Primitive Start
With Primitive Start, a new world begins with bones, sticks and stone tools before any iron can be gathered, and the early game stays on a slower curve.
What it does
Primitive Start changes the opening of a survival world. Logs cannot be broken without an axe, and stone tools cannot harvest iron ore. Animals drop bones, which can be combined with sticks into bone tools, bone arrows and a bow. Players gather feathers from chickens with shears and can craft a smithing table from copper, which reinforces bone tools so they keep pace with iron tools in the midgame.
The mod is Forge only, with files for 1.18.2, 1.19.2 and 1.20.1, where 2.0.0 for 1.20.1 is the latest release, dated 2023-09-03. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The license is All rights reserved, and the code is not open source. It has no required dependencies.
Key features
Axe-gated logs
Logs cannot be broken without an axe, so the first trees require a tool crafted from early materials.
Bone tools and arrows
Bones from animals combine with sticks into tools and arrows, and a bow can be made from leftover bones.
Copper smithing table
A smithing table is crafted from copper and is used to reinforce bone tools toward iron-equivalent strength.
Iron ore restriction
Early-game tools of stone cannot harvest iron ore, which keeps iron gathering for later in the game.
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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.
Use cases
Slower survival starts
Players who want the first hours to be less of a sprint to the nearest tree can use the mod to change the opening sequence.
Who it’s for: Survival players who want a longer early game, and server owners who run a progression that starts without iron. Because the mod is Forge only, it suits Forge servers and players already on that loader.
How it compares
Lose Your Touch is a Forge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 that is also client and server, but it is not open source and is under All rights reserved. Skelly & Bones is Forge for 1.18.2 – 1.20.1, client and server, and is open source under the MIT License, so its code can be read and reused. Primitive Start covers 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 and focuses on the early bone and stone progression.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primitive Start | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-09-03 |
| Lose Your Touch | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-03-08 |
| Skelly & Bones | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-12-24 |
Questions
Does Primitive Start need any other mod?
Do both the server and the players need Primitive Start?
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In the catalog
Primitive Start is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Primitive Start adds a few features to spice up the standard tree-punching start of a new Minecraft world. Instead of immediately sprinting to your nearest tree and punching it, you now have to start with sprinting to your nearest animal. After murdering these poor, innocent animals for their bones, you can gather…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/primitive-start
- Owner
- ISenseHostility
- Published
- 2023-02-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-09-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15