How do I install Origins: Backgrounds [Forge/NeoForge]?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Origins: Backgrounds [Forge/NeoForge] work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Origins: Backgrounds [Forge/NeoForge]

by DraconicArcher · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge1 build
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Origins: Backgrounds [Forge/NeoForge] — screenshot 1

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Origins: Backgrounds [Forge/NeoForge] — screenshot 3

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Adding a new layer to Origins!

With this mod, you can add a background to your character. Were they a fisher? A sailor? A cultist? It's all up to you. Each background comes with a small positive effect, small enough it won't upset the balance, even without a negative effect.

Backgrounds are their own type, so they won't be competing with your hundreds of Origins or Classes. In fact, you can have an Origin, a Class and a Background, similar to a popular TTRPG.

Origins (NeoForge) is required for NeoForge
Due to personal views stated by IAFEnvoy, this project will no longer be updated.

Origins is required. For Forge

Origins: Classes is optional, but recommended.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1
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 CurseForge — 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 Origins-Backgrounds-1.20.1-Forge-1.0.4.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 17 KB
Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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