Tax Free Levels
Eliminate Exorbitant Enchantment Costs
In standard Minecraft, reaching high levels becomes increasingly difficult as each subsequent level requires more experience than the previous one. Anvils and enchantment tables work with levels rather than accumulated experience, leading to exponential growth in improvement costs as you progress.
The Tax Free Levels mod fundamentally changes this system by flattening the curve of constantly increasing expenses. Now you'll always pay the same amount of experience regardless of how high your current level is.
Key Features
By default, the mod removes the "Too Expensive!" limitation for anvils and sets a fixed cost of 1 level for renaming items. Instead of paying X levels at an anvil, you pay the amount of experience needed to progress from level 0 to X. For an enchantment table requiring level 30, instead of 3 levels, you pay the experience required to advance from level 27 to 30.
Technical Specifications
In version 1.3, experience cost is calculated as the amount needed to progress from level 30-X to 30, which doesn't affect costs below player level 30. This behavior can be restored in version 1.4 by setting the "Level Base" parameter to 30. Version 1.3 also doesn't remove the anvil limitation.
Compatibility
The mod works with Minecraft 1.16 and above, requires Cloth Config, and for Fabric also needs Fabric API (starting from version 1.4). Installation is required on both server and client. Compatible with popular modifications: Reroll, Enchanting Overhauled, Enchanting Infuser, Charm/Charm Reforged, Spectrum, Waystones, Apotheosis/Zenith, Tetra, and Dis-Enchanting Table.
Incompatible with Balanced Enchanting, as both modifications perform similar functions.
Visual Example
Imagine you've just defeated the Ender Dragon and reached level 68. In the standard game, you can enchant 13 items with enchantment level 3. With Tax Free Levels, this number increases to 35 items - your dragon victory actually means something!
If you want to add another enchantment to a pickaxe with high repair cost (35 levels), in the standard game you'd pay 10220 experience, while with this mod - only 2045 experience. You'll preserve a significant portion of the 12000 experience gained from the dragon!
Additional Benefits
The mod also eliminates the "hidden tax" of vanilla Minecraft, where paying levels doesn't affect percentage experience progress. Since higher levels are worth more experience, you actually pay not only with levels but also with additional experience. Tax Free Levels removes this overpayment even at low player levels.
