Alternate Block Designs
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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What This Mod Is
This mod is a curated set of block variants that Mojang has left out of the vanilla game. There are no new textures included in this mod.
What This Mod Is Not
This mod is not an exhaustive set of all alternate block types for all vanilla materials. This is my take on adding block variants that I feel belong in the base game, and are based on the existing choices that Mojang have made for the current block set.
Showcase
Turtle's Mod Showcase on YouTube
Current Block Variant List
Below is a list of all variant blocks included in the mod.
New for v1.2.0
Slabs for all colors of Glazed Terracotta
- Slabs respect placement orientation correctly
- Double slabs will retain the facing orientation of the first slab placed in the world, regardless of direction the second slab is placed - this is the intended behavior
Wood Types
- Slab
- All vanilla logs (including giant nether fungi)
- All vanilla wood blocks (bark texture on all 6 sides)
- All stripped vanilla logs
- All stripped vanilla wood blocks
- Wall
- All vanilla wood blocks
- All stripped vanilla wood blocks
Stone Types
- Stairs
- Smooth Stone
- Calcite
- Deepslate
- Dripstone
- Packed Mud
- Obsidian
- Crying Obsidian
- Basalt
- Smooth Basalt
- Polished Basalt
- End Stone
- Quartz Brick
- All Terracotta
- All Concrete
- Slab
- Calcite
- Deepslate
- Dripstone
- Packed Mud
- Obsidian
- Crying Obsidian
- Basalt
- Smooth Basalt
- Polished Basalt
- End Stone
- Quartz Brick
- All Terracotta
- All Glazed Terracotta
- All Concrete
- Fence
- Brick
- Red Nether Brick
- Fence Gate
- Brick
- Nether Brick
- Red Nether Brick
- Wall
- Stone
- Smooth Stone
- Polished Granite
- Polished Diorite
- Polished Andesite
- Calcite
- Deepslate
- Dripstone
- Packed Mud
- Smooth Sandstone
- Smooth Red Sandstone
- Prismarine Brick
- Dark Prismarine
- Obsidian
- Crying Obsidian
- Nether Brick
- Basalt
- Smooth Basalt
- Polished Basalt
- End Stone
- Purpur
- Quartz
- Quartz Brick
- Smooth Quartz
- All Terracotta
- All Concrete
- Pressure Plate and Button
- Polished Granite
- Polished Diorite
- Polished Andesite
- Polished Deepslate
- Smooth Sandstone
- Smooth Red Sandstone
- Polished Basalt
- End Stone
- Purpur
- Smooth Quartz
Known Issues
- Nether Brick Fence Gate, Red Nether Brick Fence Gate, and Brick Fence Gate use the wrong sounds, using all standard Wood sounds. There are no existing non-wood gate opening or closing sounds.
- Fun Fact: The vanilla codebase hard codes a requirement for all Fence Gates to have an associated WoodType.
Future Considerations
There are currently only a couple of features planned for a future update.
- Add dripping tear effect to Crying Obsidian slab, stairs, and wall
- Chiseled Red Nether Bricks
- Correct block hit and break sounds for Nether Brick, Red Nether Brick, and Brick Fence Gates
- Add a brick type gate opening sound for Nether Brick, Red Nether Brick, and Brick Fence Gates
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.8, 1.21.5
- 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 abd-1.2.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 934 KB
- Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.