https://github.com/seramicx/seramicx-elden-horses
Elden Ring style horse summoning for Minecraft Forge 1.20.1. Spectral Steed + Spectral Leap enchantments, full summon animation, double-jump, Apotheosis/Shiny Horses compat.
https://github.com/seramicx/seramicx-elden-horses
animation apotheosis elden-ring enchantments forge forge-1-20-1 forge-mod horse horses minecraft minecraft-1-20-1 minecraft-forge minecraft-java-edition minecraft-mod playeranimator shiny-horses spectral summon
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Elden Ring style horse summoning for Minecraft Forge 1.20.1. Spectral Steed + Spectral Leap enchantments, full summon animation, double-jump, Apotheosis/Shiny Horses compat.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/seramicx/seramicx-elden-horses
- Owner: Seramicx
- License: mit
- Created: 2026-05-11T04:50:21.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-05-31T02:59:20.000Z (about 1 month ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-05-31T04:20:11.706Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: animation, apotheosis, elden-ring, enchantments, forge, forge-1-20-1, forge-mod, horse, horses, minecraft, minecraft-1-20-1, minecraft-forge, minecraft-java-edition, minecraft-mod, playeranimator, shiny-horses, spectral, summon
- Language: Java
- Size: 9.54 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: changelog.txt
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Seramicx's Elden Horses
A Forge 1.20.1 port of [HughBone's Elden Horses](https://github.com/HughBone/elden-horses) (originally Fabric, MC 1.19.2), heavily expanded with Spectral enchantments, an Elden Ring style summon animation, and Apotheosis / Shiny Horses compat.
Animation showcase (click to watch)
## Spectral enchantments
Two new enchantments for any vanilla or modded horse armor:
**Spectral Steed**: bond a horse and summon or dismiss it on demand.
- 1st-person body and armor go translucent while riding
- 5x mining speed on horseback
- Reduced mount fall damage
- Fatal hits auto-unsummon the horse and start a configurable cooldown instead of killing it
- Once bound, the horse persists across world reload, death, and dimension change
**Spectral Leap**: mid-air double jump, with a cosmic burst of particles and chime on activation.
Obtain via enchanting table, anvil + book, or chest loot.
## Summon and unsummon animation
Elden Ring style. Whistle, hop onto the materializing horse, ride off. Reverse on unsummon. i-frames during the transition; momentum carries over if you dismount mid-gallop.
## Tome of Horse Armor (Apotheosis)
When Apotheosis is installed, a Tome of Horse Armor item registers:
- Appears in the Apotheosis Enchanting creative tab after the Boots Tome
- Crafted from 6 books and 1 blaze rod
- Accepts any horse-armor enchantment (Spectral Steed, Spectral Leap, plus Shiny Horses' Protection / Mending / etc.)
Without Apotheosis the tome simply doesn't register.
## Cross-mod compatibility
- **Shiny Horses Forge**: vanilla armor enchantments (Protection, Mending, Unbreaking, etc.) stack with Spectral Steed and Spectral Leap on the same armor
- **Any mod adding horse armor**: Spectral enchantments work on any item extending `HorseArmorItem`
## Loot drops
A Forge global loot modifier rolls extra drops into any chest table (vanilla or modded) whose path contains `chests/`:
- Spectral Steed / Leap enchanted books
- Pre-enchanted horse armor (iron / gold / diamond)
Drop rate and book-to-armor ratio are config-driven. Netherite horse armor isn't in the loot pool; smith it with a netherite upgrade template + diamond horse armor + netherite ingot, same flow as vanilla netherite armor.
## Configuration
Edit `config/elden_horses-common.toml`:
| Key | Default | Effect |
|-----|---------|--------|
| `transparency_alpha` | 0.3 | Horse armor alpha in 1st-person while riding |
| `body_transparency_alpha` | 0.15 | Horse body alpha in 1st-person while riding |
| `chest_drop_chance` | 0.05 | Per-chest chance of a Spectral drop |
| `book_to_armor_ratio` | 0.7 | Share of drops that are books vs pre-enchanted armor |
| `spectral_steed_death_cooldown_seconds` | 300 | Recovery time before re-summon after a fatal-hit save |
## Required dependencies
- Minecraft 1.20.1, Forge 47.4.4+
- [PlayerAnimator](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/playeranimator) by KosmX (whistle and mount animations)
## Optional dependencies
- [Apotheosis](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/apotheosis): Tome of Horse Armor
- [Shiny Horses Forge](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/shiny-horses-forge): vanilla armor enchantments on horse armor
- [Better Mount Steering](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/better-mount-steering): decouples mount camera from horse direction so you can look around freely while riding. Strongly recommended for the full Elden Ring mounted feel
## Installation
Download the jar from [Releases](https://github.com/Seramicx/seramicx-elden-horses/releases), drop it in your `mods/` folder alongside PlayerAnimator.
## Credits
- **hughbone_** for the original Elden Horses mod ([CurseForge](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/elden-horses))
- **InspectorJ** for the original whistle SFX ([Freesound](https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/423285/)), modified for this mod
- **KosmX** for PlayerAnimator (runtime dependency, used under its own license)
- **Shadows-of-Fire** for Apotheosis (lang keys referenced for tome tooltips; jar must be sourced separately to build with compat)
## License
MIT (see `LICENSE`). The `elden_horses` mod ID is preserved for save compatibility with the original.
## Build
```
./gradlew build
```
Output: `build/libs/seramicx-elden-horses-1.0.0+forge-1.20.1.jar`
See `libs/README.md` for how to populate the compile-only deps directory.