Builder's Basics
Minecraft Java mod. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForge
Builder's Basics is a mod for Minecraft 1.14.4 and 1.15.2 that adds a bunch of new and unique building and decoration blocks while trying to keep in the vanilla style of Minecraft.
This features currently in the mod are complete, however we have many more planned features, join the discord server if you want to see planned features and even suggest your own ideas.
Features
- New types of stone brick blocks, with versions for andesite, granite, diorite, cobblestone, and end stone
- Variations of prismarine and dark prismarine blocks, including a dark prismarine version of sea lanterns
- Terracotta bricks
- Glazed terracotta pillars (Textures by Endergy)
- Coloured purpur blocks
- Wooden boards
- Glass doors and trapdoors
- Iron bar doors and trapdoors (Like jail cells)
- Candles (Currently crafted with slime until I port to 1.15)
- Stairs, slabs, and walls for all the relevant blocks, including smooth stone stairs and cracked stone brick stairs/slabs
- Red nether brick fence
- Chains that can hang from the ceiling and match with lanterns
- Wall lanterns that can be placed on walls (crafted from lanterns)
- Infernal lanterns (nether brick themed light source)
- Firebrands, a Nether version of end rods
- Tudor themed blocks
- Candlesticks
- Obsidian variants
- Mossy and rotten planks
Planned Features
- Golden doors/trapdoors
- Tool racks
- Sandstone variants
- Quartz variants
- Wrautnaut, a block made of prismarine and iron
- Cast iron, anvil coloured block set
Mod Compatability
- Bloomful: Wisteria stuff
- Upgrade Aquatic: Driftwood stuff
Programming by Equinox
Art by Arobazz and Equinox
Thanks to Endergy for the glazed terracotta pillar textures
Thanks to Pugz for the infernal lantern texture
- 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 buildbasics-2.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.1 MB
- Download link checked 24 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.