AncientsMod & the Resource Pack

AncientsMod is the server's free, optional client mod for Java Edition. It used to be called PrisonsMod. It only changes what you see: HUDs, tooltips, menus and pings. Nothing in the game is locked behind it, and it does nothing on other servers.

The resource pack is separate from the mod and is covered at the bottom of this page.

Install

1. Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 1.21.11 and the matching Fabric API.
2. Type /mod in game for the download link, or go to ancients.gg/mod. Put ancientsmod-x.y.z.jar in your mods folder.
3. Press F9 in game to open the settings.

If you still have a prisonsmod jar in the folder, delete it. The game won't start with both installed. Your old settings move over by themselves.

The mod runs beside Sodium and Lithium. It is not a Lunar Client mod and won't load inside Lunar. It is Java only, so Bedrock players can't use it.

Updating

The mod checks for a new release when you join the server. Click the chat prompt or type /ancientsmod update and it updates itself. Turn the check off with Update alert on server join in the settings.

Settings and keybinds

Press F9 or type /ancientsmod to open the settings. Every feature has a switch. Edit HUD positions in the HUDs section lets you drag each HUD where you want it.

Rebind keys in Minecraft's own Options, under Controls.

HUDs

Other features

• Tree screens. /miningtree and /hunter open the whole tree on one screen. Drag to move, scroll to zoom, click a node to take it. The switch for it is under Advanced settings.
• Tooltips. Long tooltips scroll with the mouse wheel. Hold Shift for the full enchant list. Hold Alt over special items for an item wiki.
• Item overlays. Booster time, gear level, prestige and energy amounts show on the items in your inventory.
• Vault terminal. /pv opens a terminal that searches every personal vault at once.
• /buffs shows a sortable breakdown of every pickaxe buff.
• Peaceful Mining fades other players and NPCs while you mine. Peaceful PvP fades your teammates so you hit the enemy behind them. Peaceful PvP is off by default.
• Auto-Rejoin reconnects you after a restart or a dropped connection. It retries every 5 seconds while the disconnect screen is up, and clicking any button there stops it.
• /bugreport and /suggest open a form instead of a one-line chat message.
• Local time. Clock times the server shows are in your timezone. Without the mod they are in Pacific time.
• Chat emoji. Shortcodes like :skull: turn into emoji.

Hold to attack

/autoclicker (/ac) is removed. To keep swinging at monsters:

• with the mod, hold left click with a sword or axe
• without the mod, hold right click with a sword or axe
• on Bedrock, hold the attack button

It works on monsters only, never on players. Mining has its own /clicklock for Bonfire rank and up.

Fullbright

The mod has no fullbright setting. On Java, turn Brightness up in Minecraft's Video Settings. Bedrock players have /fullbright, which is on by default.

The resource pack

The server offers a resource pack when you join. It is optional, but most of the game's look depends on it.

Without the pack:

• drawn menus fall back to a plain chest layout
• icons in chat and the tab list show as empty boxes
• custom items lose their textures

To turn it back on after declining: in the multiplayer server list, select Ancients, click Edit, set Server Resource Packs to Enabled and rejoin.

If textures look wrong after an update, rejoin.