
DirtCheap
Dirt must be dirt cheap. But in Minecraft cobblestone is cheaper than dirt, because it is free. I did not like it, so I made dirt really cheap by adding a…
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Minecraft DirtCheap Mod
Dirt must be dirt cheap. But in Minecraft cobblestone is cheaper than dirt, because it is free.
Although there are complicated ways to create dirt from cobblestone, I do not like them. So I made this mod to make dirt really cheap by adding a few recipes that allow duplication of dirt blocks by mixing them with cheap, easily renewable items.

Since V1.1.0 there are two more recipes to create dirt from sand and clay.

License
Standard MIT license. Feel free to learn from it and incorporate it in your own projects.
Source code
Available on GitLab or on GitHub.
For developers
Quite often, when I start learning programming on a new platform, I find even the simplest examples too complicated. Tutorials, written by experts, with years of experience programming on that platform, sometimes forget how difficult those first step are. This is why I decided to make my first, very simple, Minecraft mods publicly available.
This mod is probably the simplest possible which adds something usable to Minecraft. The source code is short, and fully documented. It is a good starting point for anyone new to modding.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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.
- Ships as dirtcheap-1.1.8+neo+mc26.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 12 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.