Everything, ranging from crafting to taming, gives you xp!
Use /gamerule BreakingBlocksGivesXp to get a little bit of xp for breaking blocks
Current new ways of getting xp:
- Breaking blocks (toggleable)
- Using Bonemeal
- Crafting
- Smelting
- Landing critical hits
- Sleeping
- Trees growing
- Fishing
- Taming mobs
- Using a totem
- Being struck by lightning
- Blocking
- Entering the end
- New cleric trades
- Anchievements
- Entering the nether for the first time
Armour:
- Lapis set - each piece gives xp over time
Other:
- Compact xp - A throwable xp orb made from 9 xp bottles
- Liquid xp - Standing in this will summon xp orbs
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.4
- 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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as Everything Gives XP 1.9.4 Neoforge.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 189 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.