Better Bricks
by qejmc
Better Bricks, a Fabric and Forge decoration mod, adds new brick types and a mortar material that builders can use in construction.
What it does
The mod extends the building palette with nine new brick types, each craftable in the world, and a mortar made from clay, sand and coal that is needed to craft several of the bricks. Its author describes the set as aimed at modern and contemporary building styles, a gap the author saw because few bricks in the game come in colors.
Because the content is limited to decoration, the mod suits survival builders and creative projects alike. The author lists more bricks in different colors, types and styles as planned and notes that the mod is still in development. Installation requires both Fabric and Forge loaders matching the file, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files cover game versions 1.12.2, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.3, 1.20, 1.21 and 1.21.1, with 0.2.2 for 1.21.1 as the latest build, and the code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Nine new brick types
Nine additional brick blocks join the vanilla set, each placeable in building projects.
Mortar material
Mortar is crafted from clay, sand and coal and is used as an ingredient for several of the new bricks.
Colored brick options
The brick set adds colored variants, a direction the author plans to expand with more colors and styles.
Contemporary styles
The bricks are meant to widen the palette toward modern and contemporary construction.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Builders who want more brick options than the vanilla set offers, on Fabric or Forge for the listed versions. Server owners who run the mod need to install it on the server and on clients.
How it compares
Many Bricks is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, under the All rights reserved license and not open source. Colored Bricks covers 1.16 – 1.21.8, with Fabric and Forge files and the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, not open source. Bricklayer is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.18.2 only, under All rights reserved and not open source. Better Bricks instead ships under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source, with files for 1.12.2 – 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Colored Bricks | Fabric and Forge | 1.16 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-08-12 |
| Bricklayer | Fabric and Forge | 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2022-08-27 |
Questions
Does Better Bricks need Fabric API?
Must the mod be installed on the server?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Better Bricks 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
The Better Bricks mod adds new brick types and recipes to your Minecraft world. While there are quite a few mods that simply add colored bricks to Minecraft, I have found very few that add bricks that are useful in building in modern and contemporary styles.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-bricks
- Owner
- qejmc
- Published
- 2024-09-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-09-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15