Nordic's Hearth & Timber
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Download on the author's site.
⬇ Download on CurseForge


A simple, vanilla-friendly way to craft and use firewood for smelting.
Tired of wasting precious coal early in your survival world? With Nordic’s Hearth & Timber, you can now turn logs into firewood using a hatchet in the crafting table, giving you an immersive, early-game fuel source that feels right at home in vanilla Minecraft.
Craft a hatchet, chop any log into firewood, and fuel your furnace the rustic way. Firewood burns slightly less efficiently than coal, but it’s renewable, accessible, and perfect for early survival playthroughs or modpacks that focus on immersion and realism.
FEATURES
- Craft a Hatchet to split logs into firewood
- Use firewood as a furnace fuel alternative
- Works with all standard overworld logs
- Lightweight and compatible with vanilla or modded setups
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.4, 1.21.1
- 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.
Nordic's Hearth & Timber is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21.4, 1.21.1. Downloaded 1,093 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.