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Materia 1

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Materia 1

By androiddoctorr

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Materia overhauls Minecraft progression with station- and tool-gated crafting: knap stone, hew wood, fire kilns, forge on tiered anvils, manage heat and liquids, and build into textiles, dyes, logic, power components, and cannons.

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Description

Please let me know on GitHub or Discord if you notice a bug or any other issue!

Current latest version(s): 
- 1.4.0 - 19 Oct 2026 (Beta)
- 1.3.7 - 10 Aug 2026 (Recommended)
Change Log/Patch Notes are at the bottom
Requires Forge 50.1.0+
(it might work with earlier versions on 1.18.2, 1.19.2, or 1.20.1, but those have not been tested)
 
 
 
 
a.k.a. This is Why The Stone Age Took So Long IRL
 
Materia is a comprehensive rework of Minecraft progression that pushes the game toward real-world-inspired technology and production chains. Instead of jumping quickly to a vanilla crafting table and furnace-driven metalwork, you start with stone-age scavenging and fabrication (rocks, knapping, hewing, lashings), then build up stations that unlock increasingly capable crafting and processing.
 

This mod adds:

- flint knapping
- some realistic chemistry
- heating and working metal on an anvil
- string/wool/linen rework
- 8 new colors
- music instruments (that can sync up between players)
- cannons and other fun explosives
- redstone logic blocks (adders, T-flops, logic gates, etc)
- beer and wine
- throwable spears pre 1.21 (I got mine working like a week before Mojang announced theirs)

- more storage options
- and a LOT more!

A core theme is that crafting is station- and tool-driven: early recipes run through a primitive crafting table, and later manufacturing relies on kilns (with upgrades like chimneys/bellows and higher-temperature variants), anvils (stone → bronze → iron tiers with more tool slots/inputs), and handling constraints like hot metals that must be manipulated with tongs. This creates a more granular loop where materials must be processed, heated, shaped, and assembled through multiple steps rather than condensed into a single vanilla recipe.
Alongside the main tech ladder, the mod adds a lot of “civilization” systems that interlock with progression: ceramics and liquids (crucibles, water pots, amphorae and fermentation), textiles and storage (sewn sacks/baskets, wool-to-string workflows), expanded dye chemistry/colors, and a broad set of mechanical content (from early survival tools to things like logic blocks, power components, and even cannons/explosives). The documentation in `documentation/` is organized by content type (blocks/items/recipes/mechanics) with heavy cross-linking, and describes the intended “eras” (stone/bronze/iron/steel) and the stations/mechanics that gate each.
 

Dependencies

  • None

Suggested Integrations

  • JEI

Inspired by

Upcoming mods

  • Populi - NPC behavior augmentation
  • Untitled realistic Earth map generation mod
    • Uses ArcGIS data
    • Biome- and region-specific vegetation spawning
    • Materia integration

Possible future mods

  • Materia 2/Machina? - Chemistry, machines and tech
  • Spiritus? - Magic and sorcery

Changelog

1.4.0 - WAGON UPDATE - Added wagons and chariots, some naming and texture adjustments

1.3.7 - fixed clay roof tile recipe collision

1.3.6 - Expanded Forge compatibility to 52.1.0

1.3.5 - Fixed stone hammer mining (malachite, limestone, calcite)

1.3.4 - Fixed bed frame and bronze plate recipes, increased rock spawn rate

1.3.3 - Improved feature placement logic, fixed some tree leaf block issues

1.3.2 - Improved mob drop compatibility

1.3.1 - Fixed a major lag issue

1.3.0 - ORNATIO UPDATE - A bunch of decorative items

  • Curtains
  • Shutters
  • Awnings
  • Columns with bases and capitals
  • Brackets
  • Cornices
  • Balustrades
  • Statues
  • Rugs
  • Wrought iron fences, gates, and doors
  • Finials
  • Planters and Urns
  • Copper, thatch, tile, and shingle roof blocks
  • Bricks and tiles in various stone types

1.2.0 - FLORA UPDATE - New flowers, trees, and crops

  • New trees (baobab, maple, cypress, cedar, fig, eucalyptus, palm)
  • New crops (cotton, rice, tea, taro)
  • New flowers (lotus, hibiscus, purple coneflower, white lily, bluebonnet, fuchsia, marigold)
  • New decorative plants (yucca, plantain, esparto, agave, reeds)
  • New colors (teal, burgundy, tan)
  • New mechanic (tile/thatch laying)
  • Sloped roof blocks (thatch and tile)
  • Minor texture/color adjustments

1.1.1 - Minor update - fixed some compatibility issues, smoothed out crafting flow a bit

1.1.0 - BIG UPDATE: Mod cross-compatibility improvements, JEI improvements, recipe adjustments and balancing, advancements, and smelting progression gating fixes

1.0.7 - Fixed some JEI recipe helpers, added data pack options for vanilla overrides, fixed thatch stairs not connecting correctly when upside-down, fixed cannonball pile drops

1.0.6 - Some bug fixes and missing display names

1.0.5 - Fixed some issues related to server/client UI disagreement, fixed cannon barrel rendering, fixed infinite vine exploit

1.04 - Fixed a crash in 1.20 (deferred registry issue). Added cheese, sausage, and animal gut/cord for bowstrings.

1.03 - Fixed block drops in 1.21, fixed taupe string, fixed marble and obsidian harvesting, added recipes for wood buttons and pressure plates 

1.02 - Fixed gravel drops, taupe wool clumps, and bone knife JEI helper. Fixed primitive crafting not working in 1.20 and 1.21. Added thatch slabs.

1.01 - Fixed Rocks not being generated in 1.20 and 1.21