Dark Utilities
by Darkhax
With Dark Utilities, players gain vector plates, mob filters, a redstone randomizer and a player damage plate that expand the vanilla game with mob farm and redstone tools.
What it does
The mod adds a broad set of new items and blocks that extend vanilla Minecraft. Vector plates are flat rotatable blocks that push mobs and other entities, and mobs can spawn on top of them, which is why many mob farms use them to move mobs. Mob filters let only selected groups through, for example a hostile mob filter that passes only hostile mobs. Each block and item carries a tooltip with a short summary of its function, and more detail is on the project wiki.
Dark Utilities is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only, and it is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 35 release versions, 1.8.9 – 26.3. Its required dependencies are Bookshelf, Fabric API, Nyctography, Pig Pen Cipher, Prickle and Runelic, and the mod runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Runelic and Pig Pen Cipher are needed on 1.16 and later, and Fabric API applies on Fabric builds.
Key features
Vector plates
Flat rotatable blocks that push mobs and other entities in the direction they face.
Mob filters
Blocks that allow only chosen types of mobs to pass, such as hostile mobs alone.
Redstone randomizer
A redstone component that switches on and off at random and emits a signal while on.
Player damage plate
A flat block that hurts any mob that steps onto it, useful in trap designs.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.15.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.14.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.12.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.11.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.10.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.9.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.8.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 5
Use cases
Mob farms
Vector plates and mob filters sort and move mobs between stages of a farm.
Redstone builds
The randomizer adds unpredictable signals to circuits and contraptions.
Who it’s for: Players who want more blocks for mob farms and redstone builds, and server owners who add content for multiplayer worlds.
Questions
Which dependencies does Dark Utilities need?
Does the server need Dark Utilities?
Where can the Dark Utilities blocks be explained?
In the catalog
Dark Utilities is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
The Dark Utilities mod adds many new items and blocks which expand upon the vanilla game. This mod aims to be useful in a wide range of circumstances while also adding fun and interesting mechanics. You can learn more about the mod by checking out the wiki. All blocks and items in the mod also have tooltips with a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dark-utilities
- Owner
- Darkhax
- Published
- 2023-06-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15