Haven: Utils
by CathieNova
Haven: Utils is a Forge utility mod by CathieNova that bundles quality-of-life features, themed for FTBQuests and built mainly for the author's own modpacks.
What it does
Haven: Utils gathers several quality-of-life features for Forge, with a theme for the FTBQuests quest screen and recipe-related content. Parts of its content can be changed at runtime: a texture can be swapped, a HUD element toggled on or off, and its red, green and blue values or opacity and scale adjusted without restarting the game. Some changes do need a client restart. Recipes for items and blocks, including dust, smelting and ingot crafting, are included, and the author suggests JEI or REI for browsing them.
Gameplay changes include poison instead of an instant kill when a player's health falls to half a heart, and a smoked smoker that returns regular water. A fluid-fetching method works with SkyBlock Builder and other mods with custom world generation. Blazes and Wither Skeletons spawn Nether Bricks. Research tiers are meant for the end game and add custom machines.
Installation covers the server and each player's game. Files are published for Forge only, for game versions 1.19.2 and 1.20.1, with 1.0.0 for 1.20.1 as the latest release, dated 2023-10-22. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source. The author maintains a public issue tracker.
Key features
Runtime texture and HUD tweaks
Textures can be replaced and individual elements toggled, with colour and opacity settings that take effect without a restart.
Custom textures through KubeJS
Textures are read from a KubeJS assets folder as 256 by 256 PNG files, so new textures can be added without editing the mod.
Modified survival rules
Half a heart of health gives poison rather than ending the player's life, and blazes and Wither Skeletons drop Nether Bricks.
Quest and recipe support
Quest backgrounds and templates for FTBQuests are included, along with item recipes for dust, smelting and ingots.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
dPoints is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and runs on client and server. Owleaf Utils targets 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 on Forge, runs on client and server, and is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved. World Utils is a server-side utility for 1.10.2 – 1.12.2, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and its client is optional. Haven: Utils covers 1.19.2 and 1.20.1 under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haven: Utils | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-10-22 |
| dPoints | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-31 |
| Owleaf Utils | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-06-25 |
| World Utils | Forge | 1.10.2 – 1.12.2 | Server required, client optional | 2023-10-17 |
Questions
Does Haven: Utils need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Haven: Utils support?
Can custom textures be added without editing the mod?
In the catalog
Haven: Utils is one of 8,016 Management mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,698 Management mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Haven Utils is a mod mainly made for my own modpacks. The information below will look a little messy but i hope it makes sense.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/haven-utils
- Owner
- CathieNova
- Published
- 2023-10-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-10-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15