Cinch's Abandoned Houses
by cinchtail
Cinch's Abandoned Houses places ruined houses in the world, some holding basic starter loot, for players to find while exploring.
What it does
Houses appear at random across the world in varying states of damage, and some of them contain simple starter loot. The mod is server-side only, so players join a server running it without installing anything. It is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 23 release versions, 1.20 – 26.2.
Key features
Randomly placed houses
Abandoned houses generate at random spots across the world, so players come across them while travelling.
Varying damage
Each house comes in a different state of destruction, from partly standing to nearly gone.
Starter loot
Some houses hold basic starter items, giving a new player supplies early in a world.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Cherry Grove Starter House is a client and server mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Lone Houses is server-side only, released under the MIT License, with files for Fabric and Quilt across 1.20 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinch's Abandoned Houses | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-17 |
| Cherry Grove Starter House | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-07 |
| Lone Houses | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-15 |
Questions
Does Cinch's Abandoned Houses need to be installed on clients?
In the catalog
Cinch's Abandoned Houses is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
This simple mod adds abandoned houses that you can find around the world. These houses come in varying states of destruction and can contain basic starter loot. There are many more house variants for more biomes coming soon.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cinchs-abandoned-houses
- Owner
- cinchtail
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15