Cauldron Dyeing
by TibiNonEst
Cauldron Dyeing lets players color leather armor, leather horse armor and other dyeable items by dropping them into a water cauldron with dye, following the Bedrock Edition method in Java Edition.
What it does
Dyeing works the way it does in Bedrock Edition. A player fills a cauldron with water, drops a dyeable item or leather horse armor into it, and adds dye while the item sits in the water. Several dyes can be combined by blending them in a crafting table before they are added, and a dyed item can be placed into a cauldron again to change its color.
Water in a cauldron takes on the color of the dye it holds, so the dyed water itself can be seen. Using a water bucket on a dyed cauldron resets the water to its normal color, and placing a dyed item into an un-dyed water cauldron still removes the color from the item. The mod runs on Fabric and Quilt, is built for the Minecraft releases covered by its files, and is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, so the code is open source.
Key features
Cauldron-based armor dyeing
Leather armor and leather horse armor take on a chosen color when they are dropped into a cauldron with dye.
Dye blending
Several dyes can be combined in a crafting table before they are added to the cauldron, giving custom shades.
Water color display
Dyed water shows its color in the cauldron, and the display works with shader packs that let water color be customized.
Reset and removal
A water bucket resets a dyed cauldron to plain water, and an un-dyed cauldron still strips color from a dyed item.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want Bedrock-style cauldron dyeing in Java Edition, and players building colored armor or water effects on Fabric or Quilt.
How it compares
Cauldron Fix is a Fabric-only server-side mod for 1.17 – 1.17.1, released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and open source, so it does not offer dyeing. Enchanted Cauldron Fix is client and server, open source under the MIT License and limited to 1.20.1, while Cauldron Dyeing is published for Fabric and Quilt files with a wider set of releases.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cauldron Dyeing | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-01-08 |
| Cauldron Fix | Fabric | 1.17 – 1.17.1 | Server-side only | 2021-07-06 |
| Enchanted Cauldron Fix | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-20 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Cauldron Dyeing is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
This mod adds Bedrock's ability to dye leather armor or leather horse armor with cauldrons to Java Edition. The usage is the same as in Bedrock, using dye on a cauldron with water will color the water, adding dye multiple times will blend the dyes same as in a crafting table. When you use a dyeable item on the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cauldron-dyeing
- Owner
- TibiNonEst
- Published
- 2021-12-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-01-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15