Ceramics
by KnightMiner
With Ceramics, clay tools, buckets and armor stay useful after the early game, and clay and porcelain blocks store and move fluids.
What it does
Ceramics adds tools, storage and decoration made from clay and terracotta. Its terracotta buckets give an early alternative to iron, and clay plate armor serves as a substitute for leather armor, which is often hard to obtain before iron. Buckets carry cold and hot fluids, though a cracked bucket breaks when it is emptied, so hot fluids are effectively single use.
Fluid blocks come in two variants. The extendable liquid storage block can be stacked vertically to raise its capacity, and it allows simple fluid extraction and transport. Dynamic bucket variants are generated automatically for the fluids a world has. The mod sets out to keep clay useful in the late game, not only the early one, and Tinker Construct and Forestry are among the mods it draws on for fluids. It requires Mantle, and Just Enough Items (JEI) is optional.
Key features
Terracotta buckets
Buckets made from terracotta carry fluids and serve as an early game alternative to iron buckets.
Clay plate armor
Terracotta plate armor offers a leather-free option early in a playthrough.
Stacking cisterns
The extendable liquid storage block raises its capacity when placed on top of another, with 4 barrels per color for the base variant.
Decorative bricks
A range of decorative blocks, including porcelain bricks in 17 clay colors, resembles stained terracotta and concrete in pastel shades.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
How it compares
Ceramic Bucket is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.14.4 – 26.3, client and server, and it is open source under the MIT License. Clay Overhaul is closed source under All rights reserved, runs on either side for 1.19.2 – 1.21.1, and works on either side, and neither side needs it. Ceramics stays on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceramics | Forge and NeoForge | 1.10.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-10 |
| Ceramic Bucket | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.14.4 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-01 |
| Clay Overhaul | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client or server, optional | 2025-03-29 |
Questions
Does Ceramics need Mantle?
Does Ceramics have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Ceramics support?
In the catalog
Ceramics is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Ceramics is a mod designed to increase Minecraft's gameplay using clay. Originally inspired by the clay bucket from Iguana Tinker Tweaks, this mod simply added a clay bucket, but now it adds quite a few other features made from clay to both improve the early game and be used in long term builds. In the mods current…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ceramics
- Owner
- KnightMiner
- Published
- 2022-12-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15