Minimal Structures (Mingen)
by nimqo
Minimal Structures generates small hand-built structures in new world generation, including forest houses, wells and snowy stone peaks, for players exploring a fresh world.
What it does
Structures from the mod appear in newly generated terrain, so an explorer finds a forest house, several well variants or a fallen tree without any command. The list covers wells in mangrove, spruce, birch, pale, cherry and dappled styles, a forest well, a copper golem fountain, a snowy arc and a stone destiny site.
The server must run the mod to place structures, while players may leave it out and still join. The mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and as a data pack for server platforms, across 24 release versions, 1.20 – 26.3. Snapshot builds are published as well. The code is not open source, and the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Abandoned forest house
An abandoned house generates within forest terrain as a small ready-made building to explore.
Well variants
Wells come in mangrove, spruce, birch, pale, cherry and dappled styles, plus a separate forest well.
Snowy and stone terrain
Snowy arcs and snowy stone peaks add structures to cold and high-altitude biomes.
Copper golem fountain
A fountain themed on the copper golem is added as a generated structure.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
How it compares
Thun's Structures is also a world generation mod with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt files, released under the MIT License and not open source; it is server required with client optional, and covers 1.20 – 26.3. MinLog uses the same loaders and environment and the MIT License, but covers only 1.20.5 – 1.21.4. Stonehenge - Ruins Structure covers 1.21 – 26.1 under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimal Structures (Mingen) | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-15 |
| Thun's Structures | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-01 |
| MinLog | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.5 – 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-27 |
| Stonehenge - Ruins Structure ✅ | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-24 |
Questions
Does Minimal Structures need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Minimal Structures support?
Are snapshot builds available?
In the catalog
Minimal Structures (Mingen) is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mingen
- Owner
- nimqo
- Published
- 2024-06-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15