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Sands of Time

A Relics addon that adds the Entropic Hourglass: a time-bending relic found through desert archaeology. Accelerate machines, crops, and entities!

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Updated
March 10, 2026Mar 10
Published
in 2026
GUI — Main Relic GUI showing the Progression · swipe

At a glance

Runs on NeoForge
For Minecraft 1.21.1
Needed in the game and on the server
Latest version — 1.0.0 from March 10, 2026
Requires Curios API
License MIT — free
Where it's needed
In gamerequiredOn serverrequired

Needed both in the game and on the server

Game versions1.21.1

Sands of Time

Sands of Time is an addon for the Relics mod that adds the Entropic Hourglass, an ancient relic that lets you bend time itself.

Discovered through archaeology in desert pyramids and desert wells, this hourglass passively absorbs temporal energy and lets you spend it to accelerate the world around you.


The Entropic Hourglass

A curio charm with three powerful abilities that grow stronger as you level up.

Chrono-Accumulation (Passive)

The hourglass passively absorbs temporal energy while sitting in any inventory slot. Your stored time is shown as a HUD overlay and fuels all active abilities. Higher levels mean faster accumulation.

Temporal Injection (Unlocks at Level 3)

Right-click any block to inject temporal energy, accelerating it for 30 seconds:

  • Machines & Tile Entities — Furnaces smelt faster, hoppers transfer faster, brewing stands brew faster
  • Crops & Nature — Wheat, carrots, saplings, sugar cane, cactus, and any randomly-ticking block grow at incredible speeds
  • Click the same block to cycle through speed multipliers (2x → 4x → 8x → ... up to 512x!)
  • Maximum speed scales with ability level

Bio-Overclock (Unlocks at Level 8)

Right-click a living entity to overclock its biological processes for 30 seconds:

  • Speed up animal growth, mob AI, and entity behavior
  • Re-click to extend duration or upgrade speed
  • Requires line of sight — cannot target players

How to Obtain

The Entropic Hourglass is found through archaeology — brush suspicious sand in:

  • Desert Pyramids (~5% chance)
  • Desert Wells (~5% chance)

Configuration

Fully configurable through the in-game Mods menu:

  • Block Blacklist — prevent specific blocks from being accelerated
  • Entity Blacklist — prevent specific entities from being overclocked
  • HUD Display Mode — action bar, top-left overlay, or disabled

License

MIT, feel free to include in modpacks! <3

FAQ

How to install Sands of Time?

Install NeoForge for your Minecraft version, download Sands of Time for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Sands of Time support?

Sands of Time has builds for Minecraft 1.21.1.

Is Sands of Time needed on the server?

Needed in the game and on the server

License and source
MIT Licensefree to use and share with credit to the author
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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