This mod backports features to 1.2.5 from future Minecraft versions as well as adding new blocks.
Backported Features:
Block of Netherite - Decoration Block
Beacon - Gives speed + jump 2 in a 50 block radius of the block
Item frames - Fully backported
Daylight / Night Detectors - Detect if its night or day, emits a redstone pulse.
Original Blocks:
Chimney - When powered by redstone, this block emits smoke
Lux Aeterna - Item used to smelt the beacon
Iron Boat - Backported ice speed and not breakable, returns the full boat.
Redstone Stairs - When powered by redstone, changes the direction of the stairs.
Video:
Recipes:
Block of Netherite
Lux Aeterna
Beacon
Item Frames
Daylight Detector
Night Detector
Chimney
Iron Boat
Redstone Stairs
Issues
- Item frames can't be placed next to each other or other blocks
- Item frames don't drop the item its held when destroyed
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.2.5
- 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.
- Downloads as mod_retrorevisions1.63.zip
- Download size: 45 KB
- Download link checked 7 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.