PaywallCraft
by Hreggi5
Hreggi5's PaywallCraft puts a coin price on most actions in survival, so players must buy access to a block, mob, tool or food before using it.
What it does
A player starts with coins and has to spend them before mining, placing, attacking, eating, opening a chest or throwing an ender pearl. Buying a block type grants mining and placing rights for it, buying a mob type allows attacking it, and tools, armor, weapons, potions and ender pearls each carry their own price. Milking a cow, shearing a sheep and opening a chest cost a single payment, while held items can be sold back for coins.
Prices are assigned automatically to most registered blocks and items, including many from other Forge mods, so the price list is not written by hand. Access belongs to each player rather than to the world, and a balance command lets players check their coins first. Server owners can give coins to players with an admin command, and simple paywall commands cover balances and selling.
The mod is a Forge build for 1.20.1 only, released under the MIT License and not open source. It needs both the server and every player, and it was first published on 2026-05-01.
Key features
Action price tags
Each mining, placing, attacking or eating action has a coin cost that the player pays before it succeeds.
Automatic pricing
Most registered blocks, items and mobs receive a price without manual setup, including those added by other mods.
Per-player access
Each player keeps their own balances and purchased block types and mob types, separate from other players.
Selling held items
Players can return held items to the stack for coins, and the balance command shows what they have left.
Admin coin giving
Server owners can hand out coins to players with a command for events or corrections.
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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.
How it compares
Stolas Runic Coins is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, also needing both sides, and is not open source. Craftable Ender Pearls is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License that also needs both sides, and it is not open source. MyMoney is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, but it is client-side only, so servers can run without it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaywallCraft | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-02 |
| Stolas Runic Coins | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-15 |
| Craftable Ender Pearls | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-30 |
| MyMoney | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2024-06-28 |
Questions
Does PaywallCraft need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does PaywallCraft support?
Can a server owner give players coins?
In the catalog
PaywallCraft is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
PaywallCraft turns Minecraft into a ridiculous coin-powered survival challenge where almost everything costs money. Players start with coins, then must buy access to things before using them. Want to punch a tree? Buy that log type. Want to attack a mob? Buy that mob. Want to eat cooked beef, use a pickaxe, milk a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/paywallcraft
- Owner
- Hreggi5
- Published
- 2026-05-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15