Nether Essence
Minecraft Java mod. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Adds Nether Essence, which is a new way to make gunpowder, a new fuel source, and make blocks that can be used for light.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeOverview: This is an updated, rewritten version of flayr's Nether Essence mod. The Nether Essence Mod adds Nether Essence, which is a new way to make gunpowder, a new fuel source, and make blocks that can be used for light. It also adds a way for you to recover items that have despawned.
Mod Content:
Nether Essence is crafted with 6 Netherrack, 2 Soul Sand and 1 Magma Block(Lava Bucket before 7.0.2).
4 Nether Essence can then be crafted with 4 Redstone dust and 1 piece of coal to make gunpowder. 
8 Nether Essence can also be crafted together to make a Nether Essence block, which acts as a source of light, although it is not as bright as Glowstone or torches it is still waterproof. 
For a stronger source of light, you can make a Radiant Nether Essence Block by adding a glowstone surrounded by nether essence. 
Alternatively both Nether Essence and Nether Essence Blocks can be used as a nether-found fuel source. Nether Essence can smelt 4 blocks and Nether Essence Blocks can smelt 32 blocks. 
Item Restoration Block(No picture available):
Once you place the Item Restoration Block, it will start to glow at some point, after items in the world have despawned. When it does, you can right click it to put it in active mode, and after some time, it will vanish, leaving some items that had previously despawned in its place.
Contact
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- 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 CurseForge — 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 NetherEssence-1.12.2-7.1.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 59 KB
- Download link checked 13 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.