Proficiency: Honest Work (Levels)
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.19. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Have you ever wanted some leveling progression in Minecraft?
Or maybe you want to build those sweet projects without spending hours on end farming resources (but rather halves of hours on end)?
Or maybe you are tired of enslaving villagers and forcing them to reproduce into farmable iron golems when you could be having fun spelunking for your iron?
Proficiency: Honest Work is a leveling system mod. The more you gather certain types of items (eg. stone, wood, ores, mob drops), the more your respective proficiencies will level up and they will grant you a multiplier on your future resource yields. You can see your proficiencies by opening your inventory and clicking on the Brain icon next to the recipe book.
The mod is fully customizable by difficulty with configs or thematically (categories, new blocks to break) with datapacks.
Preview:
The UI:
Is compatible with HT TreeChop
For a datapack example, see this
FAQ:
Q: This is cheating!??!?
A: No, it's progression, you could spend a couple of hours building an iron farm for infinite iron, or spend them leveling your Metals proficiency for a measly 3x iron drops. Also most blocks in Minecraft are there so you can build.
Q: Can't I just mine a block, place it, break it again and so on for infinite resources?
A: No, only naturally spawned blocks give you multiple resources.
Q: Can I level my proficiencies from my player experience?
A: No, the only way to level up is through some honest work.
Q: Are there configs?
A: Yes, you can configure your resource yield, experience requirements and max level.
Q: Can I add blocks from X mod?
A: Yes, you can add your own block categories with datapacks and register blocks for them using item tags.
Q: Does this work with mob loot?
A: Yes, animals, monsters, undead and nether/end monsters are supported. Also shearing sheep!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.19.2, 1.19.4
- 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 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.
- Ships as proficiency-1.2.1-1.19.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 215 KB
- Download link checked 17 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.