Mortar (and Pastels)
by Apollo
Mortar and Pastels adds blocks and dye colors that fill gaps in vanilla Minecraft, from chiseled bricks to new pastel dyes.
What it does
Mortar adds a light set of building blocks that covers several holes left in vanilla block collections. Most of its new chiseled bricks and glazed terracottas come in base designs modeled on the older glazed terracottas, and a set of stone brick variants covers Andesite, Calcite, Diorite and Granite. Brick blocks without chiseled variants gain them, and Prismarine, Red Nether, End Stone and other brick sets are included where a precedent already exists.
Mortar Pastels introduces eight new dye colors that bring the vanilla total to 24. The colors are integrated into concrete, terracotta, banners, bundles and the other dyeable blocks and items, and recipes were altered so the new dyes craft like the vanilla ones. Blue Amaranth and Snapdragon flowers are added as dye sources, and the mod is open source under the MIT License.
Mortar requires Fabric API and Lithostitched, and the Crazy Painting / Mortar Compatibility mod depends on it. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for Fabric only, across 24 release versions 1.19.2 – 26.2, and the latest file is 3.1.4-fabric-26.2 for 26.2, published on 2026-07-12.
Key features
Chiseled and glazed variants
Most new chiseled bricks and glazed terracottas use designs from the older glazed terracotta set, with some dye variants added.
Eight new dye colors
Eight dye colors fill gaps in the vanilla palette, and each one works in concrete, terracotta, banners and bundles.
Stone brick sets
Andesite, Calcite, Diorite and Granite gain brick sets, and Calcite also gets a new polished set.
Missing stairs, slabs and walls
Stair, slab and wall versions that were absent for existing blocks now appear, among them Smooth Stone, Quartz and Brick.
Alternate stone types
Tuff and its variants receive the same treatment as the other stone types, with a full set of decorative blocks.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Required by 1 mod
How it compares
Terracotta Carpets is Fabric-only for 26.2, client and server, and released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, so its files are public domain. Rainbow Bricks is Fabric for 1.20 – 1.21, client and server, and is not open source. BlocksExpansion is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.19.2 – 1.21.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortar (and Pastels) | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-12 |
| Terracotta Carpets | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-15 |
| Rainbow Bricks | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21 | Client and server | 2024-08-02 |
| BlocksExpansion | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2024-12-14 |
Questions
Does Mortar need Fabric API and Lithostitched?
Does the server need Mortar?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Mortar (and Pastels) is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
This mod is a relatively lightweight building mod that aims to fix some of the gaps in the vanilla block sets. To fill in the holes in the vanilla dye colors, Mortar introduces 8 new dye colors, bringing the total count in the game to 24.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mortar
- Owner
- Apollo
- Published
- 2023-01-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15