Better Progression
by itzekans
Better Progression changes the first stage of survival by making wood, stone and iron harder to gather, with bundled sticks and planks replacing the usual crafts.
What it does
Logs drop sticks only when broken with an axe, and a crafting path of bundled sticks, bundled planks and a bundled crafting table replaces the standard early recipes. Wooden tools are built from bundled sticks rather than planks. Stone work also changes: cobblestone mined with a wooden pickaxe yields one or two rocks, and nine rocks form cobblestone. Stone tools need smelted cobblestone, and eight cobblestone make a furnace, so the first furnace takes more effort to reach.
Iron ore drops one or two lumps of iron, and four lumps are crafted into raw iron. Raw iron smelted in a normal furnace gives the usual iron, while a blast furnace doubles the output and applies gold. Cobblestone mined with an iron pickaxe drops itself. The mod is built for Forge on 1.19.2 – 1.19.4, where it runs on the server alone, so players join without installing it. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Axe-gated sticks
Logs drop sticks only when broken with an axe, which makes the first wood harder to gather.
Bundled crafting path
Sticks, planks and a crafting table are each made by bundling the previous material in groups of four.
Rock drops by pickaxe tier
Cobblestone yields one or two rocks with a wooden pickaxe and three or four with a stone pickaxe, while an iron pickaxe drops the block itself.
Blast furnace iron
Raw iron in a blast furnace yields double the iron and applies gold, unlike a standard furnace.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Slower early game
Players who want the opening stage of a survival world to take longer can use the altered wood and stone recipes.
Who it’s for: Survival players and server owners who want the first stage of progression to be more difficult than vanilla.
How it compares
Linear Progression is a server-required mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt on 1.21 – 1.21.11, released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Lose Your Touch is a Forge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 that must run on both client and server, and it is released under All rights reserved. Better Progression is Forge-only on 1.19.2 – 1.19.4 and server-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Progression | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.19.4 | Server-side only | 2024-02-07 |
| Linear Progression | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-08-11 |
| Lose Your Touch | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-03-08 |
Questions
Does Better Progression need to be installed on clients?
Which Minecraft versions does Better Progression support?
Why do logs stop dropping sticks?
In the catalog
Better Progression is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 9,374 mods support Minecraft 1.19.4.
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What the author says
This mod is intended to slightly draw out Minecraft's early game by making some simple processes slightly harder. Feel free to use this in modpacks and YouTube videos! Mine many logs, which drop sticks unless broken with an axe.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bep
- Owner
- itzekans
- Published
- 2024-02-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-02-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15