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Mods (short for modifications) are changes, additions, or deletions to Minecraft that alter the original gameplay. Mods that add new content to the original game are often called partial conversions, while mods that create an entirely new game are called total conversions, and mods that fix bugs are called unofficial patches.

Mods for Minecraft can introduce an entirely new experience and increase the creativity in many different ways, and the Mojang team plans to add an official modding API that allows modders to more easily add content to the game.[1]

Most mods in Minecraft add content to the game to alter gameplay, change the creative feel, or give a player more options in how they interact with the Minecraft world. Some may be bigger expansions, such as the Aether Mod, that add a significant amount of new content to the game. Other mods take away content to create a simpler or more specific gameplay experience. Some mods, such as the Portal Mod, attempt to bring over another game's content, experience, and feel. And still other mods do more technical things such as adding or expanding more settings/options or optimizing the speed, graphics, or gameplay of the game. Server mods or plugins mainly give server admins more options and ease of use, and most mods for single-player have a server version that allows or optimizes the mod in multiplayer.

Ideally, the creator of a Minecraft Mod updates the mod whenever the game updates - bringing more content, bug fixes, or optimizations. Otherwise, the mod may not work with a new version. Many in the Minecraft community appreciate the additional experience and ease of use that come with mods, while others play "vanilla", the original game, with only the original content, and might view mod usage as cheating. While Minecraft mods are generally safe to install, one should exercise caution with mods to prevent crashes, deletion of game or save data, system instability, or potential malware infections from a bad link or the mod itself. There are many mods or plugins available to complement the original Minecraft game or give server admins more options and control over their servers.


Harmful Mods and Mod Safety

Main articles: Harmful Mods and Harmful Mods

Due to the fact that mods can execute any arbitrary code, it is possible a mod could deliver a virus, steal your account information, or cause other harm to your computer if the creator had that intention. There aren't many cases of this happening but it's worthwhile to look for community feedback about a mod before installing it.

If you choose to trust a mod, make sure to download it only from its official download location. The nice guy putting up a fast mirror of YourFavouriteMod may have added a little extra something....

Mods can also inadvertently cause issues with your minecraft installation if they aren't properly made and can potentially cause issues to save files. Again, this isn't very likely with established mods, but it would be wise to back up your .minecraft folder or saves folder before using a new mod.

Multiple mods may conflict with each other; certainly if two mods need to alter the same files, then they are unlikely to be compatible and will not work.

Mods generally need to be run with the exact Minecraft version they are developed for; mismatched Minecraft/mod versions are unlikely to work. Even when updating both Minecraft and your mod(s) at the same time, there may be still issues with saved worlds, so it is strongly recommended to backup your saves before any update.

How to install Mods

Main article: Mods/Installing Mods

Outdated Mods

A full list of outdated mods can be found here.

Client Mods

Client Mods are modifications to your Minecraft program (Alpha or Beta). 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 Beta 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.

Mod List

Note to people editing this page to post their own mods: Please keep the mods in alphabetical order. Nobody wants to search through an unalphabetized list looking for the mod that has been buried by other people who put their mods at the top of the list. Thank you.

APIs and Loaders

For a list of Outdated APIs/Loaders, see here.


Name Description Version Link Latest Compatible Release Requires ModLoader Author
AudioMod Updates the sound system in Minecraft to allow support for three more file types and allows the ability to add custom music. 1.0.0 Forum No Risugami
Creative API Add custom blocks or Items with subtypes to the creative mode inventory. 1.0.0 Forum Yes pitman-87
Custom Mob Spawner This API allows you to add mobs and creatures to Minecraft that spawn randomly instead of at predefined points based on the world seed. 1.3 Forum No DrZhark
ID Resolver Stops ID conflict 1.0.0 Forum Yes ShaRose
Minecraft Forge Picks up where Modloader leaves off, adding extensive hooks that allow compatibility between more advanced Mods. Source code is available, and participation is encouraged. This API is meant to form and promote a standard for mods, reducing incompatibilities between mods using it. 1.2.0 Forum Yes SpaceToad
ModLoader A mod manager that stops many conflicts between mods. Modders are free to decompile this and learn how to make mods work with it. Supports 303's mods. Also supports texture packs for override images, and chunk population hook was added. 1.0.0.5 Forum N/A Risugami
MyCraft Mod Manager A mod manager that will work on any Minecraft version. MyCraft can load any mod, except for patcher style mods, and keep them organized without ever modifying the Minecraft jar. MyCraft includes a proof-of-concept API which is not version-specific, allowing mods to work on any version if they are using the API. MyCraft also contains built-in mods for proxying, changing render options and flying, which are made with the API. 2.4.0 Forum

Website

Alpha and above No xthexder and jli

Fixes

For a list of Outdated Fixes, see here.


Name Description Version Link Latest Compatible Release Requires ModLoader Author
FM DebugMod Fixes problems with the debug screen on by remapping the graph to F4 and limiting its maximum height so it doesn't overlap the text. 1.0.0v1 Forum No FinalMinuet
HD Texture Fix Fixes the fire, water, lava, and compass issues with textures larger than the default size. Also has an option for better grass. 2.2.2 Forum No Kahr
Mattyp153's Fixes Lets you stack more items to 64 and more. v0.2 Forum Yes Mattyp153

Mod Packs

Name Description Version Link Latest Compatible Release Installer Compiler
Cheetah Pack

[SSP] [SMP]

A compilation of the best mods made for multiplayer. Designed to make playing Minecraft online, much easier.

Includes: Useful Ingame GUI, Skin Thief, ControlPack, Smart Moving, Rei's MiniMap, Inventory Tweaks, Whats My Light Level along with an X-Ray and Christmas Texture pack made with the Painterly Pack.

v2.3 Forum

Wiki

Yes Hectic Craft
Zombe's Modpack Currently contains: "weather", "flying", "recipe", "cart", "wield", "compass", "build", "cloud", "growth", "item", "death", "path", "spawn", "sun", "safe", "craft", "boom", "ore", "teleport", "cheat", "resize", "furnace" and "dig". Each mod has its own uses. Though officially updated for 1.0.0, many bugs have appeared in some of the mods, including "resize". 1.0.0 v5.7 Forum No tanzanite (zombe)
Yogbox

[SSP]

Currently contains: Airships, Mo' Creatures, Millenaire, Tale of Kingdoms, Rei's MiniMap, DynamicHeight, Risugami's Mods, DaftPVF's Mods, Convenient Inventory, Inventory Tweaks, More Health RPG, Pfaeffs Mod, Somnia, Treecapitator & Equivalent Exchange.
  • Note: More Health requires Java 7. If you don't have Java 7, More Health will bug the Installer.
v1.1 Yogiverse Yes PuddingHuxtable
Technic Pack

[SSP] [SMP]

A compilation of industrial mods to give Minecraft a more advanced feel.

Includes: BuildCraft, Power Converters, MineFactory Reloaded, Balkon's Weaponmod, Nature Overhaul, Mo' Creatures, Redpower 2 (Pr4), Single Player Commands, Toomanyitems, Additional BuildCraft Pipes, Rei's MiniMap, Treecapitator, Convinient Inventory, Pfaeff's Mods (Allocator and Jump Pad), Somnia and Xie's Mods

v5.0.4 Website

Wiki

Yes Kakermix

Aesthetic and Functional Mods

For a list of Outdated Aesthetic and Functional mods, see here.
Name Description Version Link Latest Compatible Release Requires ModLoader Author
AdventureCraft AdventureCraft is a total conversion for Minecraft, which turns the game into a pure adventure mode in which players cannot place or destroy blocks.

You can build there an adventuremap which runs with triggers, spawn locations, triggered doors and more.

r1040 Forum No Cryect
AutoSwitch Automatically switches to the appropriate tool when mining a block and automatically switches to the best weapon when attacking a mob or player. It also switches back when you are done for easy building. Works in SSP and SMP. Supports items and blocks added by mods and enchantments. 1.4.0 Forum Yes Thebombzen
Convenient Inventory Convenient Inventory aims at speeding up inventory management by giving the player many additional features, such as:

Move|Drop|Craft -- single items|stacks of items|all items of the same type -- with a single mouse click. Sort your inventory and chests based on item ids. The key + mouse button combinations for (almost) all these actions can be remapped to whatever fits your gaming style. Everything works in multiplayer. (Some servers consider it a hack, because when used in conjuction with a stackable-foods mod, CI will attempt to stack food, but it WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STACK FOOD ON SERVERS!!!!!)

CI2.1.2 Forum Yes SmartModding
Creepers FriendlyCreeper, StupidCreeper and MiniCreeper. Makes Creeper more or less explode. v1.0 Forum Yes pitman-87
Death Chest If you have a chest in your inventory when you die, it will be placed where you die, or in the closest available spot. The chest will be filled with as many items as possible. Any excess that won't fit in the chest will be dropped. 1.0.0 Forum No Risugami
Drakus's Mods Stronger Gold, Craftable Chainmail, Peaceful Creeper, Better Magma Cube drops, Throwing Daggers, Arrow Mod. 1.0.0 Forum No Drakus Fett
Dynamic Lights Adds "shiny" attribute to items, allowing handheld or thrown light sources. 1.0.0 Forum Yes AtomicStryker
EnchantView Makes the enchanting table show what the enchantments are before you click them. 2.1 Forum No Thebombzen
Inventory Tweaks Allows to sort your inventory and your chests, and replace any broken tools and emptied stacks by others from your inventory. Fully customizable, and works in both single and multiplayer. 1.34 Forum Website Yes Jimeowan
iPixeli's Female Gender Option Mod Being for minecraft girls, this mod has the option to turn the player into a female and sticks to the minecraft-y style. The female default (Steve equivalent) is called "Steph" (short for Stephanie). The mod comes with different female models and the female voice. You can choose which model you want to use, and what you want the others to be. As well as adding the female gender, this mod adds a 'male' gender that isn't as gruff as Steve. 5 Forum Yes iPixeli
Material Detector Shows the surrounding environment with possibility to indicate the position of some specific materials like diamond or iron (or whatever you want). Useful to search and dig efficiently some rare materials. v1.17 Forum Yes Ellian
MessiahAndrw's Minecraft Renderer Wrapper Custom full screen res, change 3D depth, anaglyph colours, NVidia 3D Vision, cross-eyed. Doesn't modify minecraft.jar. 3/3/11 Forum No MessiahAndrw
MinecartLavaBoats Makes minecarts behave like boats in lava. 1.4 Forum Yes Thebombzen
MineChat MineChat is an IRC communication mod for survival single player. It can be used to chat with friends while using mods only available in single player. 1.4 Forum Yes Blitz_9100
Moar Diamonds Makes diamond ore drop more diamonds per ore 1.0.0 Forum No The2b
(Mob) Spawner Gui This mod gives you the ability to mine and program mob spawners. 1.0.0 Forum Yes Risugami
Mo' Food n' Drinks Adds LOTS of new drinks and foods!! You will like it! 1.0.0 Forum Yes Eastonium147 and Gigs135
More Stackables Makes food and buckets stackable, but unusable when stacked. It also makes doors, signs, saddles, minecarts, and boats stackable. 1.0.0 Forum Yes Risugami
Nether Expansion Nether Expansion is a mod which makes the nether a lot more interesting this mod adds a lot to the game like glowing mushrooms, Lava Tortoise and also

Salamander's this mod is growing bigger and be part of it by adding your suggestions

V0.1 Forum Yes Nether_Expansion / Fish2
NoBoomCreepers NoBoomCreepers makes it so creepers don't explode but walk slowly and hurt you like a zombie. This is the same thing as the zOmBeH CREEPERS!!!! mod but I coded it completely from scratch and it is up to date (1.0.0, not 1.7.2). 1.1 Forum No Thebombzen
One Small Step For Man This mod adds a multiplayer command that allows you to change your step height from 1/2(slabs) to 50,000(mountains)! Another way to explain you never gotta jump no matter how high you're going up(watch the video). Good for walking up stairs/mountains without getting hungrier. v1.2 Forum No BlakeTheModer
OptiFine This mod adds support for HD textures and a lot of options for better looks and performance. Doubling the FPS is common. Moves fog away, adds mipmaps, chunk loading control (mod CAF), Smooth FPS, time control, VSync, Better Grass, Clear Water, Far View, Zoom, and many other. HD_B2 Forum No sp614x
Overkill Crafting things gives twice as many items. v0.2 Forum Yes Mattyp153
Rei's Minimap Shows a minimap in the corner of the screen with configurable waypoints and other options. Useful if you always get lost. v2.0 Forum Yes ReiNFSK
Sign Tags Adds tags to signs - type [time] to show an in-game clock, [light] to show the light level where the sign is, 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. [biome], [temp], and [humid] tell you the biome, temperature, and humidity of where the sign was placed. 1.0.0 Forum No Risugami
Single Player Commands This mod introduces commands to singleplayer!(Note: No longer outdated!) V3.0 Forum No simo_415
Somnia Allows crops to grow and mobs to spawn while asleep. In essence, speeds up time around you while in bed. Also allows 'Napping' in the day. v1.0.0 [1] Yes MALfunction84
Timber! Makes all the logs in a tree break when you hit the bottom block of the tree with an axe of any type. Updated 25/11/2011 for the official release. r5 Forum Yes TehKrush
TimeLapse You are able to fast-forward. 1.0.0 Forum Yes AintLarry & TheSorm
WeatherBeGone WeatherBeGone makes it so rain and snow don't render in Single Player or Multiplayer. 1.2 Forum No Thebombzen
What's My Light Level Displays light level and other useful information in the upper left corner of the screen. Build 248 Forum No iPeer
WorldAndGenerationTweaks A large number of tweaks related to the World and the terrain generation are included in this mod. This mod includes:
  • Twice the height limit (256 instead of 128)
  • Taller and more avatar-like mountains
  • Deeper ground (128 instead of 64)
  • Flat bedrock
  • More red mushrooms (just as common as brown)
  • More natural sugar cane
  • More pumpkins
  • Melons generate naturally like pumpkins
  • Smaller underground dirt patches
  • Smaller underground gravel patches
  • Ores are the same distance from the surface, not the same ratio or the same from bedrock (e.g. Diamond still occurs 48 blocks down from the surface)
  • WAAAY more mushroom islands in the ocean.
  • Twice as many strongholds (6 per map instead of 3)
  • Four times as many NPC villages.
0.2 Forum Yes Thebombzen
World Downloader Clones parts of a MP world from a server to your SP folder. 1.0.0a Forum No nairol

New Content

Any mods that add new blocks, items, or mobs will have new Data Values, which can be found on the Mods/Data values page.

For a list of Outdated New Content mods, see here.

Name Description Version Link Latest Compatible Release Server Version Requires ModLoader Author
Backpacks Portable chests v1.8.1 Planet Minecraft Yes MightyPork
Blast Proof Glass also adds smeltable glass shards v1.0 Forum Yes mermz
BetterWheat This mod adds additional items produced from wheat, including flour, straw bales and more bread. Full SMP support. 1.0 Forum

Website

Yes Fearitude
BoneSticks Adds recipes for all your regular tools, only with bones instead of sticks. Also adds a cobblestone workbench and bone torches. (More features are planned for future updates.) v1.4 Forum Yes 4two89
Car Mod Adds a driveable minecart. v2.1 Forum Yes mermz
Compressed Blocks Having a lot of resources? Shrink them with this new mod! Currently supporting coal, redstone, iron, gold, lapis-lazuli and diamonds! And what to do with these resources afterwards? Make items from them! Now with FORGE API! v4.1 Forum Yes vino007
DarkWolffe's Firestone Adds a new light block as well as a god-enhanced sword. Next stable version coming soon! v8 Forum Yes DarkWolffe
Detector Pressure Plate Adds a detector pressure plate that can be activated by custom entities. v1.0.0 Forum Yes JOModCorp
Elemental Arrows Adds fire, ice, lightning, and explosive arrows, and a gag weapon, egg arrows, along with the unstoppable homing bow. 1.8 Forum Yes Risugami
Elevator This mod allows you to create an elevator that will take you both up and down vast distances quickly. v1.9 Forum Yes Exanadu
Explodables This adds many new explosives which are designed to be much safer and more flexible, allowing you to control exactly what is destroyed. Full SMP support. 1.2 Forum

Website

Yes Fearitude
Extruder A drill that lays a sequence of blocks behind while drilling blocks in front. Great for buidling bridges and tunnels. v1.1 Forum Yes Ljdp
FlashShelter Mod Allows you to craft a mobile instant shelter. 2.1 Forum Yes Suudsu
Footprints Leave footprints on soft materials such as snow and dirt. Mobs leave footprints too. v1.3 Forum Yes Ljdp
HumanGangsters Adds Gangsters To Minecraft! v1.8 Forum No TheJukecast
iMod Adds an assortment of iThings to Minecraft! v2-1 Forum No Coolio_G, Willispr0
InfinityCraft Adds weapons,redstone, ores, tools, mobs, POTION!!!!!! v2-1 Forum Yes Val166
Light Sensor Adds a light-sensing block as a new redstone input. 1.8 Forum Yes Risugami
Magic Box Like a moving box, can move whole buildings or areas. v2.0 Forum Yes pitman-87
Magic Wands Ultimate building, breaking and mining tools, great for building servers, harvesting tons of resources and for fun. Simple usage. v3.3 Planet Minecraft Yes MightyPork
Metallurgy Adds a host of new ores, metals, alloys, and tools. Beta 1.1.3 Forum Yes Shadowclaimer
Millénaire Adds in villages to the game, based on medieval Normandy. You can trade with the villagers, and help them expand the village. Also includes new tools, armor, and food. 2.0 Forum Wiki Yes Kinneken
Mo' Creatures Adds a lot of new mobs: Crocodiles, Turtles, Scorpions, Kitties, Mice, Rats, Deer, BigCats™, Lil' Fish (including piranhas), Dolphins, Sharks, Werewolves, Bear, Wolf, Polar Bear, Wraith, Flame Wraith, Ogre, Fire Ogre, Cave Ogre, Ducks, Boars, Bunnies, Birds, Foxes & Horses 3.0 Forum Yes DrZhark
Mo' Zombies Adds Different types of zombies. Each with a different ability. 1.0 Forum Yes coocoo617
More Food Adds chocolate, sushi, cheese, pies, and more food ... V1.2 direct download Yes Val166
MoreMeat This mod adds many new meat items from almost every animal. Plus "The Meat Machine" a self contained capturing, slaughtering and butchering device. Full SMP support. 1.0 Forum

Website

Yes Fearitude
Obsidian Plus Adds obsidian tools and armor. More coming soon v0.1 Forum Yes Mattyp153
ObsidiBronze Adds Obsidian, and Bronze Armour and tools.UPDATED!! The very first mod to include new armour + tools set in MC 1.0.0 BetaMod v0.9pre Forum Yes EmanP
RedPower 2 Simplifies and extends redstone with single block circuits, and introduces new materials and machines, and tubes for moving items around. pr4 Forum Website Yes Eloraam
SavePointChest Saves your items when you die to a chest you can place anywhere v1.2.0 Forum Yes BigBre88ap
Shifters Similar to pistons but work at a longer range v1.0 Forum Yes mermz
Sponge Mod This mod adds 3 types of sponge that absorb water and lava making the nether and under the ocean a much easier place to live. v2.8 Forum Yes Exanadu
Team Fortress 2 Teleporter Adds a teleporter to minecraft! v2.0 Forum Yes pitman-87
TooManyItems style Marglyph
Twinecraft Twitter client for Minecraft. Mine, tweet and craft at the same time. New tweets from your timeline appear in the chat area, pressing F10 lets you send a tweet, reply and show your mentions and other timelines. V1.3.0 Website Yes Satscape
Wireless Redstone Adds the ability to transmit signals of redstone current. 1.4 Forum Yes Ali4z
Zeppelin Make the Airship, place the block, fly away! 1.0.0.0.21 Forum Yes blakmajik, DiEvAl

Language Packs

Introduction

You have to delete the META-INF folder inside the file "minecraft.jar" and replace the files "en_US.lang" and "stats_US.lang" inside the folder "lang" in order to use a language pack.

You can find a complete installation guide for different operating systems on the Minecraft Forums.

As of snapshot 11w49a, language packs are obselete, due to the official implementation of other languages.

Language Packs
Name Description Version Link Latest Compatible Release Requires ModLoader Author
German Language Pack German translation of Minecraft 1.0 Forum No Frederik94
German Language Pack German translation of Minecraft 1.1 Forum No Frederik94
German Language Pack German translation of Minecraft 2.1.0 Forum No Spyx
German (Deutsch) Language Pack German (Deutsch) translation of Minecraft 1.0.3 Forum No EnProX
Japanese Language Pack Japanese translation of Minecraft 2.03 Website No Zeeksphere
Portuguese[PT] Language Pack Portuguese[PT] translation of Minecraft 1.5.0 Portuguese Forum No ERaZ0S
Spanish[ES] Language Pack Spanish(Spain) translation of Minecraft 1.05 Forum No KilFer, _Burner_, Yonseca
Hungarian Language Pack Hungarian translation of Minecraft 1.1.0 Download Yes MCWiki
Norwegian Language Pack Norwegian translation of Minecraft (new version is in development) 1.1.0 Website No Swoy


Server Mods

Server Mods are modifications to the official Minecraft server software. They generally fall into two broad categories: management and gameplay.

Management mods are commonly designed to make administration of servers easier by implementing tiered privileges for commands (such as kicking, banning etc.). They are frequently implemented as "wrappers" which do not actually modify the main server .jar file, instead monitoring its output and sending commands to it.

Gameplay mods are modifications to actual game mechanics, such as restricting the placement of blocks commonly abused by Griefers (e.g. lava, TNT), fixing bugs in the server (e.g. making furnaces function before the update of 10th of September 2010) or adding new gameplay features.

Mod List

This is a list of wrappers and modifications. For server mods for out of date versions, see here.

Server Modifications

Name Description Version Forum Link Latest Compatible Release
Bukkit
  • Plugin System
  • Efficient
  • Security updates to server
  • Multiworld support
1.0.1-R1 Homepage
Forum
1.0.1-R1

Server Operating Systems

Server OS' are often Linux distributions specifically built to host a Minecraft server.

They are built to ease the burden for Minecraft server administrators by providing tools to manage deployment & maintenance.


OS List

Name Description Version Website Link Forum Link Status

See Also

  • Modding (commonly referred to as hacking)
  • Harmful Mods

References

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