[v1.2.0] Item Scribe: Give Every Item its Own Story

Give Every Item Its Own Story.

Current Version: 1.2.1

Item Scribe is a survival-friendly item customization mod that lets you customize nearly every aspect of your favorite items; all in survival.

Whether you’re building an RPG, decorating trophies, rewarding players, or making your favorite sword feel special, Item Scribe helps every item tell a story.

Perfect for:

• RPG Modpacks
• Adventure Maps
• Multiplayer Servers
• Content Creators
• Builders & Collectors
• FTB Quest Rewards

Features

Text Customization

• Custom Item Names
• Custom Lore & Tooltips
• Name & Tooltip Colors
• Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough & Obfuscated Text
• Extensive Cosmetic Customization

Visual Effects

• Glowing Item Names
• Rainbow (jeb_) Names
• Upside-Down (Dinnerbone/Grumm) Names
• Stylized Text
• Wax Items to Prevent Further Editing

Item History

• Record the Day an Item Was Created
• Record Creation Coordinates
• Add Flavor Text

Vanilla-Friendly Recipes

Every customization is applied using intuitive Anvil recipes.

Examples include:

• Book & Quill – Edit lore
• Glass – Hide enchantments/tooltips
• Glowstone Dust – Glowing name
• jeb_ Name Tag – Rainbow names
•  Dinnerbone / Grumm Name Tag – Upside-down names
• Honeycomb – Wax items
• Axe – Unwax Items
• Compass – Record creation location
• Clock – Record creation date
• Amethyst Shard – Mystical styling
• Echo Shard – Ancient styling
• Nether Star – Fiery Styling

NEW! Enchantment Collapsing

Got a sword with 20 enchantments, taking up your whole screen?

Features:

• Configurable Max Displayed Enchants
• Shift to Show all Enchantments
• Dynamic Scaling per your Settings
• Enchantment Descriptions!

…and more.

Formatting Codes

Use & followed by a formatting code.

Colors

0-9 a-f

Formatting

&k Obfuscated
&l Bold
&m Strikethrough
&n Underline
&o Italic
&r Reset

* As of 1.2.0, formatting codes can be combined.

Compatibility

✔ Vanilla Items

✔ Most Modded Items

✔ NeoForge 1.21.1

May conflict with mods that completely replace tooltip rendering.
Enchantment Descriptions might be an incompatibility – working on a toggle when the mod is installed to use their descriptions instead.
Some modded axes not tagged correctly might not be usable for dewaxing.
Tooltip overhaul is currently incompatible with colored/adjusted item names.

FAQ

Can I use this in my modpack?

Absolutely.

Please link back to this CurseForge page if your modpack is hosted on CurseForge.

Redistribution behind a paywall is not permitted.

Are other versions planned?

Possibly. Support for additional Minecraft versions or loaders depends on community demand.

What’s next?

Planned features include:

• Rich text editing directly from Book & Quills
• Additional cosmetic recipes
• More text effects
• Creative-only advanced editing
• Optional NBT/stat editing for creators
• World-generated, crafted, and dropped loot containing implicit format codes

Known Bugs:

• Anvil render potentially still broken
• Render order of tooltips (causes “jumping”)
• You can currently “apply” wrong enchantments with no effect.
• Unable to combine enchantments (cr. personificational)
• Colored + glowing = permanent italics (cr. personificational)

Credits

Inspired by Scribe: Write your Item’s Lore by bushtaill.

Item Scribe is an independent project and is not affiliated with the original mod.