Fingernails
Fingernails adds a fingernail item that spawns in the world, can be planted, cooked in a furnace, burned into cooked fingernails, and used to craft blocks.
What it does
Fingernails appear as naturally generated items in the world, so players can find them while exploring. From there they can be planted, cooked in a furnace, or burned, and the burned fingernails are used as an ingredient for cooking cooked fingernails. Crafting recipes also turn fingernails into blocks, which lets the item feed into building and decoration.
The mod is published for Fabric and NeoForge across five release versions, 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is not open source; the content is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, which places it in the public domain. Fabric files target 1.21.11 as the latest build, and NeoForge files target 1.21.1.
Key features
Naturally spawning fingernails
Fingernails generate in the world as a plant-like find that players can collect while travelling.
Plant, cook and burn
Fingernails can be planted, cooked in a furnace, or burned, each leading to a different result.
Cooked fingernails
Cooked fingernails are made by smelting fingernails in a furnace and serve as a further ingredient.
Fingernail blocks
Blocks are crafted from fingernails, adding a decorative use for the item in builds.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Exploration finds
Players who explore new terrain can collect fingernails spawned in the world and bring them back to a base.
Decorative builds
Blocks made from fingernails can be used for building projects or themed decoration.
Who it’s for: Players who want a themed, novelty content mod that adds one item with several uses, and server owners who want an optional, world-generated addition on both sides.
Questions
Does Fingernails have to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Fingernails support?
Can fingernails appear in an existing world?
In the catalog
Fingernails is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fingernails
- Owner
- MiIoszanimacje
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15