
Preston Mod 1.12.2 is a compressed block mod, it provides means of compressing sets of 9 identical blocks into 1 “compressed block” recursively, as well as decompressing them back.

Features:
- This mod allows you to compress any full-cuboid block (any block) in the game, not just a selection of them.
- This mod lets you set the amount of compression levels available. By default, there are sixteen (single, double, triple, …, sexdecuple), but you can set them all the way from just one (single) to one thousand (…, undemilluple, milluple)!
- This mod allows you to balance block compression by providing an RF/FE-powered machine, the Compressor, to faciliate this. The amount of RF/FE necessary scales with the compression level. (Optionally, you can configure it to allow crafting-based compression.)
Screenshots:
Creative Tab: Preston creative tab, showcasing Compressed Oak Wood Planks and Stone blocks.


The Compressor: Meet the Compressor – the fancy, 3D-animated machine which will turn your blocks into, um, fewer blocks!

You can use the config file to make compression happen in the crafting grid, which you may be a bit more used to.

The amount of compression levels can be configured: By default, it is 16, but you can set it all the way up to 1000 if you really wanted to.

Requires:
Minecraft Forge
Preston Mod 1.12.2 Download Links
For Minecraft 1.12.2
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Downloads as 209480.mcaddon
- Download size: 140 KB
- Download link checked 30 Jul 2026 — working
- Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.