Structure Warden
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.16.5 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Structure Warden is a mod that allows one to configure a list of conditions to prevent the building/placing of blocks & the opening of containers when inside of a structure. This is great for those of you who want to add a challenge to structures(modded or vanilla ones).
The issues
So take for instance a few pet peeves of mine in regards to structures:
-Players as soon as they spawn running into a village to break that village's hay bales and have several stacks of bread that lasts them the first 10+ days bc it's just so much food.
-Players not building their own house and instead using a generated house(and expanding off of it) and calling that place home.
-Or players running into a structure with spawners and slapping torches everywhere to disable them.
Get what I mean? There are so many easy ways to ruin a challenge in a structure/or be a lazy and use it as your base instead, so this mod aims to change that!
Configuring
-There is currently no documentation besides the default configuration(structurewarden/structureprotector.json) that ships with this mod, so check that out and make sure you understand json syntax!!!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.16.5
- 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 structurewarden-0.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 58 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

