crafts & colors update
Crafts & Colors update adds new armor types, craftable saddles and horse armor, dyes and decorative blocks to Fabric worlds on 1.20.6.
What it does
The mod spreads its crafting content across several areas: enhanced minecarts, golden rails and extra furnace types for faster transport and smelting, plus glass shards, end stone ore and other materials that open up new recipes. Dyed item frames, coral and rose dyes, and brick and stone tool variants widen the options for storage, building materials and floral decoration. Its armor set includes an emerald and copper line with special effects, such as a Hero of the Village effect when wearing emerald pieces.
Horse equipment is covered as well, with craftable saddles, horse armor and a redstone villager type, plus an obsidian boat that can cross lava. The mod is aimed at survival play, where the new recipes and items extend the early and mid game crafting progression. Fabric API is required, and the mod is released under the MIT License as open source, with its source code public.
Key features
New armor and effects
Emerald and copper armor pieces carry special effects, including a Hero of the Village effect when emerald is worn.
Craftable saddles and horse armor
Saddles and horse armor can be crafted, giving horse owners new equipment and accessories.
Dyes and decorations
Coral and rose dyes, dyed item frames and wood variants add colors and floral decorations to builds.
Transport and smelting upgrades
Gold bars, golden minecarts and additional furnace types provide faster transport and more efficient smelting.
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
Use cases
Horse equipment in survival
Players who keep horses can craft saddles and armor for them without relying on found loot.
Decorative building
Dyes, brick variants and dyed frames give builders more colors and materials for storage and interiors.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric who want additional crafting recipes, armor and decoration options in a survival world, and server owners who run the mod with its dependency on both sides.
How it compares
Simple Emerald Armor and Tools is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 that runs on client and server and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Crafts & Colors update covers emerald armor too, but also adds dyes, horse equipment and transport items. Throwable Dye is a Fabric mod for 1.19 – 1.20.2 that also runs on client and server and is open source under the MIT License, though it only adds throwable dyes.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crafts & colors update | Fabric | 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-05-08 |
| Simple Emerald Armor and Tools | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-08-30 |
| Throwable Dye | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2023-10-25 |
Questions
Does Crafts & Colors update need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod as well?
Which game version is supported?
In the catalog
crafts & colors update is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/craftscolors-update
- Owner
- gamedevbubble
- Published
- 2024-05-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-05-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15