Paint It Black
Paint It Black adds ink-themed blocks, a dark forest biome, explosives and food to Forge 1.20.1, with Geckolib required alongside it.
What it does
Ink is the central material. A dark forest of inked logs grows in the world, and an axe used on an inked log drops ink blots, which serve as the main ingredient for the mod's crafts. Ink blocks can be made from blast-smelted ink, and they slow movement and reduce jump height when stood on. Ink mines project a pillar of ink upward, up to 20 blocks tall, and ink TNT splatters ink across a radius of five blocks, marking anything it hits.
The mod also includes a throwable ink bomb built from ink TNT, and ink soup, a food made from six ink blots in a bowl that takes longer to eat and grants resistance and absorption for a short time. Eating an ink-glazed cookie takes half the time of a regular meal, and for a short while it grants resistance alongside a brief bout of nausea, while the recipe itself needs only a few simple ingredients. Geckolib is a required dependency. The mod runs on Forge for 1.20.1 only, on both client and server, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Inked forest
A dark forest with dark logs grows in the world, where mobs can spawn despite the barren look of the land.
Ink blots and ink blocks
An axe used on inked logs yields ink blots, and blast-smelted ink produces blocks that slow movement and cut jump height.
Ink mines and ink TNT
Ink mines push a column of ink up to 20 blocks high, while ink TNT splatters ink over a five-block radius and can be thrown as an ink bomb.
Ink food
Ink soup and an ink-glazed cookie give resistance, absorption or nausea for a short time, with the soup taking longer to eat.
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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 1
Use cases
Griefing on multiplayer servers
The author describes the mod as a griefing tool with several ways to ruin a friend's day, such as painting a house with ink.
Who it’s for: Players who want an ink-based theme with explosives and food, and server owners who accept griefing-style content on their servers.
How it compares
Coal To Paint is a server-side only Forge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1, released under All rights reserved, so players can join without installing it. Glow Ink Expanded is a client and server mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License and is not open source. The Ink Arena is also client and server for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.20.4, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paint It Black | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-02 |
| Coal To Paint | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-16 |
| Glow Ink Expanded | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-04 |
| The Ink Arena | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-12-03 |
Questions
Does Paint It Black need Geckolib?
Does the server need Paint It Black installed?
Which game versions does Paint It Black support?
In the catalog
Paint It Black is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
A griefing mod with many ways to paint your friend's house... black. INKED FOREST: a dark forest with dark logs. barren, yet no mobs spawn. DEBARKER: Late-game axe, but when clicked on an Inked Log, will give Ink Blots. INK BLOTS: main ingredient of the mod. can be used to make... INK BLOCKS: dark blocks that slow…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/paint-it-black
- Owner
- SoulCultStudios
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15