Architect's Palette
by Jsburg
Architect's Palette adds a large set of decorative blocks for building, including fish-scale blocks, metal plating, bone bricks and crystals that grow in the Nether.
What it does
The mod's blocks cover several groups. Fish blocks carry scale detail. Industrial metal plating and original materials such as Sunmetal, Olivestone, Cerebral Plating and Abyssaline give builders new surfaces. Bone bricks come in a light set and a darker set built from wither remains, and glowing crystals grow in the Nether. Some blocks that never had brick variants, such as basalt, now have them, and charcoal blocks are made by smoking logs in a smoker. Mossy Blackstone variants are included as well.
Extra shapes and forms round out the set. Board blocks are large planks, Heavy Bricks are large bricks, and nubs are a small block shape used for detail work. A crafting mechanic handles materials that do not fit a standard recipe, including Esoterrack, and it lists those recipes in JEI. It can be extended through datapacks, and a config file is included.
The mod requires Forge Config API Port, which must be installed alongside it on all three loaders. Architect's Palette runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, across six game versions 1.18.2 – 1.21.1, and the code is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Fish and metal blocks
Fish blocks with scale detail and industrial metal plating add surfaces for ship hulls, machinery and similar builds.
Bone and crystal blocks
Bone bricks in light and darker sets, plus crystals that grow in the Nether, expand the material palette.
Original materials
Sunmetal, Olivestone, Cerebral Plating and Abyssaline are introduced as new building materials with their own block sets.
Shapes and brick variants
Board blocks, Heavy Bricks and nubs add new forms, and basalt and other blocks gain brick variants.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Required by 1 mod
How it compares
Bone Blocks is a client and server mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, covering 1.19.2 – 1.21.1, with all rights reserved and no open source code. Better Bricks is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and supports Fabric and Forge for 1.12.2 – 1.21.1, while Many Bricks is a client and server mod for Fabric and Forge covering 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architect's Palette | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-07 |
| Bone Blocks | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-02 |
| Better Bricks | Fabric and Forge | 1.12.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-28 |
| Many Bricks | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-23 |
Questions
Does Architect's Palette need Forge Config API Port?
Does the server need Architect's Palette?
Can the recipes be changed?
In the catalog
Architect's Palette is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Architect's Palette adds many new blocks. They are awesome and look super cool. The recipes are generally balanced to be survival friendly, with high yields and common ingredients. There's a config and Quark support. The mod is good I swear. Off the top of my head, there are blocks like... Fish blocks with scales…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/architects-palette
- Owner
- Jsburg
- Published
- 2023-11-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15