
ButWhat
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21–26.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on Modrinth


One plugin for every "Minecraft, but..." idea
Open the menu, click a twist, play. Combine as many as you want, or let the roulette swap them every few minutes. Made for challenge videos, streams and events with friends.

The 24 twists
- Random Drops, Random Mob Loot, Scrambled Crafting (scrambled per seed, so you can learn it)
- Explosive Mining, Explosive Arrows, Exploding Mobs
- The Floor Is Lava, Everything Falls, Midas Touch
- Shared Health, One Heart, Jumping Hurts, Deadly Water, Sunburn
- Jump Stacking, Speed Ramp, Sneak Blink, Gravity Flip
- Hydra Mobs, Mob Swap
- Random Item Timer, Inventory Shuffle, Random Teleport, XP Lottery
Roulette
Picks random twists and swaps them on a timer, with a countdown boss bar and a title for everyone.
World reset
Start a fresh run without touching the server files. Pick exactly what gets reset: Overworld, Nether, The End, a new random seed and player data. A confirmation page shows a summary first.

Commands
/butwhatopens the menu/butwhat enable|disable <twist>,/butwhat list,/butwhat off/butwhat roulette [minutes|off],/butwhat spin/butwhat resetopens the world reset menu
Everything needs butwhat.admin (default: op).
Good to know
- Every twist has its own settings in the config (timers, damage, chances)
- Lasting effects such as One Heart are undone when a twist is switched off
- The world reset restarts the server. It only comes back by itself if a restart script is set in spigot.yml
Compatibility
Spigot, Paper and Purpur, 1.21 up to 26.x, one jar. Java 21 or newer. No dependencies.
Need a custom plugin?
I build custom Spigot and Paper plugins on request: DerJannik on Fiverr
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- 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 Modrinth — 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 ButWhat-1.1.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 71 KB
- Download link checked 30 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.