How do I install Better Than Legacy?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Better Than Legacy work with?

The listing gives Minecraft b1.7.3. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Better Than Legacy

by UselessBullets7695 · on Modrinth

A GUI overhaul for Better Than Adventure (A heavily modified version of beta 1.7.3) which redesigns GUIs to be more controller friendly in a style similar…

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This mod uses a modified version of Fabric (Babric) and is designed only for Better than Adventure, a heavily modified version of Minecraft b1.7.3!

For more information, join the discord server provided on this projects page.

About

Better Than Legacy is a GUI overhaul mod which redesigns the GUIs in BTA to look, act, and feel much more like the GUIs found on the Legacy Console Editions of Minecraft. With controller support!

Better Than Legacy is also a fully clientside mod, all features work in multiplayer without the server needing the mod installed.

Current GUIs include:

Creative Mode GUI
Inventory GUI
Crafting GUI
Flag Editor GUI

Installation

This mod needs a specific MultiMC/Prism instance to run and other mods as a dependencies:

Credits

BTLegacy is developed solely by Useless

BTA Developers:

jonkadelic
maggandgeez
nebulabc
bestsoft100
sunsetsatellite (Martin)
useless

Babric (fork of Fabric for Beta Minecraft) Maintainers:

calmilamsy
6pak

Special thanks:

Better than Adventure Discord Server (biggest fork of b1.7.3 with many cool features)
BTA Modding Discord Server (community of modding pioneers of this fork, because it was possible and nobody stopped us)

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: b1.7.3
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 Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

Verified by MCModsHub

Ships as legacyui-1.3.1-7.3.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 1.9 MB
Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working

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

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