PYLA (Polishing Your Life Away)
by AJBruner77
PYLA lets players polish plain stone blocks with wood-tinted textures, and it adds the stone, diorite and basalt pieces that vanilla leaves out.
What it does
Polishing a stone block with oak or another wood-type material gives it a grained look. Stone, diorite and basalt each get slabs and stairs, so a basalt build no longer needs a single cube to stand alone. Basalt is improved with mangrove as well. Some stones already have polished versions in vanilla, and PYLA keeps those in place.
Polishing is handled by an Empty Polish Can, which is crafted from an iron nugget and a powder mixed with a honeycomb block. Each can holds 12 uses of a tree polish, and an empty can disappears once spent. The mod is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal and is open source, with the source code public. Client and server both need it, and it is built for Fabric and NeoForge, with files for 1.21.1 and 26.1.2.
Key features
Polished stone variants
Stone, diorite and basalt take on wood-tinted polished looks, which suits trim and floor work.
Slabs and stairs
Each of the three stone types includes slabs and stairs, so the set fits common building shapes.
Polish can crafting
The Empty Polish Can is made from an iron nugget and a powder mixed with a honeycomb block, then filled with tree polish.
Limited polish uses
Each can holds 12 uses of tree polish before it is spent and removed from the inventory.
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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
Decorative building
Players who decorate with stone can use polished variants and matching stairs to add texture to walls and floors.
Who it’s for: Builders who want polished stone pieces and matching slabs, and server owners who run decoration-focused survival worlds.
How it compares
SG Recipes is server-side only, uses Fabric for 1.21.6 – 1.21.8 and is open source under the MIT License, so players join without installing it. Stone Utilities is a client and server NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, but it is not open source. PYLA runs on client and server for Fabric and NeoForge, and it is open source under CC0 1.0 Universal.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PYLA (Polishing Your Life Away) | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-20 |
| SG Recipes | Fabric | 1.21.6 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2025-07-23 |
| Stone Utilities | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-05 |
Questions
Does PYLA need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does PYLA support?
Does PYLA require a dependency?
In the catalog
PYLA (Polishing Your Life Away) is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Have you ever thought that plain ol' Stone block would look really neat if it were polished with Oak? Or that lonely Basalt cube might be slightly improved with a touch of Mangrove? Well, this mod adds a nifty way to turn plain ol' Stone, Diorite, and Basalt into Polished versions with wood textures! Fans of SYLA…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pyla-polishing-your-life-away
- Owner
- AJBruner77
- Published
- 2026-08-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15