Missing Palette Exception Fix
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20–1.20.6 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
You ever randomly crash for no reason?
Is "Embeddium", "Rubidium", or whatever Sodium variant we're using now always listed as the cause, even though removing it doesn't fix anything?
Does the crash report say things like:
- "IllegalStateException: Exception copying block data for section: SectionPos{x=..., y=..., z=...}", or
- "Caused by: net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.MissingPaletteEntryException: Missing Palette entry for index ..."?
Then this will be a band-aid slapped on the issue!
Yeah so I don't know what's actually causing it, but somehow there's a block present on the server that isn't present on the client, so when the server says "alrighty Client, sending you another chunk!" the client goes "Server, I don't recognize this block ID. I'll handle this in a responsible manner and OH GOD OH F***" and crashes the game, sometimes even crashing to desktop through NotEnoughCrashes.
Just add this to your mods folder, and it'll make those pesky "unknown blocks" look like dragon eggs instead. Because those were the most noticeable blocks I could think of. This is so you can use the /setblock command to remove that unknown block from the world and fix the game for people who don't have it installed.
It's a bit of a janky fix, but in lieu of actually being able to figure out what the heck is causing it (which is really difficult because the whole chunk is stored as binary data so it's tough to find which exact block position is crashing the game), this will keep your game stable enough to keep playing.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.2, 1.20.5, 1.20.3
- 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 missingpalettefix-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 6 KB
- Download link checked 27 Sept 2026 — working
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