CrateTime!
by Sepia2017
CrateTime! is a Forge minigame in which progression runs through lootcrates, starting from a bare world and building toward the End.
What it does
Progression is driven by lootcrates. A player begins in a humble starting world, where the first crates can yield a basic cobblestone generator with some luck. From there the crates supply food, farming tools and the means to set up mob farms, so the player's base grows one step at a time.
As the crates reach deeper into the world they offer more valuable material: iron from passive mobs, then gold, emeralds and diamonds, and rarer metals. Crates opened in the depths of the Nether hold netherite, glowstone and, rarely, a wither spawn egg. The final crates come from the End and include some illegal blocks.
CrateTime! runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1, under the MIT License, and the code is not open source. The latest Forge file is 1.0.2, released 2024-07-27 on the alpha channel.
Key features
Lootcrate progression
Each stage of the game is reached through lootcrates, which hand out the items needed for the next step.
Dirt saplings and early farming
Dirt saplings and early crops give a player a way to produce food before any mob farms are built.
Fire and ice materials
Crates also supply fire and ice items, which open up different building and survival options.
Nether and End loot
The Nether and the End each have their own crate tiers, with netherite and rarer items reserved for the deeper stages.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Solo survival runs
A single player can follow the crate progression from a bare start to a self-sufficient base without other players.
Server minigames
Server owners can run CrateTime! as a minigame, where players race through the same crate tiers together.
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy gradual progression through loot and resource gathering, and server owners who want a structured minigame built around crates.
Questions
Does CrateTime! need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does CrateTime! support?
Can a player start with a cobblestone generator?
In the catalog
CrateTime! is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 886 Minigame mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cratetime
- Owner
- Sepia2017
- Published
- 2024-07-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15