About Chance & Choice
From ModrinthA mod about random chance and gaming. Features throwable coins and dice, and word generators. Also adds a D&D-inspired Deck of Many Things. Now improved for Minecraft version 1.21.8+!
Description
This mod includes a variety of items that output random letters, numbers, and symbols. Useful for roleplay and idea generation! Also includes rare items that grant special effects.
Features (as of version 1.21.8-1.3.0):
- Chance Token: Crafting item. Can be used at a Chance Table to link yourself to that table, allowing you to receive Chance Table rolls/flips/draws to chat. Potentially grants a random potion effect when linking (configurable).
- Chance Table: Up to 20 players (configurable) can be linked to a Chance Table, allowing rolls/flips/draws that occur at that Chance Table to be shared in chat.
- Gamer Villager: Uses the Chance Table as a workstation. Trades a variety of items. Villager trading is no longer required to progress in the mod.
- Big Die: Throwable and dispensable, creates a Big Die block facing a random direction where it lands. Crafted from/uncrafted into 9 Chance Tokens.
- Coins (Wooden, Stone, Copper, Iron, Golden, Diamond, Netherite): Throwable, dyeable, and craftable. Outputs a random side.
- Dice (D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20, D100): Throwable, dyeable, and craftable. Outputs a random number.
- Game Master's Coins/Dice: Throwable, dyeable, and grant Luck and Haste on Heads/max roll, Bad Luck and Mining Fatigue on Tails/roll of 1. Can be looted from Ominous Vaults (configurable).
- Bag of Letters: Outputs a random letter. Can possibly be traded with Gamer Villager to get bags of words. Dyeable and craftable.
- Deck of Blank Cards: Crafting item. Can be used to lock a Chance Table, preventing more users from linking. Can also unlock a Chance Table if the user is linked to that table.
- Deck of Flash Cards: Possible Gamer Villager trade, contains information about the mod.
- Deck of Playing Cards: Outputs a random card. Dyeable and craftable.
- Deck of Minor Arcana: Outputs a random card. Dyeable and craftable.
- Deck of Major Arcana: Outputs a random card. Dyeable and craftable.
- Deck of Many Things: Outputs a random card with a unique effect! Beware! Some cards could result in damage to terrain, your inventory, or your life. Dyeable and craftable.
- Puzzle Box: Secret item, can be rarely found via archaeology in warm ocean ruins and cold ocean ruins (configurable). Does nothing unless you are an approved user (configurable list).
- Summoned Armor/Weapons: Generated by the Deck of Many Things. Items decay with use and time, but does not decay when placed in an inventory like a Chest.
- Infinite Library: ???
- In-game configuration is available via Mod Menu if installed.
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Config:
These options can be changed:
- Flash Card and Bag of Letters output language (requires localization, mod only ships with en_us)
- A variety of options related to the Chance Table
- A variety of options related to Summoned Items
- A variety of options related to Game Master's items
- A variety of options related to the Puzzle Box item
Default .minecraft/config/chancechoice.json:
{
"flashCardAndLettersBagOutputLanguage": "en_us",
"chanceTableItemUseCooldownTicks": 60,
"chanceTableMaxLinkedPlayers": 20,
"chanceTableRandomEffectChance": 0.25,
"chanceTableRandomEffectMinDurationTicks": 200,
"chanceTableRandomEffectMaxDurationTicks": 800,
"summonedItemBrightnessDecreaseTicks": 20,
"summonedWorldshaperInitialBrightness": 2700,
"summonedSwordInitialBrightness": 2700,
"summonedBowInitialBrightness": 2700,
"summonedHelmetInitialBrightness": 2700,
"summonedChestplateInitialBrightness": 2700,
"summonedLeggingsInitialBrightness": 2700,
"summonedBootsInitialBrightness": 2700,
"summonedArrowEffectDurationTicks": 1200,
"gameMasterItemsLootChance": 0.20,
"gameMasterItemsLootTables": [
"chests/trial_chambers/reward_ominous_unique"
],
"gameMasterItemsEffectDurationTicks": 6000,
"puzzleBoxItemLootChance": 0.15,
"puzzleBoxItemLootTables": [
"archaeology/ocean_ruin_cold",
"archaeology/ocean_ruin_warm"
],
"puzzleBoxItemEffectDurationTicks": 3000,
"puzzleBoxItemAllowedUsers": [],
"puzzleBoxItemUseCooldownTicks": 60,
"deckOfManyThingsItemEffectDurationTicks": 36000,
"internalUseSingletonLootTables": [
"chests/trial_chambers/reward_ominous_unique",
"chests/trial_chambers/reward_unique",
"archaeology/desert_pyramid",
"archaeology/desert_well",
"archaeology/ocean_ruin_cold",
"archaeology/ocean_ruin_warm",
"archaeology/trail_ruins_common",
"archaeology/trail_ruins_rare",
"spawners/trial_chamber/key",
"spawners/ominous/trial_chamber/key"
]
}
Support
Mod versions below 1.21.8-1.3.0 are no longer supported.
If you have a bug report, feature request, or any other type of issue, please post on our GitHub issues page. This is an issues page for all of our mods, so be sure to include the mod's name and version in your post. We appreciate all feedback!
If you'd like to support development, you can leave a tip at our BuyMeACoffee. Only if it's within your means- otherwise, using, sharing, and enjoying the mod is support enough. Thank you!
Credits
Major Arcana Deck card face textures (all versions) and Deck of Many Things card face textures (versions for Minecraft 1.20.x) by shinroku, used under the MIT license. Check out their project Tarot Cards!
Special thanks to Kaupenjoe for the Big Die implementation and for being an inspiration.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 6 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.11.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Chance & Choice on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, Quilt
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.21.11-1.4.0, released 2026-01-27
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.21.8 to 1.21.11 (3 versions) | 1.21.11 |
From 5 recorded builds of Chance & Choice.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.21.11-1.4.0 | 2026-01-27 | 1.21.11 | Fabric |
| 1.21.10-1.3.3 | 2025-11-11 | 1.21.10 | Fabric |
| 1.21.10-1.3.2 alpha | 2025-11-09 | 1.21.10 | Fabric |
| 1.21.8-1.3.1 | 2025-10-21 | 1.21.8 | Fabric |
| 1.21.8-1.3.0 | 2025-09-26 | 1.21.8 | Fabric |
Dependencies
- Required: modrinth project P7dR8mSH (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
- Optional: modrinth project mOgUt4GM (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Chance & Choice on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogTechnology & automation
Machines, power, logistics and automation.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Chance & Choice as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.11 and 5 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓Authorits_Paz, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree












