
Players
Mechanics
Much like Minecraft Dungeons, souls are obtained by killing enemies. You can hold up to 8192 souls; yes, it's an awfully binary number. These souls can come in handy, as they possess a strange power.
I got some souls. Now what?
Well, this mod is a library, so it needs a data pack or mod to work. Thankfully, it comes with some enchantments built right in!
NeoForge support?
Short Answer: yes, but not natively. I've tested it with Sinytra Connector, but be warned that it can be pretty janky sometimes.
NeoForge support is currently unavailable because Sinytra's Forgified Fabric API hasn't been updated to FAPI 0.107.0 just yet. Until then, you should use the Fabric Loader for now.
Devs
Expanding Vanilla
Items
Soul Gathering can be added via a simple tag or through components.
Example using /give: /give @s minecraft:netherite_hoe[soul_gathering:gathering=99]
The Fabric API has utilities for adding components automatically.
Enchantments
Here's an example that makes an enchantment consume souls.
{
"enchanted": "attacker",
"affected": "attacker",
"effect": {
"type": "soul_gathering:remove_souls",
"min_souls": 3,
"max_souls": 16
}
}
Making an enchantment with a soul_gathering:add_souls effect or tagging one with soul_gathering:soul_enchantments will increase the amount of souls provided by the item component; if there's no component, nothing will happen.
- 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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Ships as soul_gathering-3.1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 61 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.