How do I install Confabricate?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Confabricate work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.16.3, 1.16.5, 1.16.4, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Confabricate

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by zmlaoeu · on CurseForge

Which Minecraft do you have?

Every version of the game needs its own build. Pick yours, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game. This mod is built for Fabric only.

Minecraft 1.16.2–1.16.5Newest
Minecraft 1.16–1.16.1

⬇ Download for 1.16.2–1.16.5 ⬇ Download for 1.16–1.16.1

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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This mod is only useful for other mod developers using the Configurate configuration library in their mods.

Confabricate provides:

TypeSerializersfor:

Identifiers
Any item stored in a Registry
Text (as json)
Mixed lists of items and tags (represented by TaggableCollections), currently for blocks, items, entity types, and fluids

NBTNodeAdapter

Translates back and forth between Configurate nodes and Minecraft's own NBT Tags

DataFixerUpper integration

Thanks to @i509VCB for providing an initial implementation of DynamicOps

DynamicOps implementation for ConfigurationNodes
Basic integration between ConfigurationTransformations and DataFixers

Configuration per-mod

Utility methods in Confabricate to get a HOCON-format configuration for a mod
Common watch service and methods to get an automatically reloading HOCON-format configuration for a mod.

See Configurate's website for more information about the underlying library, and our GitHub for more information on using Confabricate in your own mod.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.3, 1.16.5, 1.16.4
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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as confabricate-2.1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 690 KB
Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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