Just Needed
by JustDoom
Just Needed collects small vanilla tweaks, from crop trampling protection to new recipes and furnace fuels, without overloading the game with features.
What it does
Most of the additions are variants of existing vanilla blocks, such as wool stairs and slabs, plus sand, dirt, gravel and glowstone in the same shapes. Other changes are food and cooking recipes, including pumpkin soup and cooked eggs, and new items that can be crafted from the standard recipe set. A piglin kill can drop a Pigstep disc when a ghast is the target, and some items act as furnace fuel.
The mod targets Fabric and Forge for game versions 1.17.1 – 1.20.4, with files for eight release versions. Installation needs both the client and the server, because the environment is client and server. Architectury API is required on both loaders, so it must be installed alongside Just Needed. The code is not open source and is released under All rights reserved, though the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Wool, sand and glowstone variants
Wool, sand, dirt, gravel and glowstone gain stairs and slabs, extending the block set of vanilla.
Food and cooking recipes
Pumpkin soup and cooked eggs are added as foods, joining the vanilla food list.
Extra furnace fuels
Several items can be burned in a furnace, giving players more options for smelting.
Crop protection
Wearing boots with Feather Falling stops crops from being trampled when walking on farmland.
Piglin drop
A piglin that kills a ghast can drop a Pigstep music disc.
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
Survival building
Players who build with wool and stone can use the added stairs and slabs to shape rooms and roofs.
Farming
The trampling protection keeps fields intact while players walk between plots.
Who it’s for: Players who want small quality-of-life additions to vanilla rather than large new content. Server owners can run it on a shared world where both sides need the same version.
How it compares
Extra Wool is a Forge-only, All rights reserved mod for 1.20.1 and focuses on wool. More Stairs Variants is an MIT-licensed mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, covering 1.19.4 – 1.21.8. Both are client and server, like Just Needed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Needed | Fabric and Forge | 1.17.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2023-12-19 |
| Extra Wool | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-29 |
| More Stairs Variants | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.4 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-12-16 |
Questions
Does Just Needed require Architectury API?
Does Just Needed have to be installed on the server?
Which loaders and versions does Just Needed support?
In the catalog
Just Needed is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
This mod aims to improve the vanilla experience without overloading it too much with small tweaks and simple features. Most of the features are adding variants of existing vanilla blocks like wool stairs or wool, adding new recipes or stopping crops from being trampled if you're wearing boots with feather falling!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/justneeded
- Owner
- JustDoom
- Published
- 2021-11-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-12-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15