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Elytra Trails

Colorful trails for elytra flight, designed to match the vanilla visual style.

Version note: Vanilla APIs and particle implementations differ between Minecraft versions, so the exact trail appearance may vary slightly. Use the build that matches your Minecraft version.

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Branches and Supported Versions

Branch	Loader	Minecraft	Description
1.21.x-fabric	Fabric	1.21 - 1.21.11	Multi-version Fabric implementation
1.21.x-neoforge	NeoForge	1.21 - 1.21.11	Multi-version NeoForge implementation

Choose the jar for your loader and exact Minecraft version. Do not mix Fabric and NeoForge builds.

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Features

• 16 color trail enchantments, one for each vanilla dye color
• Big Trail enchantment with a brighter, larger particle effect
• Multi Trail enchantment up to level 5 by default, with higher levels obtainable through commands
• Smooth quadratic Bezier interpolation for clean trails during fast turns
• Vanilla trail particles for a style that fits the base game
• Lightweight config hot reload
• Vanilla crafting recipes with JEI / REI recipe viewing support

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Crafting

Ingredients	Result
Book + any dye	Enchanted book for the matching color trail
Book + gunpowder	Big Trail enchanted book
Book + gunpowder + flint	Multi Trail I enchanted book

!Recipe example

Combine the enchanted book with an elytra in an anvil. Color trail enchantments are mutually exclusive. Big Trail and Multi Trail can be combined with a color trail.

Multi Trail books can be merged in an anvil: I + I -> II, II + II -> III, and so on.

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Configuration

After the first launch, the mod creates config/elytra-trails.json on the client:

{
  "spreadRadius": 1.0,
  "spawnInterval": 1,
  "trailDuration": 100
}

Option	Description	Default
spreadRadius	Spread radius of Big Trail particles, in blocks	1.0
spawnInterval	Particle spawn interval in ticks; higher values are lighter on performance	1
trailDuration	Lifetime of each trail particle in ticks	100

The config file supports hot reload. While flying with a valid trail enchantment, changes are picked up on the next particle spawn, usually within about one second. No game restart is required.

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Installation

Fabric

1. Install Minecraft 1.21 - 1.21.11 with Fabric Loader.
2. Install the matching Fabric API version.
3. Place the matching Elytra Trails jar in the mods folder.

NeoForge

1. Install Minecraft 1.21 - 1.21.11 with the matching NeoForge version.
2. Place the matching Elytra Trails jar in the mods folder.

Java 21 or newer is required.

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Notes

• This mod uses client-side particle rendering. Server-side gameplay does not create the visual trail.
• Configuration is file-based; gamerule control is not included.
• Different Minecraft versions may produce slightly different visual results.

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AI Disclosure

This project was developed with AI assistance and then reviewed and tested manually. The author and project credits remain with the project owner.

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License

MIT License

Author: zhuimeng1233