Experience Apple2: Turn Experience into Power
Most Minecraft players treat experience orbs as a means to an end: a resource you hoard until you have enough for a decent enchantment. Experience Apple2: Turn Experience into Power dismantles that idea completely. This add-on reworks the entire XP economy, turning every orb you collect into a currency for tools, rituals, teleportation, and even flight. It is a substantial system overhaul rather than a simple item pack, and it integrates cleanly with both new worlds and existing survival bases.
Core Mechanics and First Steps
The entry point is the Experience Apple. Once crafted, it transforms into a Registered Experience Apple the moment it enters your inventory. This item acts as a catalyst for most recipes and allows you to inject stored XP directly into other equipment. For any recipe questions, JEI is your best friend; hold Shift while hovering over any item to see the full crafting tree.
The Ritual Placer is the second essential tool. Right-click to select a ritual, then throw the placer on the ground. It consumes ritual glass from your inventory and builds the entire structure automatically, eliminating tedious block-by-block placement. You will also encounter three types of consumable ash: Ash of Entropy, Ash of Balance, and Ash of Order. A clever mechanic here is that if you craft an item and fully repair its durability multiple times, the resulting ash becomes a valid ingredient for advanced recipes, giving broken gear a second life.
Ritual Blocks and Automation
Rituals are built on Ritual Glass, which comes in four tiers. The first tier is crafted using a Registered Experience Apple and activated with a right-click on the center block. For a more permanent setup, use Ritual Stone of the same tiers. Unlike glass, stone does not disappear after activation, but it does consume XP to run. If you place a special variant of the stone in the center, you can register a player with a right-click and then trigger the ritual via a redstone signal. This unlocks fully automated farms for both XP and resources.
To accelerate your infrastructure, the Accelerate Stone speeds up adjacent blocks, while the Growth Stone boosts crop growth. Both have advanced versions for larger areas. When you want a hassle-free setup, many launchers offer one-click installation for modpacks containing this mod, so you can skip manual file placement entirely.
Equipment Lines: From Repair to Overpowered
The mod introduces three distinct gear tiers. WEI Tools and Armors are iron-level equipment that you can repair simply by crafting the damaged item with another of its kind. This is a solid early-game option when resources are tight. The next tier, EI Tools and Armors, outperforms diamond in raw stats but has lower durability. The trade-off is that spending XP instantly repairs these items, making them ideal for long expeditions.
The top tier is AEI equipment. The pickaxe mines blocks in a configurable area, adjusted with right-click and Shift+right-click. The sword forces mobs to drop loot on every hit, and a full armor set increases your maximum health. Together, these tools turn you into a farming machine, both for resources and for combat.
End Dragon Artifacts
Defeating the Ender Dragon now yields unique trophies that redefine combat. The Feather Sword delivers a sweeping attack on right-click and a rapid combo on left-click. The Magic Bow fires a volley of arrows based on how long you charge the draw. The Unstable Axe pulls nearby creatures toward you with a right-click, and the follow-up attack triggers an explosion. The Block Cutter converts placed blocks back into items, saving resources during large builds. These artifacts have no vanilla equivalent and serve as a worthy reward for endgame progression.
Utility Items and Experience Ore
Beyond combat, the mod is packed with quality-of-life tools. The Fragment of the Brain drops occasionally from villagers and grants 10,000 XP instantly. Flying Spell Paper enables survival-mode flight while draining XP, and Satiety Spell Paper fully restores hunger and saturation for the same cost. The Enchantment Pearl randomly applies enchantments to items in your inventory, while Multi Dye substitutes for any dye in crafting without being consumed.
Experience Ore generates in veins at any height and is extremely tough. It ignores Silk Touch and drops raw XP when broken. The Condensed Experience Ore variant yields even more orbs. Time Sand skips 100 ticks on the block it is applied to, and Multi Nutrient accelerates crop growth across most plants. The Warp Stone saves coordinates on right-click and teleports you or a mob on left-click, making it indispensable for exploration.
Final Verdict
Experience Apple2: Turn Experience into Power succeeds in making XP the backbone of your entire playthrough. The ritual system is deep, the equipment branches offer meaningful progression, and the utility items cover nearly every survival need. It does not clutter the world with intrusive content; instead, it weaves into vanilla progression and rewards experimentation. If you want a fresh, meaningful progression system built around the one resource you already collect, this mod deserves a permanent spot in your modpack. To get started, download Experience Apple2: Turn Experience into Power and follow the installation guide provided by your launcher. The mod is compatible with multiple loaders, so check your specific Minecraft version before installing.