Moai's Mo' Curses
Curses in Minecraft have always been a bit of a joke. Bind a Curse of Vanishing to a diamond pickaxe and watch it disappear into the void, sure, but most players shrug it off and move on. Moai's Mo' Curses takes that shrug and turns it into a genuine problem. This small but mean add-on introduces three new curses that punish bad luck, bad planning, and bad positioning, and it does so without adding a single new mob or block. If you have ever wanted your gear to fight back, this is the mod for you.
What Moai's Mo' Curses Adds to the Game
The concept is simple: three new enchantments, all of them curses, all of them designed to make survival a little more stressful. You cannot craft them, you cannot trade for them, and you cannot remove them with a grindstone. They show up where you least expect them, usually on gear you just spent an hour enchanting.
Curse of Shattering
This is the headline curse. When a tool or piece of armor enchanted with Curse of Shattering reaches zero durability, it does not simply vanish. It explodes. The blast damages nearby entities and can destroy fragile blocks around you. Picture mining deep underground, your pickaxe finally gives out, and suddenly you are standing in a crater with half a heart left. It is brutal, memorable, and exactly the kind of chaos that makes a long-term world feel dangerous again.
Curse of Gravity
Curse of Gravity makes affected entities fall faster. That sounds harmless until you realize it applies to mobs and players alike. Drop a cursed item on a zombie and watch it plummet off a cliff. Get hit with it yourself and your carefully timed water bucket clutch becomes a lot less forgiving. It is a subtle curse, but in the right hands it is a PvP nightmare.
Curse of Starving
The most interesting of the three, Curse of Starving drains your hunger bar to restore item durability. It has two levels, so a level two curse will eat through your food supply twice as fast. On the surface this sounds like a fair trade, but in practice it means every swing of your sword costs you a steak. Combine it with a long mining trip and you will be sprinting home on an empty stomach.
Supported Versions and Loader
Moai's Mo' Curses is currently built for Forge on Minecraft 1.17. The developer has stated that this is a temporary limitation caused by MCreator, the tool used to build the mod, and that additional versions will follow once the software catches up. If you are running a 1.17 Forge instance, you are good to go. If you are on Fabric, newer versions, or an older pack, you will need to wait or look for alternatives.
For players who want to skip the manual setup entirely, the foxygame.net launcher handles the busywork for you: it detects your installed Minecraft version, matches it against its add-on catalog, and installs Moai's Mo' Curses in a single click, then keeps it updated automatically whenever the developer pushes a new build.
How to Install Moai's Mo' Curses
Installation is straightforward if you have modded Minecraft before. Here is the short version:
- Install the Forge loader for Minecraft 1.17 if you have not already.
- Locate your mods folder inside the .minecraft directory.
- Place the Moai's Mo' Curses .jar file into that folder.
- Launch the Forge profile and confirm the mod appears in the mod list.
- Start a world and check that the new curses are registered in the enchantment table.
If you want to download Moai's Mo' Curses, grab the file from the official mod page and double-check that the version matches your Forge build. A mismatched jar is the most common reason players see a crash on startup.
Who Should Try This Mod
Moai's Mo' Curses is not for everyone. Players who enjoy peaceful building or who get attached to their gear will find it frustrating. But if you like the idea of Minecraft survival having real stakes, if you want enchantments that carry genuine risk, and if you appreciate a mod that does a lot with very little, this one earns its place in your loadout. It is small, it is mean, and it makes every mining trip a gamble.
Download Moai's Mo' Curses for Minecraft 1.17 Forge, enchant something valuable, and see how long you last before the shattering begins.