Client Mods are modifications to Minecraft Alpha. They are not custom clients, and require modification of minecraft.jar. Like high resolution textures, they only work with the launchers, and won't work if you play Alpha through a browser.
The most common form of client mods are aesthetic and/or functional. However, some client mods add content to the game, and others fix issues with the game. While some do work on SMP, mods that add content, and thus could be used for griefing, do not work, as the server will ignore custom content.
This list only contains entries that cannot contribute to griefing or cheating in multiplayer.
Mod List
Fixes
| Name | Description | Version | Download | Forum Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crash Fix | Fixes the common black screen crash/socket exception freeze with render distance set to far. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Slime Fix | Fixes the issue with slimes not spawning properly. | 1.0 | Download | Forum |
| HD Texture Fix | Fixes the fire, water, lava, and compass issues with textures larger than the default size. | 1.1.6 | Windows Download | Forum |
| Furnace Bucket Fix | Returns an empty bucket in the fuel slot when you use lava as fuel for a furnace. Included with ModLoader. | 1.1 | Download | Forum |
| Redstone Burnout Fix | Stops redstone torches from burning out. Meant to be used only when you're experiencing redstone torches burning out for no apparent reason. | 0.1 | Download | Forum |
| Bookshelf Fix | Makes bookshelves drop when broken. | N/A | Download | Forum |
Aesthetic and Functional
| Name | Description | Version | Download | Forum Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOCART | Makes minecarts automatic so you don't have to use boosters, and gives control for stopping and starting. | 02 | Download | Forum |
| More Stackables | Makes food and buckets stackable, but unusable when stacked. It also makes doors, signs, saddles, minecarts, and boats stackable. | 1.1 | Download | Forum |
| North Pointing Compass Mod | Makes the Compass point North, instead of to the spawn. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Dual Compass Mod | Adds a second pointer to the compass that points North. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Sound Mod Enabler | Allows you to use custom sounds. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Apple Trees | Gives trees a chance to drop apples and golden apples, alongside saplings. 1.1 excludes golden apples. | 1.3 | 1.3 Download | Forum |
| Improved Chat Functionality | Adds text wrapping, pasting, copying, scrolling, logging, and a movable text pointer to SMP chat. | 2 | Download | Forum |
| Gotta ride 'em all! | Lets you ride pigs, cows, chickens, sheep, creepers, skeletons, and spiders, without a saddle, and gives each one a unique ability. | 1.0 | Download | Forum |
| More Worlds | Adds 5 more world slots to the singleplayer menu. | 1.0 | Download | Forum |
| Repair Tools Mod | Uses crafting grids to repair tools and armor. | 1.2 | Download | Forum |
| Rideable Pig + Saddle Crafting | Makes pigs controllable when ridden, and allows you to craft saddles. | 0.2 | Download | Forum |
| Flint Crafting | Allows you to craft flint with three gravel. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| UnderwaterTorches | Allows you to place torches underwater without them breaking. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| OnGlass | Allows you to place torches on glass. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| ModLoader | A mod that is able to load other mods without conflicts created by adding recipes, entities, etc. Includes Furnace Bucket Fix. | 1.1 | Download | Forum |
| Scroll the Sky | While holding left control, you can change the time with the mouse wheel, or K and L. Special version lets you speed up and slow down time. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Higher Clouds | Moves the height for clouds up a little bit higher then the maximum build height. The 'Lower' version sets clouds at just above the max map height. | 1.0 | Download | Forum |
| Server Browser | Adds five favorites buttons to the multiplayer option, allowing you to favorite servers. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Sign Tags | Adds tags to signs - type [time] to show an in-game clock, and [x], [y], and/or [z] to show coordinates, based on the sign's position. [a|b] acts as an input option, where 'a' is shown when the sign is powered, and 'b' is shown otherwise. | 1.1 | Download | Forum |
| Stack That Mob! | Allows mobs to stack and ride each other. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Giant Head Cheat Code: The Mod | Makes all heads in the game bigger. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| OreVeins | Changes the distribution of ores from small, numerous, scattered clumps, to clumps that get progressively larger and less frequent the deeper you go. Also fixes clay, and removes holes in bedrock. Works best with a new world, as it changes the generation process. | 0.2b | Download | Forum |
| Death Chest | When you die, if you have a chest in your inventory, it will be placed where you die, or in the closest available spot. The chest will be filled with as many items as possible. Items stored in the crafting slot are still lost, as usual, and any excess that won't fit in the chest will be dropped. | 1.01 | Download | Forum |
| BetterFood | Allows food to be stacked up to 32 in a stack, and usable in stacks of 4 or less. Also prevents you from eating food with full health, thus wasting it. The compatibility mod allows food to be stacked up to 16, rather than 32. | 1.0 | Download | Forum |
| SkyMod | Allows you to toggle clouds, stars, the moon, the sun, the ability of creepers to explode, the time, your speed, and adds a suicide button. Also makes all monster spawners spawn only creepers. | 1.1 | Download | Forum |
| Stop Resizing UI | Stops the UI from scaling with the window. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Change the Alpha Text | Allows you to permanently enable the debug menu, permanently remove the debug menu, or remove the Alpha version number from the top left corner. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Switch Between Night and Day | Allows you to change the time of day using F7 and F8. | N/A | Download | Forum |
| Gunpowder | Adds three recipes that allow you to craft gunpowder, and one new recipe for crafting TNT, for those who want their TNT to be more expensive. Requires ModLoader. | 0.1 | Download | Forum |
| Bigger Explosions | Increases the explosion power of TNT a little. | N/A | Download | Forum |
New Content Mods
| Name | Description | Version | Download | Forum Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Sensor | Adds a light sensing block as a new redstone input. Requires ModLoader. | 1.1 | Download | Forum |
| Elemental Arrows | Adds fire, ice, and explosive arrows, and a gag weapon, egg arrows. Requires ModLoader. | 1.41 | Download | Forum |
| SimpleMap | Adds a minimap to the game. | 0.8 | Download | Forum |
| Cheese and Fried Eggs | Adds cheese and fried eggs to the game. | 1.3 | Download | Forum |
| Supertools | Adds a redstone tools that can break almost everything instantly. Requires ModLoader. | 1.1 | Download | Forum |
| bBridge Block | Adds a bridge block that can be used for floodgates and bridges. When one of the bridge blocks is powered, it creates blocks across a gap, if another bridge block is on the other side. | 1.1 | Download | Forum |