Some New Things
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
I don't know my version or loader
Some New Things is a mod created by myself, SilentTrooper, that adds new things that I wanted in Minecraft and you might want too!
I might add other assets in the future, you are welcomed to give suggestions in the comments.
Also, if you think features can be improved, let me know your opinion!
FEATURES
New Building Blocks:
- Barrier and Barrier Corner
- Cobblestone Chimney
- Cobblestone Fireplace
- Cobblestone Slit Window
- Guard Rails and Guard Rails Corner
- Ladder (a 3D one!)
- Log Stairs
- Painted Planks (black, blue, gray, green, orange, red, white, yellow)
- Thatch
- Thatch Roof
- Thatch Slab
- Thin Planks (birch, jungle, oak, spruce)
- Window
- Wooden Palisade and Wooden Palisade Corner
- Wooden Pillar
New Decorations:
- Brazier
- Candle
- Chair (birch, jungle, oak, spruce)
- Stool (birch, jungle, oak, spruce)
- Table (birch, jungle, oak, spruce)
New Ores:
- Silver Ore
- Sulfur Ore
New Items:
- Glass Shard
- Gold
- Iron
- Silver
- Leather Scrap
- Silver Ingot
- Steel Ingot
- Tallow
- Sulfur
New Tools:
- Steel Axe, Hoe, Pickaxe, and Shovel
New Weapons:
- Silver Sword
- Steel Battle Axe
- Steel Sword
New Armor:
- Steel Boots, Chestplate, Helmet, and Leggings
New Features:
- A Skeleton can drop its skull (which can be turned to Bonemeal).
- Leather armor now have to be made with Leather Scraps.
- A Steel Ingot can be obtained with an Iron Ingot (only with a Blast Furnace).
- Ore blocks drop their ores.
- A Saddle recipe.
- Pigs, cows and sheep now drop Tallow to make candles.
- Silver have an effect on monsters.
- Gunpowder can be made with Sulfur and Coal/Charcoal.
- Breaking Glass drops Glass Shards.
- Piglins have a chance to drop a Ghast Tear.
RECIPES
The Chimney and Slit Window can only be obtained via stonecutting. For the rest, take a look in the images section.
CONFIG FILE
There is also a config file allowing you to remove certain mobs, you just have to replace "true" by "false".
POLICY
You can use this mod in any modpack and take inspiration from my code. Just do not claim this mod as your own!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 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.
- Ships as SomeNewThings_1-16-5_1-0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 207 KB
- Download link checked 4 Nov 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.