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Better Materials
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.




Better Materials
- A minecraft mod, expanding upon the vanilla game, making materials more useful and realistic.
Notice
- 1.16.5 version doesn't add copper and amethyst gear, because copper and amethyst aren't present in that version of the game.
Mod Features
Items
- Copper Shears, the same as regular Shears but with less durability.
Blocks
- Block of Flint, so you can store your Flint more conveniently, can be used as decoration.
- Block of Charcoal, so you can store your Charcoal more conveniently, can be used as decoration and fuel, same as the Block of Coal.

Armor
- Copper armor - less durability and protection than Iron armor, better than Leather
- Emerald armor - less durability and protection than Amethyst armor, better than Iron
- Amethyst armor - less durability and protection than Diamond armor, better than Emerald
Horse armor included :)

Tools
- Bone Tools - equivalent to Wooden Tools
- Flint Tools - equivalent to Stone Tools
- Copper Tools - less durability than Iron, Stone harvest level, so it can't mine diamonds, better than Stone
- Emerald Tools - Less durability, damage and mining speed than Amethyst, Iron harvest level, better than Iron
- Amethyst Tools - Less durability and damage than Diamond but with Diamond harvest level, better than Emerald, it mines as fast as Netherite
Notice:
- All recipes can be accessed via Just Enough Items (JEI).
- If you happen to encounter any bugs, please report them in mods GitHub's repository.
To-do:
- Copper Bucket?
Make sure to check out my other mods:
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.18.2, 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as bettermaterials-1.20.1-fabric-1.0.6.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 211 KB
- Download link checked 25 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.