Gluon
by inxanedev
Gluon collects small, configurable tweaks to vanilla Minecraft, from leads that cannot break to piglins that stay neutral after bartering.
What it does
Gluon changes a handful of vanilla behaviors, each of which can be adjusted in its own settings. Leads become unbreakable, villagers can be leashed, and blocks can be used through signs and item frames when the player sneaks and uses a sign or item frame instead. Leather can be crafted from four rotten flesh, and a nether wart block from nine nether warts.
Piglin brutes drop netherite scrap with a 55% base chance, which rises by 15% for each level of Looting on the weapon. Piglins also stay neutral for 15 seconds after bartering, so a trade does not provoke them at once. The mod targets Fabric only and is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, so it is open source, with its source code and issue tracker public.
The mod is installed on the client and the server, and both need it to match. It is published for Minecraft 1.19.2 alone, with version 1.1.1 as the latest Fabric file, dated 2023-05-11.
Key features
Unbreakable leads
Leads cannot be broken, so a leashed mob stays tied to the player or post where it was placed.
Leashed villagers
Villagers can be attached with a lead, which vanilla does not allow.
Blocks through signs and frames
Sneaking while using a sign or item frame lets the player act on the block behind it.
Crafting recipes for leather and wart blocks
Leather is crafted from four rotten flesh and nether wart blocks from nine nether warts.
Piglin brute scrap drops
Piglin brutes drop netherite scrap with a base chance that rises with the Looting level.
Neutral piglins after bartering
Piglins remain neutral for 15 seconds after a bartering trade.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Uncraftable Nether Wart Blocks is a Fabric server-side only mod for 26.1.2 – 26.2, released under the MIT License and open source, so it covers only the wart block change. Brutes Drop Scraps is published for Fabric, Forge and Quilt across 1.16.2 – 1.20.4 and needs the server while clients may leave it out. Undead Leather is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 that runs on client and server, under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 and open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gluon | Fabric | 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2023-05-11 |
| Uncraftable Nether Wart Blocks | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-15 |
| Brutes Drop Scraps | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.16.2 – 1.20.4 | Server required, client optional | 2023-06-08 |
| Undead Leather | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2025-06-29 |
Questions
Does Gluon need Fabric API?
Does Gluon have to be installed on both sides?
Can each tweak be turned off?
In the catalog
Gluon is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 12,559 mods support Minecraft 1.19.2.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gluon
- Owner
- inxanedev
- Published
- 2023-05-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-05-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15