Mine By Numbers
by Potota
Mine By Numbers turns Minecraft's textures into endless nonogram puzzles, so players solve picture grids for Fabric and NeoForge on 1.21.1.
What it does
Each puzzle is a grid whose row and column clues give the count of filled cells in a run. Players fill in cells until the hidden picture appears. The mod generates new puzzles from the game's own textures, so the set of images is effectively endless, and a Gallery tab shows example puzzles built this way.
Non-block items are drawn as flat sprites, and plants and amethyst appear as flat blocks in the puzzle images. Potion effect icons are also shown, so familiar game imagery makes up much of the picture material. The mod is a Minigame for single-player clients, with Cloth Config API and Fabric API required and the code not open source.
Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge, with the latest builds 1.2.0 for 1.21.1 released 2026-10-08. The mod was first published on 2026-07-18 and last updated on the same date as the latest file. Only the client needs it, and the license is All rights reserved.
Key features
Endless nonogram puzzles
Picross-style grids are generated continuously, so a player is never short of new picture puzzles to solve.
Puzzles built from textures
Images for the puzzles are assembled from the game's own textures, so familiar items and blocks become the picture.
Flat item and block sprites
Most non-block items and plants, along with amethyst, appear as flat sprites that read clearly inside the grid.
Potion effect icons
Potion effect icons are included among the puzzle images, widening the set of pictures available.
Gallery of examples
A Gallery tab shows example puzzles, letting players preview what the generator produces before starting one.
Gallery
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 2
Use cases
Solo puzzle sessions
A player on a single-player world or a client can open the puzzle screen and work through generated grids at their own pace.
Browsing the gallery
Players can look through the Gallery tab to see sample pictures before choosing which kinds of puzzle to play.
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy logic puzzles and nonograms, and players who want a Minigame that draws its pictures from Minecraft's own textures.
Questions
Does Mine By Numbers need Fabric API?
Does the server need Mine By Numbers?
Which loaders does Mine By Numbers support?
In the catalog
Mine By Numbers is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Currently, the mod will generate puzzles using the textures of: - Flat items (most non-block items) - Flat blocks (plants, amethyst) - Potion effect icons ⚠️ Since this mod uses in-game textures, it may not work with high-resolution resource packs. Don't blame me if your game crashes trying to generate a dozen…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/minebynumbers
- Owner
- Potota
- Published
- 2026-07-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15