MKT Essentials
A comprehensive, all-in-one server-side utility mod for NeoForge 1.21.1. Everything you need to run a Minecraft server — teleportation, rich chat, cosmetics, moderation, authentication, a Discord bridge, inventory backups and more — in one lightweight package. Players join with a vanilla client and need nothing installed.
✨ Why MKT Essentials?
- All-in-one — replaces a stack of separate mods with one.
- Server-side only — works with vanilla clients.
- Self-sufficient — tab list, nametags, MOTD and placeholders are all native; no companion mod required.
- Fully configurable — clean YAML, per-command toggles, English & Polish language files.
- Permission-based — a node for every command; works great with LuckPerms.
💬 Rich Chat
- Markdown formatting —
*italic*,**bold**,__underline__,~~strikethrough~~,??matrix??— in chat and on anvil/book/sign text - Interactive chat — clickable URLs,
:emoji:shortcodes, and||spoilers||that reveal on hover - Inline objects —
[item]shows the item you're holding (with tooltip),<head>shows your player head - Mentions —
@playerhighlights and pings them; opt out with/mentions - Personal chat colour —
/chatcolor - Chat settings GUI —
/chatsetting, plus an ignore-list menu - Local / per-world chat — nearby-only or per-world messaging with a global prefix
- Roleplay, anonymous & stream —
/me,/do,/anon,/stream, plus/symbolglyphs
🎨 Cosmetics & Display
- Nicknames —
/nickshows in chat, tab list, and above the player's head (skin preserved) - Native tab list — custom header/footer, animations, optional ping column
- Above-head nametags — rank prefix/suffix via scoreboard teams
- Below-name values, sidebar scoreboard & boss bar — placeholders + animations
- Server brand — customise the F3 debug-screen server name
- Welcome greeting — personalised join message that can render the player's skin face as pixel art
- MOTD & favicon — set the server-list description and icon, with a separate maintenance MOTD
🔗 Discord Integration
Built-in JDA bot — no external plugins needed:
- Account linking — generate a 6-digit code in-game, verify with a Discord slash command; optional linked role
- 2-way chat relay — in-game chat and join/leave mirror to a Discord channel (with webhook avatars showing each player's name and skin); channel messages appear in-game
- Live status — bot shows the current online player count
- Safe by default — blocks
@everyonepings from the game, sanitises colour codes both ways
Discord features require the KotlinForForge mod.
🔨 Moderation
- Ban / Tempban / Unban — duration parsing (
1d12h,30m) and a ban screen with reason + time - IP bans —
/banip,/unbanip(works on offline players via last known IP) - Mute / Tempmute / Unmute — timed or permanent, offline supported
- Warnings —
/warnwith automatic tempban escalation at a configurable limit - History —
/historyfull punishment record - Shadowban — 4 methods including phantom full isolation: the player joins an empty world, sees no one, is seen by no one, gets no chat, and is silently muted in voice chat
🔐 Authentication
- 5 modes — full, auth-only, link-only, optional, disabled
- Register & Login — bcrypt-hashed passwords
- Freeze system — unauthenticated players can't move, interact, or chat
- Newbie protection — invulnerability window for first-time players
- Session management — auto-login from the same IP within a timeout
- Optional web sync — two-way sync with an external website/backend
🏠 Teleportation
- Homes with per-rank limits via LuckPerms (
mktessentials.homes.<number>) - Warps (clickable GUI), TPA, RTP (async, biome blacklist, safe landing)
/back(works after death), Spawn, Top, TpAll- Per-type cooldowns — TPA, RTP and Warps run on independent clocks
📦 Kits & Items
- Kits — create via chest GUI or from inventory, per-kit cooldowns, clickable
/kitsbrowser - Virtual workstations —
/workbench,/anvil,/grindstone,/stonecutter,/smithing, plus/trash
💾 Inventory Backups
- Automatic on death/join/quit, optional scheduled backups, GUI browser, Curios support
🧹 Item Cleaner
- Auto-despawn with hologram countdown, entity stacking, whitelist (modded items & wildcards), manual sweep
🛡️ Admin & Utility
- Fly / God / Vanish (persist), gamemode shortcuts,
/invsee&/enderchest(offline + Curios),/speed,/repair,/enchant,/exp,/whois,/geolocate,/sudo,/tps&/lag - Auto-broadcasts, config-defined text commands, mail, polls, per-player time/weather
🔗 Optional Integrations
Auto-detected — installed = used, absent = ignored.
| Mod | What it adds |
|---|---|
| LuckPerms | Permissions, prefix/suffix, per-group chat |
| Text Placeholder API | %mktessentials:*% placeholders in chat/tab |
| TAB | MKT's native tab/nametags step aside so TAB manages them |
| MiniMOTD | MKT's MOTD steps aside |
| SkinsRestorer | Greeting face uses the player's SkinsRestorer skin |
| Plasmo Voice / Simple Voice Chat | In-game mutes also mute voice chat |
| Curios API | Curios slots in /invsee and backups |
The mod works perfectly without any of them.
⚠️ Compatibility Notes
- LuckPerms on NeoForge 1.21.1 — the official build has a known bug; use the patched version: https://github.com/onmydestiny/LuckPerms-PATCHED
- Text Placeholder API — no official NeoForge 1.21.1 release; use the port: https://github.com/MakotoPD/TextPlaceholderAPI-NeoForge
- Discord — requires the KotlinForForge mod, and the bot's Message Content Intent (relay) / Server Members Intent (linking) enabled in the Discord Developer Portal.
📋 Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21.1 · NeoForge 21.1.228+ · Java 21
🔒 Permissions
Every command has its own node (mktessentials.command.home, mktessentials.admin.fly,
mktessentials.moderation.ban, …). Full list in-game via /mkt permissions. Some limits scale
per rank through LuckPerms (home limits, per-type teleport cooldowns).
📄 Links
- Source: https://github.com/MakotoPD/MKT-Essentials
- Issues: https://github.com/MakotoPD/MKT-Essentials/issues
- License: GPL-3.0-only
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as mktessentials-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 21.7 MB
- Download link checked 19 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.