Optional)
Crystal PvP has become a pretty popular combat mode in Minecraft. Crystals themselves were never designed to be used in combat. Because of this, a client ping (latency) plays a significant role in a crystal PvP fight, affecting how fast you can spam. This mod helps to reduce (but does NOT fully remove) the ping factor from crystal PvP fights. This is commonly called a client-side crystal optimizer mod. It also removes the ping factor for PvP with anchors, though the ping doesn't play a big role in anchor fights, and it might even be beneficial to have high ping in these fights. This is not the only crystal optimizer mod available, but it's the most configurable out there.
Note: A server-side crystal optimizer plugin (not this mod) is much more
effective. Consider checking the /fastcrystals command or similar commands
on your server. Ask the admins to install one if the command doesn't exist.
Q: I need help, have some questions, or have some other feedback.
A: You can join the Discord server.
Q: Where can I download this mod?
A: GitHub Releases.
You can also find unstable builds at
GitHub Actions.
You'll need a GitHub account to download these.
Q: Which mod loaders are supported?
A: Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge are supported. Quilt should work too.
Q: Which Minecraft versions are supported?
A: Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.17.1, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.19.4, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.4,
1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.10, and 1.21.11.
Q: Which Minecraft versions were previously supported?
A: Previously supported Minecraft versions were
1.19.3 (Fabric/Quilt only),
1.21.2 (Fabric/Quilt only),
1.21.6/1.21.7, and
1.21.9.
Note: These versions are NOT supported and are included for informational
purposes. They are probably buggy, laggy, and don't have new features.
Q: Do I need Fabric API or Quilt Standard Libraries?
A: Yes, you'll need Fabric API for Fabric and QFAPI/QSL for Quilt.
Obviously, you don't need them for Forge or NeoForge.
Q: Is this mod open source?
A: Yes. (Licensed
under Apache 2.0 License)
Q: Is this mod client-side or server-side?
A: This mod works on the client-side.
Q: Is this a hack?
A: It depends on your opinion on what's hack and what's not. This mod
reduces the role that ping (latency) plays in combat with crystals.
Specifically, it does affect how fast the crystals are removed. Crystal
placement is NOT affected. It cannot be affected in a way that's
considered legitimate.
Q: Is this designed to be a hack?
A: No.
Q: I want to block this mod as a server owner, can I do this?
A: A plugin channel
called hcscr:imhere is registered by this mod. Beware: Other mods similar to
this one don't offer a way to block them. Consider investing your time/resources
into an anti-cheat plugin, if you want to block all of them.
Q: I've found a bug.
A: Report it here. If you are not
sure whether this is a bug or a simple question, you can join the
Discord. Report security vulnerabilities
here.
Q: Can I use this in my modpack?
A: Sure. Credit (e.g., a link to the mod's GitHub page) is appreciated but
is not required. Monetization and redistribution are allowed as per the
Apache 2.0 License.
Beware: This mod may be considered a hack by some people.
Q: Why is this mod not on the Modrinth or CurseForge?
A: Modrinth
says
it violates their rules. CurseForge has a
terrible API and I don't want to deal with it.
Q: Why does this mod exist, when there are server-side crystal optimizers?
A: Firstly, this mod was created in 2023 before the server-side crystal
optimizers. Secondly, not every server has a server-side crystal optimizer.
Thirdly, I have updated it in 2025, because I needed to learn the
Stonecutter preprocessor.
Now it's not hard to maintain, so why not.
Q: How fast is it?
A: It should be pretty fast. No precise numbers,
it depends on the ping, server MSPT, etc.
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This project is provided under the Apache 2.0 License. Check out NOTICE and LICENSE for more information.
This mod is developed primarily by VidTu, but it wouldn't be possible without:
- Contributors.
- Stonecutter by KikuGie. (and contributors)
- Architectury Loom by Architectury. (and contributors; plus upstream Fabric Loom by FabricMC and contributors)
- Fabric Loader and Fabric API by FabricMC. (and contributors)
- NeoForge by NeoForged. (and contributors)
- Forge by Minecraft Forge. (and contributors)
- Mod Menu by TerraformersMC. (and contributors)
- Mixin by SpongePowered. (and contributors)
- Minecraft by Mojang.
To compile the mod from the source code:
- Have 8 GB of free RAM, 20 GB of free disk space, and an active internet connection.
- Install Java 21 and dump it into PATH and/or JAVA_HOME.
- Run
./gradlew assemblefrom the terminal/PowerShell. - Grab the JARs from the
./build/libs/folder.
Run the ./launch <version>1 (e.g. ./launch 1.16.5-fabric) command to
launch the game client. You can attach a debugger to that process. Hotswap is
supported. "Enhanced" hotswap (class redefinition) and hotswap
agent will work if supported by your JVM.
Switch between the current target (by Stonecutter) versions by using
./switch <version>2 command. It is discouraged to modify code commented
out by the preprocessor, switch to the version instead.
Reset to the default target before commiting changes
via ./reset3 command to avoid mess.
Running the client via generated tasks (e.g., for IntelliJ IDEA) may work, but you might need to make some adjustments. Launching the game directly (without Gradle) might also work, but it is also not supported.
The development environment has stricter preconditions: Mixin checks, Netty detector, Java assertions, etc. Code with bugs might (and probably will) fail faster here than in a production environment.
The recommended IDE for development is IntelliJ IDEA (Community or Ultimate) with the Minecraft Development plugin. This is not a strict requirement, however. Any IDE/editor should work just fine.