Enchantment Descriptions 26.2.0.2: Setup Guide

Minecraft Java tooltip utility

Enchantment Descriptions adds explanatory text to enchanted-book tooltips. The current Minecraft 26.2 release is 26.2.0.2 with Fabric and NeoForge files. Prickle is required on both routes, while Fabric also requires Fabric API. The project covers vanilla enchantments and supports many modded ones, but a description can exist only when its translation data is available.

Current 26.2 setup

The project describes the mod as a client-side tooltip addition. Modrinth marks the client required and the server optional. A player therefore needs the client file to see descriptions; installing only on a remote server does not create a local tooltip.

What the description can and cannot confirm

A tooltip is reference text, not a live calculation of every modded mechanic. It can explain an enchantment’s intended effect, but the actual level, target item, incompatibility rule, server configuration, or another mod may change the result. Use the tooltip to understand the name and purpose, then verify important mechanics against the enchantment owner’s documentation.

Vanilla books are the cleanest baseline. A missing description on one modded enchantment does not prove the whole install failed; the owner mod may not supply a recognized localization entry, the selected language may be incomplete, or another tooltip mod may alter ordering.

Safe install and two-book test

1. Launch a working Fabric or NeoForge 26.2 profile and record the current tooltip for one common vanilla enchanted book.
2. Add the matching 26.2.0.2 file and Prickle. Fabric players also add the correct Fabric API build.
3. Reopen the same vanilla book and confirm explanatory text appears without hiding the enchantment name or level.
4. Test one book from a known mod. Record the owner mod, enchantment ID if available, selected language, and whether the description appears.
5. Change no font, language, resource pack, or tooltip mod until both observations are complete.

If the loader route is unfamiliar, follow the exact MineBrush Fabric mod installation guide before adding the tooltip mod. NeoForge users should not install Fabric dependencies.

Fix a missing, raw, clipped, or duplicated description

If no descriptions appear, confirm the main JAR, Prickle, and loader API all target Minecraft 26.2. Read the first missing-dependency line in the log. A Prickle build for another Minecraft generation cannot be rescued by renaming its file.

If vanilla works but a modded book does not, test the game’s default English language and remove optional translation packs for one pass. Preserve the enchantment’s exact registry name or ID. If raw localization keys appear, the missing entry likely belongs to a language source rather than the book item itself. If text is clipped or duplicated, disable other tooltip, font, and UI-scaling mods individually while keeping the same book and window size.

Read descriptions as guidance, not authority

Before spending rare materials, compare the tooltip with the enchantment owner’s current documentation and the server’s configuration. Damage caps, allowed items, rarity, incompatibilities, and effects can be changed by a modpack or server. A clear sentence in a tooltip does not prove that every configured mechanic matches it.

For a useful report, capture the enchanted book name, enchantment registry ID, level, language, GUI scale, loader, Prickle version, font and tooltip mods, plus a screenshot that includes the whole tooltip. State whether a vanilla book works in the same session.

Repeat the comparison after one clean restart so cached language or resource data does not decide the result.

Rollback and evidence boundary

Exit the client, copy any related configuration, then remove Enchantment Descriptions and Prickle only if no other installed project needs it. Reopen the two recorded books. Removing a presentation mod should not alter enchantments stored on items, but keep a profile backup until the baseline is confirmed.

• Enchantment Descriptions creator releases
• Creator source repository and issues

MineBrush rechecked creator metadata on August 28, 2026. We did not launch the JAR or inspect tooltips. Exact language coverage, modded-enchantment support, font layout, server rules, and tooltip-stack compatibility remain unknown until reproduced.