PainMC

PainMC changes vanilla progression so that many steps cost more. Entering the Nether is harder, crafting even a single Eye of Ender is more demanding, and blaze drops and some other entity drops are worse than in the base game. The author describes the result as unbalanced and unforgiving, and the changes are meant for players who want that difficulty.

Dirt Grains are the mod's first new material. Nine dirt placed in a crafting table yield Dirt Grains, which can be eaten, thrown or used in recipes, mainly for the first pickaxe. A Dirt Pickaxe is crafted from three Dirt Grains and two sticks, and it replaces the wooden pickaxe in the early game. Dirt breaks more slowly with it, at about one tick per 1000 ticks of effort. Smelting diamond ore can yield half a diamond, and two halves must be combined into a full diamond, so players should check that each half is correct before joining them. The mod also adds a few extra blocks and items that fight back, which the author leaves for players to discover.

The mod is released for NeoForge on 1.21.1 only, with the latest file 0.0.5 dated 2025-01-19, on the alpha channel. It runs on the client and the server, so both need it. PainMC is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and is not open source.