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Pandora's Box

by Alexandra-Myers · for Minecraft

Arcade item mod for Minecraft

330KDownloads
6 mo agoLast updated
MITLicense
Fabric · Forge +2Loaders

About Pandora's Box

From Modrinth

Arcade item mod for Minecraft

Pandora's Box

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Description

_When Prometheus stole the fire from heaven, Zeus swore vengeance and planned a horrible punishment. He made Hephaestus create a woman (the first woman on earth), and the gods gave her many gifts: She was made beautiful, given musical talent, speech, and was clothed. He presented her to Epimetheus (Prometheus's brother), who promptly fell in love and married her. Zeus, though, gave her the box as a wedding gift, and told her not to ever open it._

_She couldn't overcome her curiosity, and thus the very first thing she did after the wedding was to open the box. The box contained all evil imaginable, and started releasing it, spreading it over the whole world. She hastened to close it, but alas, it was already too late: Almost all of it had already exited its former container. The world became unbearably bad for the humans, who had never known pain before. At last, though, they reopened the box, and thus released the one last thing trapped inside: Hope._

_Some say the hope was Zeus taking pity on the humans and giving them the strength to go on. Others say hope is the worst of them all, for it makes one persevere through all the malady and pain without a second thought, even whilst no shred of release is in sight. Take from it whatever you might, but keep in mind: Do not open the box, for it may contain grief beyond your wildest imaginations._ 

This mod adds a new Item: Pandora's Box. It is craftable, and spawns in dungeons, or you can just cheat it in if you want some... interesting times.

Pandora's Box also spawns in special structures (Optional, but requires Recurrent Complex to be installed, and is not currently present in 1.16.5, due to the lack of Recurrent Complex, and needing to completely rework them).

Note:

  • _Granted Attribution_ (Link to this mod, and mention of the authors), you may use this mod in mod packs.
  • Back up your worlds when mass-spawning boxes. It really is dangerous.
  • For the full effect impact, don't set your difficulty to peaceful! 
  • The boxes are configurable, so check out the config to adjust the values to suit your play style.
Spotlights

Remember: Don't watch the videos if you want to be surprised. After all, that's the point, right?

Crafting Crafting Commands

Use /pandora to invoke any effect you like. Many effects also support having arguments, so try experimenting with numbers here.

You can also use it inside command blocks. Simple use "player=@p" to invoke it on the nearest player, for example.

For a list of the effects, type "/pandora effect= ", and then press tab (auto completion).

Command

/pandora player=APlayerName(1.7-1.12) /pandora APlayerName(1.16+)

Activates a random effect on the player. If none is given, it will target you.

/pandora effect=inTheEnd(1.7-1.12) /pandora APlayerName minecraft:in\_the\_end(1.16-1.20) /pandora minecraft:in\_the\_end(1.21+)

Will transform the land around you into the end

/pandora player=APlayerName effect=epicThing(1.7-1.12) /pandora APlayerName minecraft:epic\_thing(1.16+)

Will give the player enchanted, and possibly named items

/pandora effect=worldSnake invisible=true(1.7-1.12) /pandora APlayerName minecraft:world\_snake true(1.16-1.20) /pandora minecraft:world\_snake true(1.21+)

Will make a Snake made out of blocks run through the air. Also hides the spawned box completely.

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Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 16 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.11.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Pandora's Box 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, Forge, NeoForge, 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
2.6.3.HF1-1.21.1-Fabric, released 2026-05-02

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Fabric1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (7 versions)1.21.11
Quilt1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (7 versions)1.21.11

From 5 recorded builds of Pandora's Box.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
2.6.3.HF1-1.21.1-Fabric2026-05-021.21.1Fabric, Quilt
2.6.3-1.21.11-Fabric2026-02-211.21.11Fabric, Quilt
2.6.3-1.21.9-Fabric2026-02-211.21.9 to 1.21.10 (2 versions)Fabric, Quilt
2.6.3-1.21.8-Fabric2026-02-211.21.6 to 1.21.8 (3 versions)Fabric, Quilt
2.6.3-1.21.1-Fabric2026-02-211.21.1Fabric, Quilt

Run Pandora's Box 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 catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Weapons, items & crafting

New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Pandora's Box as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.21.11 and 15 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorAlexandra-Myers, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Pandora's Box, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Pandora's Box?

Modrinth lists Pandora's Box as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

Is it free?

Yes. Pandora's Box is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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