EarlyGame
With EarlyGame installed, players can no longer break wood out of trees by punching them, so the first tools have to be made from other materials.
What it does
EarlyGame changes the opening stage of a survival world. Punching a tree no longer yields wood, and stone and wood can only be collected with a suitable tool. Logs are chopped into planks, and planks are turned into sticks. Rocks and sticks lie naturally on the ground across the world, so a player can gather starting materials before crafting anything.
The mod adds cobblestone variants, makeshift flint tools, and copper items, tools and armor, with knives and saws offered as alternatives to the standard tools. Its stated aim is to make early progression feel more realistic. Cloth Config API and Fabric API are required dependencies, and Mod Menu is optional. EarlyGame is published for Fabric only, with builds covering 1.16.2 – 1.19 across eight release versions. It runs on the client and on the server, and it is released under the MIT License, so the code is open source.
Key features
No wood from punching trees
Punching a tree does not drop wood, so the player has to find another way to start crafting.
Tool requirements for stone and wood
Stone and wood blocks need a proper tool to be collected, which slows the start of a world.
Naturally generated rocks and sticks
Rocks and sticks spawn on the ground around the world as starting materials.
Makeshift flint tools
Flint can be shaped into simple tools that serve early in the progression.
Copper items, tools and armor
Copper gear forms a step between the first materials and iron-level equipment.
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 2
Optional 1
Use cases
Slower survival starts
Players who want a longer early stage can use the mod to delay access to wood and stone tools.
Who it’s for: Players who want a more realistic early game in survival worlds, and server owners who want the same progression for every player on a shared server.
Questions
Does EarlyGame need Fabric API?
Is EarlyGame available for Forge?
Does the server need EarlyGame?
In the catalog
EarlyGame is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 6,369 mods support Minecraft 1.19.
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What the author says
A Fabric mod focusing on changing early game aspects to make the game feel more "realistic". Incompatibilities and bugs can be reported in the issues section.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/earlygame
- Owner
- JayCeeCreates
- Published
- 2021-02-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-07-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15