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Build Your Campfire

by Capitaojob

Build Campfire changes how campfires are built, letting players craft them from sticks and flint without a crafting table.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.20.1 – 1.21.11

What it does

Players can craft large sticks by combining two sticks in the inventory, then place four of them on the ground with a right-click to start building an unlit campfire. Lighting it works with flint and steel or fire charges, and players can also light it with a flint in each hand. The campfire recipe is altered so that the vanilla recipe stays compatible with other mods that use campfire crafting ingredients.

The mod adds new campfire cooking recipes, including placing sticks on a campfire to create torches. It suits a survival-minded approach to campfires, turning them into a resting spot built from basic materials. Build Campfire is a lightweight mod that stays close to vanilla and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 17 release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.11, under All rights reserved.

Key features

  1. Crafting without a table

    Large sticks are made from two sticks in the inventory, so the campfire path does not require a crafting table.

  2. Ground-built campfires

    Four large sticks placed on the ground by right-clicking form an unlit campfire that is ready to light.

  3. Multiple ignition methods

    An unlit campfire can be lit with flint and steel, fire charges or two flints held in both hands.

  4. New cooking recipes

    Campfire cooking gains new recipes, including torches made by placing sticks on a lit campfire.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.21.112.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.102.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.92.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.82.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.72.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.62.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.52.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.42.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.32.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.22.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.21.12.1.0+1.21.1-fabricNot available2.1.0+1.21.1-neoforge
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.20.62.1.0+1.20.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.52.1.0+1.20.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.42.1.0+1.20.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.32.1.0+1.20.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.22.1.0+1.20.1-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.12.1.0+1.20.1-fabric2.1.0+1.20.1-forgeNot available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who want campfires to fit a survival approach, and server owners who prefer a lightweight mod that keeps the vanilla recipe compatible with other mods.

How it compares

Full comparison

Realistic Campfires is client and server, published for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.20 – 26.3, and is not open source. Nice Campfires is a mod for 1.21.4 – 1.21.5 is needed on the server, with the client optional, and it is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, so it is open source. Build Campfire targets 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge and is not open source.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Build Your CampfireFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.11Client and server2026-06-06
Realistic CampfiresFabric and NeoForge1.20 – 26.3Client and server2026-09-25
Nice CampfiresFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.4 – 1.21.5Server required, client optional2025-04-08

Questions

Does Build Campfire need to be installed on the server?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

Which loader should a player choose for Build Campfire?

Files exist for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. The latest Forge file is 2.1.0+1.20.1-forge for 1.20.1, and the latest NeoForge file is 2.1.0+1.21.1-neoforge for 1.21.1.

Does Build Campfire change the vanilla campfire recipe?

The campfire recipe is altered so the vanilla recipe stays usable with other mods that rely on campfire crafting ingredients, rather than being replaced outright.

In the catalog

Build Your Campfire is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

Do you ever feel like crafting a campfire takes away from the immersion of survival? Build Your Campfire is a lightweight mod that injects a touch of wilderness realism into Minecraft by changing how you build your essential resting spot. This mod allows you to build a campfire using the most basic materials, sticks…
Capitaojob, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Capitaojob
Published
2026-06-06
Updated on Modrinth
2026-06-06
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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