Tooltips and borders¶
Rarity is visible in item names, tooltips, inventory slots, and hotbar slots. Common and unidentified items deliberately stay understated.
Tooltip anatomy¶
An item can show:
- rarity-colored or animated item name;
Rarity: <Tier>directly below the name;- a rarity-bonus header and multiplier;
- individual stat lines;
- a Utility Perks section on eligible tools;
- custom server lore at the end.
Unidentified items instead use a purple italic name and Rarity: ???.
Rarity frame styles¶
The 1.21.11 build includes its own tooltip frame textures. The other builds create matching rarity treatments through their version's rendering system.
Full-mode themes become more elaborate as rarity rises:
| Tier | Visual language |
|---|---|
| Uncommon | Thin green frame, corner marks, soft nature glow |
| Rare | Double crystal/frost frame and sparkles |
| Epic | Pulsing arcane frame, rune marks, magic particles |
| Legendary | Royal frame with rainbow traveling light |
| Mythical | Pulsing void frame and ghostly particles |
| Supreme | Infernal red frame, embers, and traveling light |
Border modes¶
| Mode | Result |
|---|---|
FULL |
Full themed decorations and animation |
SIMPLE |
Lighter static framed treatment |
STATIC |
Plain rarity-colored frames |
OFF |
No custom tooltip, inventory, or hotbar border |
Turning off animated borders while keeping FULL makes the full mode use a simpler static path.
Text animation¶
enableChromaTextEffects controls animated item names, rarity text, bonus headers, and perk colors. If disabled, each tier uses its static base color.
rainbowSpeed controls the cycle duration for every chroma type—not only Legendary. Lower values animate faster.
If the effects are distracting¶
Try these in order:
- keep borders on but set
enableAnimatedBorders = false; - set
borderRenderMode = "SIMPLE"; - disable
enableChromaTextEffects; - use
STATICfor plain frames; - use
OFForshowCustomBorders = falseto remove borders completely.
These choices change presentation only. The item's stored rarity, stats, and perks remain the same.