PaperThings
PaperThings adds a single currency item, a starter Coin and a small gold-based economy loop for Minecraft 26.2 on Fabric.
What it does
Players begin with a starter Coin that is given when they enter a world, and a welcome message appears in chat. The currency is one item, and it grows through crafting recipes that convert between coins, ingots and nuggets. The loop is built on gold, so the vanilla gold balance is left unchanged.
PaperThings targets Minecraft 26.2 on Fabric Loader 0.18.4 or newer, paired with Fabric API 0.154.2 or newer, and its code stays small. Fabric API is a required dependency and must be installed alongside it. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is published under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and the project is open source. Files exist for 26.2 only, with 1.0.0 as the latest Fabric file, released on 2026-07-08 on the alpha channel.
Key features
Starter Coin
New players receive a starter Coin when they enter a world, giving them a first unit of currency to craft with.
Gold-based crafting loop
Recipes convert between coins, gold ingots and gold nuggets, forming a small and light economic cycle.
Single currency item
The economy runs on one currency item, so there is one form of money to track rather than several.
Vanilla gold balance kept
The crafting loop is designed so that it does not change the balance of gold already present in vanilla play.
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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
Small server economies
Server owners who want a light shared currency without a large plugin-style system can add PaperThings to a Fabric server.
Casual survival worlds
Single-player players can use the starter Coin and crafting loop as a simple resource sink while exploring.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners on Minecraft 26.2 with Fabric who want a small, gold-based currency rather than a full economy system.
How it compares
Ordinary Coins is a Fabric mod for 1.21.3, released under the MIT License and open source, that is also client and server. Coins mod is a Fabric mod for 1.16.5, released under CC0 1.0 Universal and open source. The Salvaris Mod is a Fabric mod for 26.2, released under the MIT License, but it is not open source. PaperThings is the only one of these mods that is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it targets 26.2 alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaperThings | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-08 |
| Ordinary Coins | Fabric | 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2024-12-01 |
| Coins mod | Fabric | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2021-03-21 |
| The Salvaris Mod | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-05 |
Questions
Does PaperThings need Fabric API?
Does the server need PaperThings?
Which Minecraft versions does PaperThings support?
In the catalog
PaperThings is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,159 Economy mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
A lightweight Fabric mod for Minecraft 26.2 that adds a simple but growing economy system, starting with a single currency item: the Coin. This creates a light economic cycle without breaking vanilla gold balance.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/paperthings
- Owner
- redbuttonthere
- Published
- 2026-07-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15