Runic Skills

[1.8.0] - 2026-08-14

Legendary Tabs 2.0 Compatibility

• Added support for Legendary Tabs 2.0.
• Fixed a crash when opening the inventory with Legendary Tabs 2.0 installed.
• Updated the Runic Skills tab to use Legendary Tabs' new icon and tab system.
• The old sword icon is now replaced by Legendary Tabs' built-in Skills icon.
• Legendary Tabs remains optional, but version 2.0 or newer is required when installed.
• Incompatible Legendary Tabs versions will now be caught during startup instead of crashing when the inventory opens.

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[1.7.0] - 2026-08-13

A major stability, security, performance, and balance update based on a full technical review of Runic Skills.

Major Exploit Fixes

Several perks could be abused to generate unlimited XP or duplicate items. These have been corrected.

• Locksmith

  • No longer gives XP repeatedly from opening the same container.
  • Rewards are now limited by configurable cooldowns.

• Silk Touch Mastery

  • Fixed blocks dropping both their normal loot and an extra copy of themselves.

• Lucky Drop

  • Now only affects items actually dropped by the defeated mob.
  • Player-dropped items can no longer be duplicated.

• Double Down

  • Now works only on ores instead of every block.

• Lore Mastery

  • No longer multiplies unrelated XP simply because a grindstone screen is open.

Configuration Safety

• A single bad config value will no longer reset the entire configuration file.
• Invalid settings now fall back individually while leaving the rest of your settings untouched.
• Completely unreadable config files are left alone instead of being overwritten.
• Unknown settings are preserved, helping prevent data loss when updating mods or modpacks.
• Fixed several JSON5 parsing problems.
• All settings with defined minimum and maximum values are now properly checked when the server starts.

Crash & Stability Fixes

• Fixed invalid title conditions repeatedly crashing or disconnecting players.
• Fixed several perks crashing when configured with a 0% chance.
• Fixed unknown titles causing the HUD to repeatedly crash.
• Fixed certain synced config values disconnecting clients.
• Fixed invalid Treasure Hunter items causing crashes.
• Fixed empty passive settings creating broken attribute bonuses.
• Improved handling of malformed or unusual configuration values throughout the mod.

Player Data Improvements

• Added automatic versioning and migration for Runic Skills player data.
• Unknown saved data is now preserved between updates instead of being deleted.
• Existing player data is upgraded automatically when needed.

Multiplayer & Server Security

• The global skill level limit is now enforced by the server, preventing modified clients from bypassing it.
• The Administrator title is now removed when a player loses operator status.
• Vein Miner now properly respects land claims and other mods that can cancel block breaking.
• Cleave now respects PvP rules, pets, ownership, and protection mods.
• Counter Attack now correctly expires instead of potentially granting a permanent damage bonus.
• Perk attribute bonuses are now temporary and automatically cleaned up when no longer valid.
• Improved packet spam protection.
• Improved Ender Chest access checks.
• /respec now properly clears equipped Powers, cooldowns, and related restrictions.
• Players can now use /respec on themselves without admin permission.

Performance Improvements

• Passive effects are no longer unnecessarily reapplied every game tick.
• Attribute bonuses are only updated when something actually changes.
• Reduced repeated perk and skill calculations during combat and menu rendering.
• Improved performance of the Powers system.
• Players without equipped Powers now create almost no Powers-related tick work.
• Improved inventory tab rendering performance.

Compatibility Fixes

• Runic Skills' HUD now behaves better alongside overlays from other mods.
• Optional-mod integrations are less likely to crash when those mods update.
• Fixed client-only code being loaded in the wrong environment.

UI Fixes

• The Powers screen can finally be opened through a proper keybind.

  • The key is unbound by default and can be assigned through Minecraft's Controls menu.

• Pressing a Runic Skills screen key again now closes that screen.

• Title animations now run at the same speed regardless of frame rate.

• Fixed several smaller skill-screen and tab display issues.

Balance Changes

The exploit fixes above reduce the strength of several perks compared with 1.6.1.

Most notably, Locksmith can no longer provide unlimited XP by repeatedly opening containers.

Server owners who intentionally relied on the old behavior can adjust its new cooldown settings.

Updating

• Existing player data is migrated automatically.
• Old permanent attribute bonuses are cleaned up when each player next logs in.
• Active bonuses are then reapplied normally.
• Clients and servers must use the same updated version because the network protocol changed.

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[1.6.1] - 2026-07-08

Hide Disabled Content

Added new options allowing modpack creators to completely hide disabled Runic Skills content from players.

New settings:

• hideDisabledPerks
• hideDisabledPassives
• hideDisabledPowers

When enabled, disabled content is completely removed from the relevant menus instead of appearing locked or greyed out.

Disabling and hiding are separate:

• disabledPerks, disabledPassives, and disabledPowers determine whether something can actually be used.
• The new hideDisabled* settings only determine whether players can see it.

Admin commands will still show disabled Powers for troubleshooting purposes.

The server now controls these settings for connected clients.

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[1.6.0] - 2026-07-06

A major integration update adding support for more food mods, Starcatcher, and Overgeared, alongside an important XP fix.

Expanded Food Mod Support

Runic Skills' Farmer's Delight support has been expanded into a general Culinary Integration system.

Supported by default:

• Farmer's Delight
• Dungeon's Delight
• Fruits Delight
• Rustic Delight
• Vintage Delight
• Brewin' and Chewin'
• Let's Do: Vinery
• Let's Do: Bakery
• Let's Do: Brewery
• Let's Do: Candlelight
• Let's Do: Meadow
• Let's Do: Farm & Charm
• Let's Do: Beachparty
• Let's Do: HerbalBrews

Existing Master Chef and Culinary Expert bonuses now work with food from these supported mods.

New Culinary Perks

• Green Thumb — Bonemeal has a chance to trigger an extra growth attempt.
• Nourishing Meal — Meals from supported food mods provide bonus saturation.
• Comfort Food — Supported meals have a chance to remove a harmful effect.

Runic Skills also adds appropriate skill requirements to tools and equipment from supported culinary mods while leaving ordinary food, crops, ingredients, seeds, and decorations unrestricted.

Starcatcher Support

Added integration with the Starcatcher fishing mod.

New perks:

• Angler's Luck

  • Chance to gain an additional Starcatcher treasure reward.

• Catch of the Day

  • Your first Starcatcher catch each Minecraft day grants temporary Luck.

• Angler's Insight

  • Grants bonus XP from successful Starcatcher catches.

Starcatcher fishing rods and reusable fishing equipment can also receive Runic Skills requirements.

Overgeared Support

Added integration with Overgeared.

New perks:

• Steady Hammer

  • Chance to improve a Poorly Forged item to Well Forged.

• Blueprint Savant

  • Chance to grant bonus blueprint progress.

• Metallurgist

  • Chance to receive an additional alloy or casting output.

• Master Smith

  • Chance to improve the quality of a forged item by one tier, up to Perfectly Forged.

Overgeared tools, blueprints, and finished equipment can also receive appropriate Runic Skills requirements.

Basic crafting components remain unrestricted.

Fixed XP Level-Up Costs

Fixed an important issue where leveling a skill could spend more XP than the player actually had, sometimes resulting in broken or negative XP values.

• Skill upgrades now use XP points consistently.
• The client and server now use the exact same affordability check.
• XP can no longer fall below zero.
• The XP bar is recalculated correctly after spending XP.
• Modified or outdated clients cannot trick the server into accepting an unaffordable upgrade.

Level-Up Cost Improvements

Added:

skillLevelUpMinCost

Default: 1

This prevents low XP-cost multipliers from accidentally making skill upgrades completely free.

Set it to 0 if free upgrades at very low multipliers are intentional.

Skill tooltips now also show the exact amount of XP that will actually be spent instead of displaying a potentially misleading XP-level estimate.

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[1.5.4] - 2026-07-02

New Perk Artwork

Runic Skills received a complete visual overhaul of its skill icons.

• Replaced all 461 perk icons with original pixel-art textures.
• Integration perks no longer borrow icons from other mods.
• This prevents missing textures when supported mods change their assets.
• Removed old and unused perk textures.
• Regenerated all 38 Passive icons in the same visual style.
• Added automatic checks to ensure every perk has a valid icon.

The result is a more consistent visual style across the entire Runic Skills skill tree.