Some mods make clay too easy to get. Sad!
Make Clay Valuable Again is a mod that seeks to "improve" the progression of Minecraft by "improving" access to clay. It extends the early-game progression quite a bit. It makes the following changes:
- Clay blocks will not drop anything unless they are broken with a Clay Shovel or Clay Pickaxe.
- Stone tools are no longer obtainable via crafting.
- Clay is dropped by Wither Skeletons, which spawn when Skeletons are killed. There is a 10% chance of the Wither Skeleton dropping a single clay ball.
- Killing a Skeleton results in your weapon instantly breaking.
- Killing a Wither or Ender Dragon always drops 1 clay ball.
With this mod installed, the general progression is as follows:
- Obtain wooden tools (lots of swords!).
- Kill skeletons and wither skeletons until you get enough clay balls for clay tools.
- You now have access to clay tools! You are ready to obtain stone!
- Play as normal.
Shout out to the other great clay balancing mods, Clay Expert Mode and Clay by The_Icy_One!
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.11.2
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as makeclayvaluableagain-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 15 KB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.