How do I install Bare Essentials?

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 Bare Essentials work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.2, 1.20.1, 1.19.4, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Bare Essentials

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.19–1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by thecurle · on CurseForge

A reimplementation of some of the features of the old Essentials mods, plus some personal twists intended for public servers.

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 NeoForge1 build
Mod loader Forge3 builds

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.20.2Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest
Minecraft 1.19.4
Minecraft 1.19.3

⬇ Download for 1.20.2 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.19.4 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.19.3 · Forge

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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Bare Essentials

A reimplementation of some features from the classic Essentials mods, with some personal twists intended for public servers.

Commands list:

/tpa [user] Send another player a request to teleport to them, they can either /tpa accept or /tpa deny the request.
/tpa [here] [user] Send another player a request to teleport them to you, they can either /tpa accept or /tpa deny the request.
/setworldspawn Set the world spawn to an exact position in the world quickly.
/spawn Teleport to the world spawn.
/sethome [none] [override] Set or remove your home location in the world.
/home Teleport to your home.
/heal [user] Heal yourself or another player to full health (Not hunger)
/feed [user] Feed yourself or another player to full hunger (Not health)
/god [user] Toggle god mode and become invincible to all forms of harm/damage.
/fly [user] Toggle creative mode flight for yourself or another player.
/balance [user] -> See balance.
/balance give [user] <amount> -> add amount to your or someone else's balance.
/balance set [user] <amount> -> set your or someone else's balance to a given amount.
/balance remove [user] <amount> -> remove a given amount from your or someone else's balance.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.2, 1.20.1, 1.19.4
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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as bareessentials-3.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 55 KB
Download link checked 15 Oct 2026 — working

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

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