Modern Life
by darimus
Modern Life is a Forge and NeoForge mod that adds everyday vehicles, tools and furnishings, from bikes and chainsaws to glass doors and speedometers.
What it does
Modern Life adds a set of modern objects to the world: bikes, motorboats, chainsaws, cameras, paintings, roads, speedometers, flashlights and glass doors. Several of them are working tools rather than decoration. A photocopier duplicates photographs and drawings held in the player's hand, asking how many copies to make.
The Winch is a redstone-powered block that pulls other blocks up or down along a chain, and the Winch Anchor controls how the chain attaches to a block. Catwalks are decorative walkways whose railings can be removed by shift-clicking with an empty hand, which opens a path. Motorboats are four-person ocean vessels that need fuel; a gas can refills them. The motorboat's fire is also fed from a magazine in the inventory. The chainsaw is an item, and a crafting recipe for it is disabled in the default configuration. The mod needs both sides to run: the server and every player need it.
Key features
Motorboat
A four-person ocean vessel that runs on fuel and comes with a full tank, refillable with a gas can.
Winch and anchor
A redstone winch raises or lowers blocks on a chain, and a Winch Anchor changes how the pulled structure behaves.
Photocopier
Copies photographs and drawings held in hand, with the number of copies chosen by the player.
Catwalk railings
Decorative walkways where a railing can be removed by shift-clicking with an empty hand to allow access.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.19.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Building vehicles and mechanisms
Builders can place winches and anchors to make elevators or moving platforms.
Who it’s for: Players who want everyday objects, vehicles and working mechanisms in their builds, and server owners who run a modern-life theme.
Questions
Does Modern Life need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Modern Life support?
Why is the chainsaw not craftable?
In the catalog
Modern Life is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,908 Transportation mods for Forge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Modernize your lifestyle with cameras, paintings, chainsaws, roads, speedometers, chess, glass doors, flashlights, and more! Photocopier (v1.18+): Provides a way to make copies of existing photos or drawings. Add paper to the photocopier, then interact with it while holding a photograph or drawing and choose how many…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/modern-life
- Owner
- darimus
- Published
- 2024-03-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
