Flint Required
by Athlantes
Flint Required, a Forge and NeoForge equipment mod, adds a flint toolset and supporting items for players who want primitive crafting in the early game.
What it does
The mod introduces flint tool heads and finished flint tools: an axe, hoe, knife, pickaxe and shovel, each with its own model and textures. Shards made from flint, fiber gathered from plants and a brush of a cruder kind feed the new recipes, and the items are meant for early-game use before iron tools are available.
Recipes are simple and follow the crafting style of vanilla survival progression, and the set is small and focused on one flint theme. Installation requires Required: Core. Just Enough Items (JEI) and KubeJS are optional. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need the mod. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Flint tool heads
Flint tool heads are added so that axes, hoes, knives, pickaxes and shovels can be built from flint parts.
Complete flint tools
Each flint tool is finished with its own model and texture, so the set reads as a distinct early tier.
Supporting materials
Flint shards, gathered plant fiber and a simple brush provide the materials that the flint recipes consume.
Early-game crafting
The added items widen the options available before players reach metal tools, without changing the rest of progression.
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 1
Use cases
Primitive survival
Players who want a stone-age stage before iron can craft the flint set from gathered materials.
Pack building
Modpack authors who want more primitive crafting depth can add the set to a survival pack.
Who it’s for: The mod suits survival players and server owners who want a flint-focused early tier. It is meant for packs that keep vanilla-style progression and do not need a large list of tools.
How it compares
Immersive Wood is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 that is also client and server and is not open source, but it covers wood rather than flint. Create: Useful Flint is published for Forge and NeoForge for 1.20 – 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Wooden to Flint Tools is server required with client optional, covers 1.14 – 1.21.8 across four loaders and is licensed under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Required | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-26 |
| Immersive Wood | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
| Create: Useful Flint | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-02-25 |
| Wooden to Flint Tools | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.14 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-06-22 |
Questions
Does Flint Required need Required: Core?
Must the server run Flint Required?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Flint Required is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
FlintRequired adds flint tool heads and complete flint tools (axe, hoe, knife, pickaxe, shovel) plus supporting items such as flint shards, plant fiber and a crude brush. All items come with intuitive crafting recipes designed for early-game use and compatibility with vanilla survival progression. New flint tool…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/flint-required
- Owner
- Athlantes
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15