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Colourful books
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Colourful books

Java data pack listed for Minecraft 1.21–24.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by unspooken · on Modrinth

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Minecraft version

⬇ Download for 1.21.2–1.21.3 · Data pack⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · Data pack⬇ Download for 1.21.2–1.21.3 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21.2–1.21.3 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.21.2–1.21.3 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21.2–1.21.3 · Quilt⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · Quilt
I don't know my version or loader
Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.
No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.
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Colourful Books

Description

This datapack allows you to dye books via crafting or smithing. Now you might wonder, why make another dyable books datapack...

Motivation

When looking for a datapack that could do this for my SMP I noticed all of the current dyable book datapacks/mods don't keep a written books' state. This one DOES without needing any janky functions!

Usage

Pop some leather in, pick a dye and presto, a coloured book with all its contents preserved.

You can freely swap out colours by doing the dyeing process again with another colour.

To reset a book back to it's vanilla texture, replace a dye in the smithing table with any potion.

Multiplayer

As long as the datapack for the mod is installed on the server, the mod will work as expected

The resource pack is automatically installed with the mod if installed on the client-side. If not, you just won't see the colors though others who have the pack will.

Additional features

Quick facts

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.

File checked by MCModsHub

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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