

A Fabric mod focusing on changing early game aspects to make the game feel more "realistic".
Background
This idea revolves around the fact that as of this writing, no such mods for early game realism are present in the Fabric mod database. Then I thought, "Fine, I'll do it myself." Moreover, it was inspired by two particular Forge mods that have the same premise, namely No Tree Punching and Natural Progression.
Features
- Disabled the ability to get wood from punching trees
- Proper tools are required to collect stone and wood
- Chopping logs to make planks, and planks to sticks
- Rocks and sticks are naturally generated around the world
- Cobblestone variants
- Makeshift flint tools
- Copper items, tools and armor
- Knives and saws serving as alternatives
More details are in the wiki.
Screenshots
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Dependencies
Required
- Fabric API
- 1.16: 0.30.0+1.16 and above
- 1.17: 0.34.9+1.17 and above
- 1.18: 0.51.1+1.18.2 and above
- 1.19: 0.57.0+1.19 and above
- Cloth Config: required for 1.17 and above
Optional
- Mod Menu: in-game configuration
- Roughly Enough Items: for crafting new tools
Known Issues
Incompatibilities and bugs can be reported in the issues section.
Recommended Mods
- Unlit Campfire: placing campfires on unlit state by default (1.16)
Credits
- Fabric Discord community (a great help for the code)
- Contributors (for the help with issue fixes and other modifications)
- You (for playing with this mod!)
Any plans for a Forge version?
A Forge version of this particular mod is not necessary. I recommend the two aforementioned mods if you want to play an early game mod on Forge.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.19
- 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 earlygame-1.19-1.1.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 274 KB
- Download link checked 26 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.