Colourful Clocks
by ChefMooon
Colourful Clocks lets players build grandfather clocks in mixed wood types, glass colours, hand styles and pendulums, with a pocket watch variant.
What it does
Clocks are assembled from a trunk, a dial, glass and a pendulum. Wood types, stained glass colours, clock hands and pendulum materials can be mixed freely, so each clock can differ from the others. The pendulum material sets the swing speed, from iron, the fastest, to netherite, the slowest. Glass variants are changed by inserting a stained glass pane into the block, and a Silk Touch tool keeps the glass variant when the block is broken. Clocks can also be set to show time in a chosen style.
Copper pendulums and pocket watches pass through the exposed, weathered and oxidized stages, and a waxed clock keeps its current condition. Copper pendulum and pocket watch variants cannot be crafted, so they come only from the oxidation path. The mod is open source under the MIT License, and it runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Fabric API is required, and files are published for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, for 1.21 and 1.21.1, with 0.1.4-beta as the latest file for 1.21.1.
Key features
Mixed clock parts
Wood types, glass colours, clock hands, pendulums and dial materials can be combined in any pattern.
Pendulum swing speeds
Each pendulum material gives its own swing speed, from iron as the fastest to netherite as the slowest.
Glass variants with Silk Touch
Inserting a stained glass pane changes the glass, and Silk Touch keeps the variant intact when the block is broken.
Copper oxidation
Copper parts pass through the exposed, weathered and oxidized stages, and waxing a finished clock stops further change.
Customizable time display
Clocks can show time in a chosen style, using the pocket watch or grandfather clock models.
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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
How it compares
Better Glass Panes is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.21.1, open source under the MIT License, and it covers glass panes rather than clocks. Clock HUD is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, runs client-side only on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and shows a clock on the screen instead of placing one in the world. Horizontal Panes is open source under the MIT License and runs on Fabric and NeoForge with client and server support, for 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colourful Clocks | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-19 |
| Better Glass Panes | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-30 |
| Clock HUD | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.4 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-12-28 |
| Horizontal Panes | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-07 |
Questions
Does Colourful Clocks need Fabric API?
Does the server need Colourful Clocks?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Colourful Clocks 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
Tell time in style with Pocket Watches and Customizable Grandfather Clocks! Mix and match Wood Types, Glass Colours, Clock Hands, and Pendulums to create the perfect decoration for your world! Types: Iron, Copper, Exposed Copper, Weathered Copper, Oxidized Copper, Gold, Diamond, Netherite, Quartz, Amethyst, Lapis…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/colourful-clocks
- Owner
- ChefMooon
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-12-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15