No Chat Reports in All the Mods 10: To the Sky

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

No Chat Reports strips the cryptographic signatures that Minecraft attaches to every chat message from 1.19 onwards. Without them, your messages can't be tracked and tied back to your Minecraft client, and by extension your Microsoft account. Since 1.19.1 the mod also disables Player Chat Reporting.^[1]

The pack ships version 1.21.1-v2.9.1, the NeoForge build for Minecraft 1.21.1. It's a quality-of-life and privacy mod, not a gameplay one, so it adds no items, machines or progression steps.^[2]

Who it's for

It's for you if you don't want your chat history linked to your account, whether you play singleplayer, join servers, or run your own. The mod works on the client, the server, or both, and what it does depends on where it's installed.^[1]

• Client only: your client refuses to send your account's public key and strips signatures from your messages, so there's no proof they came from your account. The server relays them unless enforce-secure-profile is true in server.properties, which is the default since 1.19.1.^[1]
• Server only: clients still attach signatures, but the server strips them before relaying messages, so chat reporting doesn't work for anyone who joins. The config can also convert player messages to system messages, so players without the mod don't see them flagged as "Not Secure".^[1]
• Both sides: signatures are stripped on the client and the server doesn't try to verify them. Chat reporting and "Only Show Secure Chat" stop working, and players are told the mod disabled them.^[1]

Other things to know

When installed on the client, the mod also disables Telemetry. Its settings live in a NoChatReports subfolder of the config folder, split across NCR-Client.json (client-side), NCR-Common.json (server-side), NCR-Encryption.json (chat encryption, client only) and NCR-ServerPreferences.json (per-server signing modes).^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't show any quests, an ATM Star path role, or any pack-specific config changes for this mod, so I can't say whether the pack changes the mod's defaults.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

No Chat Reports is a different kind of mod from the ones you'll be crafting with. There's nothing to build first. It strips the cryptographic signatures from the chat messages you send, so they can't be tied to your Microsoft account, and it also disables Player Chat Reporting.^[1][3]

Unverified No recipes or quests for this mod were found in the pack's data, so there are no crafting steps or quest milestones to follow here.

What to do first

1. Check which side you're on. With the mod on the client only, it refuses to send your account's public key and strips signatures from your messages. On a server only, it strips signatures before relaying messages to other players. With both, the server won't try to verify signatures at all.^[1]
2. Know what happens on servers that enforce signing. The server's enforce-secure-profile option defaults to true. On 1.19.3 or higher you can still join such a server, but you can't use chat-related commands. Other commands still work.^[1]
3. If you can't join a Paper or Velocity server, look for the No Chat Reports toggle in the multiplayer menu. It disables most of the mod's client-side functionality, and the mod's own tooltip says you may need to do this on those servers because they are known to cause issues.^[3]
4. Pick a signing mode if a server asks for signatures. In prompt mode your messages aren't signed by default, but if the server demands signing you get a pop-up where you can enable it for one session. Always mode signs as soon as you join, like a vanilla client. Never mode ignores every signing request.^[3]

Optional: chat encryption

The mod also has an encryption feature for your messages. Right-click the encryption button to configure it. While encryption is on, you can hold a key when sending a message to skip encryption for that one message.^[3]

You can generate a random key with the dice button. For AES, the key is 128 bits of Base64-encoded binary data. If you'd rather use a passphrase, pick a strong one, because not every algorithm supports passphrases.^[3]

No Chat Reports is a chat mod, and the sources currently describe no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation for it. What they do cover is what it does to your chat messages and how your client talks to a server, so that is what this section explains.^[1]

What it does to your messages

Since 1.19, every chat message carries a cryptographic signature. The mod strips those signatures, which makes it impossible to track your messages and tie them to your Minecraft client and your Microsoft account, where possible. As of 1.19.1 it also disables Player Chat Reporting.^[1][4]

It can only do this where the server allows it. The author deliberately does not integrate exploits that would override a server's will, so if a server enforces chat signing, the mod stays effective on the client only if the server lets it.^[1]

Client, server or both

The mod can be installed on the client, the server or both, and it behaves differently in each case.^[1]

• Only on the client: your client refuses to send your account's public key and strips signatures from what you send, so there is no proof a message came from your account. The server relays the messages unless enforce-secure-profile is true in server.properties, which has been the default since 1.19.1.^[1]
• Only on the server: clients still attach signatures, but the server strips them before relaying, so reporting does not work for any player who joins. The config can also convert player messages to system messages so players without the mod do not see them as "Not Secure".^[1]
• On both: according to the project page, signatures are stripped before sending and the server does not try to verify them. Chat reporting and "Only Show Secure Chat" will not function, and players are told the mod disabled those features when they try to use them.^[1][4]

The mod can also be configured to demand that it is installed on the other side too. On servers that require signed messages, 1.19.3 or higher lets you still join but not use chat-related commands, while other commands keep working. On 1.19.1 and 1.19.2 you cannot join unless you agree to send signed messages. If the mod is on the client, it also disables Telemetry.^[1]

Signing modes

In the chat screen, the safety status button lets you left-click to cycle between signing modes for the server you are on. The mod's own text describes these modes:^[4]

• Always: as the mod describes it, signing is enabled as soon as you enter the server, the same way a vanilla client behaves.^[4]
• Prompt: messages are not signed by default, but if the server demands signing you can get a pop-up where you may enable it for one session only.^[4]
• On Demand: like Prompt, but signing is switched on automatically once the server demands it, with no pop-up.^[4]
• Never: messages are never signed and server requests to sign are ignored.^[4]
• Cannot Enable: your messages cannot be signed at all, either because you use an offline account or because the client failed to fetch your signing keys from Mojang's service.^[4]
• Default: shows the default mode in brackets.^[4]

Reading the safety status

The same button gives the mod's assessment of how safe chatting is on the server you are on. Secure means the server has the mod or otherwise prevents reportable messages. Singleplayer and self-hosted LAN worlds are always safe. An insecure status means the server demands signed messages, which can be used against you in a report. If the server allows unsigned messages but has no protection, vanilla clients still send signed messages and show unsigned ones as "Unverified". Until the mod has evaluated a server, the status is unknown until you send a message.^[4]

A "Safe Server" icon shows when the mod could verify that a server has it installed or prevents chat reports in some other known way. The server can send extra data during pings to make that work.^[4]

Chat encryption

The mod can encrypt your messages with a secret key. Only people who know the key can decrypt them, and the mod automatically decrypts encrypted messages when a suitable key is provided and the feature is enabled. You set the algorithm and key in the Encryption Settings screen. A dice button generates a new random key for the selected algorithm, and the screen reports whether key validation passed or failed.^[4]

For AES, the key is 128 bits of Base64-encoded binary data. Instead of a random key you can derive one from a passphrase, but not every algorithm supports passphrases, so choose a strong one if you use it. The encryption tooltip shows whether encryption is on, and you can hold a key while sending to skip encryption for that one message.^[4]

Unverified The mod keeps its settings in config files (client, common/server, encryption and per-server signing modes), but the sources here do not show any config files or values for this pack. Check the mod's config folder in your install to see what is actually set.

All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.4 ships No Chat Reports build 1.21.1-v2.9.1, using the NeoForge jar. The mod was first included in the pack in version 1.0 or earlier.^[5]

Here are the notable changes from the mod's own changelog, newest first, starting with the build you have in the pack.^[6]

Builds for Minecraft 1.21 and 1.21.1

• 1.21.1-v2.9.1 (the build in this pack): fixed a network protocol error that could happen when joining some servers.^[5][6]
• 1.21.1-v2.9.0: the initial 1.21.1 port. It also fixed a bug where the client would disconnect from Realms if encryption was enabled and a player's death from a named item was announced in chat. A server ping that could hang in the multiplayer menu was fixed too.^[6]
• 1.21-v2.8.0: the initial 1.21 port.^[6]

Earlier builds worth knowing about

• 1.20.6-v2.7.1 added a Mexican Spanish translation, and 1.20.6-v2.7.0 was the initial 1.20.6 port (it should work on 1.20.5 too).^[6]
• 1.20.4-v2.6.1 fixed a startup crash on dedicated servers with NeoForge.^[6]
• 1.20.4-v2.6.0 added support for NeoForge, which is the loader this pack uses. The same build also stopped the Fabric version from bundling Fabric API modules, and updated some localizations.^[6]
• 1.20.2-v2.3.1 fixed the verified server icon not rendering correctly. It also fixed how chat messages over vanilla's 256 character limit were handled when encrypted.^[6]
• 1.20.2-v2.3.0 removed a server-side mechanism that stopped the "messages cannot be verified" toast from showing on clients when the mod was set to convert player messages to system messages.^[6]

Unverified No pack changelog entries for this mod were available, so any changes the pack itself made to it are unverified. The mod changelog I had was also cut off, so builds before 1.20.2-v2.3.0 are not covered here.