Tired of searching for swamps or waiting for slime chunks? This datapack makes slime balls easy and accessible in your Minecraft world!
With this datapack, you can obtain slime balls in two simple ways:
Crafting Recipe: Arrange a full 3×3 crafting grid of kelp to create a slime ball.

Magma Cream Transformation: Drop a magma cream into water and watch it turn into a slime ball.

A simple, survival-friendly way to keep your redstone and sticky contraptions running!
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
Craftable Slime Ball is a free Minecraft Java datapack. Compatible with Minecraft 1.20.1. Downloaded 224 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.