Balsa
by smplesco
Balsa adds a new wood type modeled on real-world balsa, with its own blocks, a forest biome and hanging signs.
What it does
Balsa introduces balsa as a wood type alongside the vanilla ones. The wood is solid and has a slightly lighter brown tone than the existing planks. Its forest is generated in the world, and the blocks and items follow the usual wood family, including hanging signs and chest boats. Client and server both need the mod, so the server and every player must install it. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21.1 and 1.21.8, and the code is under a Creative Commons license that forbids commercial use and derivatives.
Key features
Balsa wood type
A full wood family of balsa blocks, based on the real-world timber and tinted a little lighter than oak.
Balsa forest biome
A forest biome generated in the world grows balsa trees and provides the wood for building.
Hanging signs and chest boats
Balsa hanging signs and chest boats are added to the same wood family, so decorative and transport blocks match.
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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.
Questions
Does Balsa need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Balsa support?
In the catalog
Balsa is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Balsa adds a new type of wood from the real world, Balsa Wood. Balsa wood is solid in real life and has a slightly less brown appearance. The Balsa mod now features a brand new Balsa forest and all updated wood variants (hanging signs, chest boats, etc.)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/balsa
- Owner
- smplesco
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15