🎨 Color Challenge - Competitive Dye Collection Challenge
A competitive dye collection mod for Minecraft
Race to collect and deliver all 16 dye colors to the staff NPC — the first player to deliver them all wins!
✨ Features
📦 Delivery Area at Spawn
- Auto-Generated Delivery Area: A delivery area structure spawns automatically at the world spawn point
- NPC Staff: A staff NPC stands ready to accept your dye deliveries
- Starter Equipment: Each player receives an Instructions item and bread from a chest
📋 Instructions Item
- Delivery Status Screen: Right-click to view which dye colors you've delivered and which are still needed
- 16-Color Grid: Visual grid showing all dye colors with delivered/undelivered status
🎨 Dye Collection
Collect and deliver all 16 Minecraft dye colors:
- White, Orange, Magenta, Light Blue, Yellow, Lime, Pink, Gray
- Light Gray, Cyan, Purple, Blue, Brown, Green, Red, Black
Craft dyes from flowers, cacti, cocoa beans, ink sacs, and other materials found throughout the world!
🏘️ Village Loot
- Crafting Materials: Village chests contain jungle saplings, cacti, and sea pickles to help with dye crafting
📊 Real-Time HUD
- Delivery Count: Track how many dyes you've delivered (X / 16)
- Play Time: See your elapsed time in MM:SS format
- Rankings: View finished players and their times
- Delivery Area Marker: Always know which way to the delivery area
🎮 Game Flow
- Game Start Block: Press to begin a 5-second countdown, then the race starts
- Game Reset Block: Double-click within 5 seconds to reset the game
- Night Vision: All players receive permanent night vision
- Victory Notifications: Announcements when players deliver all 16 colors
📖 How to Play
- Create a New World: Start a new world with the mod installed
- Find the Delivery Area: A delivery area structure is generated at the spawn point
- Grab Your Gear: Take an Instructions item and bread from the chest
- Start the Game: Press the Game Start block to begin the countdown
- Collect Dyes: Explore the world, gather materials, and craft all 16 dye colors
- Deliver to Staff: Return to the delivery area and right-click the staff while holding a dye
- Deliver All 16 Colors: The first player to deliver all 16 dye colors wins!
🛠️ Technical Details
Multi-Loader Support
This mod is built with Architectury and supports multiple mod loaders!
- 1.21.1–1.21.11: Fabric and NeoForge
- 1.20.1: Fabric and Forge
- Download the correct version for your mod loader
- Shared codebase ensures consistent experience across loaders
Requirements
Minecraft 1.21.11
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.17.3+ with Fabric API 0.141.3+1.21.11, OR NeoForge 21.11.38-beta+
Minecraft 1.21.10
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.17.2+ with Fabric API 0.138.4+1.21.10, OR NeoForge 21.10.64+
Minecraft 1.21.9
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.134.1+1.21.9, OR NeoForge 21.9.16-beta+
Minecraft 1.21.8
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.136.0+1.21.8, OR NeoForge 21.8.52+
Minecraft 1.21.7
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.129.0+1.21.7, OR NeoForge 21.7.25-beta+
Minecraft 1.21.6
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.128.2+1.21.6, OR NeoForge 21.6.20-beta+
Minecraft 1.21.5
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.126.0+1.21.5, OR NeoForge 21.5.96+
Minecraft 1.21.4
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.119.3+1.21.4, OR NeoForge 21.4.156+
Minecraft 1.21.3
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.16.10+ with Fabric API 0.107.3+1.21.3, OR NeoForge 21.3.95+
Minecraft 1.21.1
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.17.3+ with Fabric API 0.116.7+1.21.1, OR NeoForge 21.1.209+
Minecraft 1.20.1
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.16.10+ with Fabric API 0.92.2+1.20.1, OR Forge 47.3.0+
Compatibility
- Works alongside other mods
- Compatible with performance mods (Sodium, Starlight, etc.)
- Designed for multiplayer but also works in singleplayer
🐛 Bug Reports & Suggestions
Found a bug or have a suggestion? Report it on our GitHub Issues page!
📷 Screenshots
Check out the Gallery above for screenshots showcasing:
- The delivery area structure at spawn
- NPC staff dye delivery
- HUD overlay with delivery count and rankings
- Instructions item delivery status screen
🤝 Credits
- Built with Architectury Loom
📜 License & Permissions
License: LGPL-3.0 - Copyright (C) 2026 Soichiro Kashima
Source Code: Available on GitHub
Freedom to Use: ✅ Free to use, modify, and redistribute under LGPL-3.0 terms
Modpack Inclusion: ✅ Allowed - You may include this mod in modpacks
Redistribution: ✅ Allowed - You may redistribute this mod (must remain LGPL-3.0)
🔗 Links
- GitHub Repository: https://github.com/ksoichiro/ColorChallenge
- CurseForge: [Link to CurseForge page]
Developed for Minecraft Java Edition 1.20.1–1.21.11
Collect all the colors! 🎨
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.9
- 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 colorchallenge-0.2.0+1.21.9-neoforge.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 82 KB
- Download link checked 7 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.