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Emerald Craft

by Viola-Siemens

Emerald Craft, a Forge world generation mod, adds villager professions, job site blocks and new biomes that give emeralds a larger role in trading.

ForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.16.5 – 1.20.2

What it does

Nine new villager professions are added, each tied to a job site block: the Carpentry Table for carpenters, the Glass Kiln for glaziers, the Mineral Table for miners, the Crystalball Table for astrologers, the Squeezer for beekeepers, the Continuous Miner for geologists and the Ice Maker for icers. Growers use a vanilla flower pot as their job site. The job site blocks interact with players, so a villager's trades can be reached through them.

Emeralds gain more uses: melted ores from emerald-bearing deposits can be crafted into items, and trading with villagers becomes more useful. The mod also adds trades with some Nether mobs, such as the Piglin Cutey, the Nether Pigman and the Nether Lambman, and it adds 14 biomes, including Dead Crimson Ocean, Xanadu, Ginkgo Forest, Petunia Plains and Volcanic Caves. A large set of decoration blocks is included for building more detailed structures.

The mod requires TerraBlender, with separate versions for Minecraft 1.18.x and 1.19.x. The new recipes and categories show up in JEI. The mod runs on Forge and is open source under the MIT License. Its files cover 1.16.5 – 1.20.2, with 9.1.1 for 1.20.1 as the latest Forge release.

Key features

  1. Nine villager professions

    Carpenters, glaziers, miners, astrologers, beekeepers, geologists, icers and growers each get a job site block, and trades with villagers are extended.

  2. Emerald use in crafting

    Melted ores from emerald-bearing deposits can be turned into crafted items, giving emeralds a role beyond currency.

  3. Nether mob trades

    Piglin Cutey, Nether Pigman and Nether Lambman can be traded with, adding a new source of goods in the Nether.

  4. 14 new biomes

    The mod adds biomes such as Dead Crimson Ocean, Xanadu, Ginkgo Forest, Petunia Plains and Volcanic Caves.

  5. Decoration blocks

    A large set of decoration blocks is added for building more detailed structures.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.20.29.2.0
1.20.19.1.1
1.209.0.0
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.48.0
1.19.37.1
1.19.26.3
1.19.15.0
1.194.3
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.18.23.9
1.18.12.1
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.17.11.2
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.50.3
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who want more villager professions, more biomes and a wider use for emeralds in Forge worlds. Server owners who run TerraBlender-based worlds may also find the added biomes useful.

Questions

Does Emerald Craft require TerraBlender?

Yes. A separate TerraBlender version is needed for Minecraft 1.18.x and for 1.19.x. TerraBlender must be installed alongside Emerald Craft.

Does Emerald Craft need to be installed on both sides?

Yes. Servers that run it need every player to install it too.

Which game versions does Emerald Craft support?

Files cover 1.16.5 – 1.20.2 across 12 release versions. The latest Forge file is 9.1.1 for 1.20.1, published 2025-07-06.

In the catalog

Emerald Craft is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.

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What the author says

The above-mentioned blocks can also interact with players. And emeralds are more useful than just trading with villagers. You can use melted emerald to mine ores, and craft something useful to build your own craft and make the game easier. You can also trade with some nether mobs added from this mod, such as Piglin…
Viola-Siemens, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Viola-Siemens
Published
2023-01-13
Updated on Modrinth
2025-07-06
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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