Radical Exp Strategy

Radical Exp Strategy

A customizable experience mechanism mod.

Features

Experience Absorb Delay

Configure how many ticks the player must wait before picking up another experience orb after collecting one.

• Vanilla default: 2 ticks
• Configurable range: 0 ~ Integer.MAX_VALUE

Direct XP Absorption

Experience from mobs killed by the player is granted directly to the player’s XP bar, without spawning an experience orb entity.

• No more running around to collect scattered orbs.
• Clean, instant XP rewards for combat.
• Disable this if you prefer the vanilla orb-dropping behavior.

Aggressive XP Merge

When enabled, all experience orbs can merge with each other regardless of their individual value, and merged orbs accumulate their total XP into a single entity.

• Vanilla behavior only merges orbs with similar values — this mode removes that restriction entirely.
• One big orb = one pickup, no matter how much XP it contains.
• Ideal for farms, grinders, and large-scale mob slaughtering.

Max XP Value Per Orb

Controls the maximum amount of XP a single orb fragment can hold.

• Vanilla default: 2477
• Default (this mod): 32767
• Acts as a cap for the aggressive merge system, avoiding potential vanilla cap inadequacy.
• Higher values reduce entity count and improve performance, but may result in extremely large single orbs.

Configuration

All settings are configured via a NeoForge ModConfig file (COMMON config).

Config Options

| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|———————|———|———|————-|
| experienceAbsorbDelay | Integer | 0 | Delay in ticks before picking up another orb. Vanilla: 2. |
| directXpAbsorb | Boolean | true | When enabled, player-kill XP goes directly to the player without spawning orbs. |
| aggressiveXpMerge | Boolean | false | When enabled, all orbs can merge regardless of value. |
| maxXpValue | Integer | 32767 | Maximum XP a single merged orb can hold. Vanilla: 2477. |

The config file is generated automatically after running the game once with the mod installed.

You can find it at:

./config/radical_exp_strategy-common.toml

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.