Blocks for Builders

Blocks for Builders is a small mod that aims to add a number of blocks building-focused players will find useful. We aim to increase the aesthetic options available to players while still maintaining a very Vanilla feel. The mod is Fabric-only.

Ghostwood, one of two new woods added in BFB. The saplings are found in Shipwreck supply chests.

Green jungle, the other wood type added. These saplings are found in Jungle Temples. Credit to Stridey from Vanilla Tweaks for the initial textures.

Red Oak and Gold Acacia trees, which spawn rarely in Forest and Savannah biomes respectively, offering red and gold leaves.

Fallen leaves, carpet-like blocks of all the leaf types.

Bookshelves for all the wood types.

We added full parity with regular Nether Brick to Red Nether Brick, and added a third Black Nether Brick set of blocks. Also added a Nether Brick Fence Gate.

The paper lantern.

If you find any issues with the mod, let us know in the comments here or on GitHub, and feel free to make any suggestions for blocks you'd like to see added!

You can find texture packs for the mod at the following links:

- https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/leaves-for-bfb - adds bushier leaves for the both the Vanilla and modded leaf blocks

- https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/nether-woods-for-bfb - changes the Nether wood textures (including the bookshelves) to be cleaner and more vibrant

Credit:

Boat API - TerraformersMC

Initial Black Nether Brick and Green Jungle Wood Textures - Vanilla Tweaks (https://vanillatweaks.net/)

Blocks for Builders

This is a small mod aiming to fit in with Vanilla as seamlessly as possible, adding blocks and content for building-focused players.

Content:

The mod adds the following:

• Ten new wood types

  • Willow (pale teal)

  • Palm (cream)

  • Maple (pale pink-ish brown)

  • Beech (pale orange)

  • Pine (dark brown)

  • Cedar (yellow-y brown)

  • Ghostwood (light grey)

  • Scorchwood (black)

  • Green Jungle (dark green)

  • Green Bamboo (using Vanilla's Block of Bamboo)

  • Coconuts

    • These act as the Saplings for Palm Trees but can also be used to craft brown Coconut Thatch blocks, which also have Stairs and Slab variants

  • Two additional new trees

    • Gold Acacia, with gold leaves

    • Yellow Birch, with bright yellow leaves

  • The Autumnal Forest biome (where Maple, Beech, and Yellow Birch can be found)

  • The Scorched Forest biome (where Scorchwood is found)

  • The Alpine Forest biome (where Pine and Cedar are found)

  • Fallen Leaves (Carpet-like blocks for all leaf types)

  • Hedges (Wall-like blocks for all leaf types)

  • Bookshelves for every wood type

  • Scorched Grass (a darker grass block than Mycelium or Podzol)

  • Ashen Carpet (a sooty black carpet block)

  • Grimstone (a pale red/purple stone block)

    • Grimstone (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Polished Grimstone (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Grimstone Bricks (Block, Cracked variant, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Grimstone Tiles (Block, Cracked variant, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Chiseled Grimstone

  • Light Tuff (Pale green/grey variant of Tuff)

    • Light Tuff (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Polished Light Tuff (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Light Tuff Bricks (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Chiseled Light Tuff and Light Tuff Bricks

  • Antigorite (a pale green stone block equivalent to Granite, Diorite, and Andesite)

    • Anitgorite (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Polished Antigorite (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Antigorite Bricks (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

  • Polished Granite, Diorite, and Andesite Walls

  • Granite, Diorite, and Andesite Bricks (Blocks, Stairs, Slabs, and Walls)

  • Calcite Blocks:

    • Calcite made craftable with Cobblestone and Bone Meal

    • Calcite stairs, slabs, and walls

    • Polished Calcite (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Calcite Bricks (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

  • More Bamboo Blocks

    • Bamboo Thatch

    • Bamboo Thatch Stairs

    • Bamboo Thatch Slab

    • Bamboo Thatch Rug

    • Bamboo Mosaic Rug

  • Hay Slabs and Stairs

  • Smooth Stone Stairs

  • Sandstone and Red Sandstone Bricks (with Cracked, Stairs, Slab and Wall variants for each)

  • Cut Sandstone and Red Sandstone Stairs and Walls

  • Smooth Sandstone and Red Sandstone Walls

  • Dark Sand:

    • Dark Sand

    • Dark Sandstone (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Smooth Dark Sandstone (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Cut Dark Sandstone

    • Dark Sandstone Bricks (Block, Stairs, Slab, and Wall)

    • Chiseled Dark Sandstone

  • Nether Blocks:

    • A full set of Black Nether Brick blocks

    • Chiseled and Cracked variants as well as Fences and Fence Gates for Red Nether Bricks

    • Fence Gate for regular Nether Bricks

    • Quartz Wall

    • Smooth Quartz Wall

    • Quartz Brick Wall

    • Quartz Brick Stairs

    • Quartz Brick Slabs

  • Makes Pumpkin Pies placeable

  • Numerous Advancements

  • More to come!

Add-Ons:

• If you're used to bushier leaves (like the ones in the featured image in the gallery), or would like to try them, you can find a texture pack that will make all Vanilla and BFB leaves bushier here.
• If (like I was) you were used to Vanilla Tweaks' retexturing of the Nether Woods, you can find a texture pack to make BFB's bookshelves fit with them here.
• If (like I am) you're used to Vanilla Tweaks' crafting tweaks, you can find a datapack doing the equivalent for BFB recipes here.
• Older versions of BFB had a Paper Lantern, which was removed as of v3.1.0. If you want it back, you can find it here.
• If you were fond of the original Ghostwood textures, or simply prefer them to Pale Oak, you can find a pack to change Pale Oak plank textures to Ghostwood here.

Shaders used in gallery images are Complementary Reimagined.

Compatibilities:

• ModernFix (and specifically its optional Dynamic Resource functionality) is currently known to cause issues in other mods, including Blocks for Builders, when installed server-side, so if you want to run BFB, make sure you're not running ModernFix on a server.

Credits:

• Initial Black Nether Brick and Green Jungle Wood Textures - Vanilla Tweaks (https://vanillatweaks.net/)