How do I install Fake Fabric API?

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 Fake Fabric API work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.16.1, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Fake Fabric API

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.19. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by teddyxlandlee · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader Fabric1 build
Mod loader Quilt1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.16–1.19.1Newest

Minecraft 1.16–1.19.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.16–1.19.1 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.16–1.19.1 · Quilt

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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NOTE: This is a technical mod and WILL NOT replace Fabric API.

Please install Fabric API before installing this mod.

If you're playing Minecraft 1.19.2+, maybe you don't need this.

Anyway, you don't need to understand these below - all you need to do is to install this mod if required or you're noticed to install `fake-fabric-api`.

Since Fabric API 0.59.0+1.19.2, Mod ID of Fabric API is changed from `fabric` to `fabric-api`, and provides the Mod ID `fabric`. This is because many Fabric newcomers don't know `fabric` is Fabric API, and getting confused when they meet an error saying "`fabric` isn't installed".

However, this change is only applied to 1.19.2+, which means players below 1.19.1 might still be confused.

The only thing this mod does, is providing the mod ID `fabric-api`. Moreover, this mod can't run without Fabric API.

Note: this mod crashes with MC-1.19.2-based Fabric API / Quilted Fabric API, because the latter has already provided `fabric-api`.

How to use this mod (for Fabric/Quilt Mod developers):

If your mod depends on Fabric API, and runs below 1.19.1, please set its dependencies as BOTH `fake-fabric-api: *` and `fabric-api`, and don't set `fabric`. This is to make players not confused.
If your mod depends on Fabric API, and runs across <1.19.2 and ≥1.19.2, please set its dependency as `fabric-api`, as `fake-fabric-api` does not run above 1.19.2.
If your mod is a Quilt mod, directly set dependency as `quilted_fabric_api` - maybe you don't need this mod.

This mod is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 International

These text above is licensed under CC0-1.0

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.16.1
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 fake-fabric-api-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 2 KB
Download link checked 25 Sept 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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