Lava-Mo-Tron
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.17–1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
I don't know my version or loader
A small mod spurned on by a discord conversation about how annoying it can be that there is no easy way of creating lava without purging the Nether!
Requires Forge:
1.17.1:HutosLib v2.22
1.18.2: HutosLib v3.50
1.19.4: HutosLib v4.5.0
1.20.1: Hutoslib v5.1.0+
JEI is also recommended.
Powered by all normal furnace fuels, and can be used with hoppers for automation(Fuel = South, Bucket = East, Output = Bottom, Input = Top).
If empty buckets are placed in the far left it will use them up to fill the bucket, otherwise, it'll create a single-use 'Thermal Shard' which can be used to place a single lava source block.
Recipe:
NOW WITH FLUID SUPPORT!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.19.4, 1.19.2
- 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 lavamotron-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 98 KB
- Download link checked 23 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.