How do I install Classic Beaches [Fabric]?

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 Classic Beaches [Fabric] work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.17.1, 1.17, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Classic Beaches [Fabric]

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.17. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by b3spectacled · 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 1.17–1.17.1Newest
Minecraft 1.16.5
Minecraft 1.16.4

⬇ Download for 1.17–1.17.1 ⬇ Download for 1.16.5 ⬇ Download for 1.16.4

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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Classic Beaches -- Generate Alpha/Beta beaches!

Fabric API and Cloth Config are required!

This is a simple vanilla-friendly Fabric mod that restores the beaches you remember from Minecraft Alpha/Beta to vanilla Minecraft biomes.

Classic beaches have never truly been removed from the game; the surface generator is still used, mostly identical to the original implementation, for the Nether. This mod just repurposes that surface builder, tweaked to generate sand and gravel, instead of soul sand and gravel, as well as a sandstone bottom layer. Mojang, why not bring them back?

This mod does not change terrain gen in any other way, so you can use it for new or existing worlds!

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Features

Replaces default surface builder used for most vanilla biomes, (excl. swamps, mountains, etc.)
Option to toggle classic beach generation
Option to generate clay pockets in beaches
Options to control frequency of classic sand and gravel beaches
Options to control vanilla disk generation
Compatible with biome mods like Traverse and Terrestria

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.17.1, 1.17
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 classic-beaches-0.3.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 1.3 MB
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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