Radiocraft
Radiocraft brings amateur radio, known as ham radio, into Minecraft Java Edition with radio equipment, frequencies and modes of transmission.
What it does
Radiocraft adds an official ham radio hobby to the game, funded by the ARRL. Players use radio frequency spectrum for communication, experimentation, education and emergency assistance, and the simulation covers the hobby with accurate though simplified representations of real equipment and rules. Operators can talk to other players across the world, and even in space, using voice, text, image and data transmissions.
The mod is designed for survival play, with a challenging progression that makes radio gear satisfying to build and use. Simple Voice Chat is required, because voice transmissions run through it, and Jade is an optional dependency that adds block and entity information on screen. Radiocraft runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it, and it is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, as open source with a public source code repository, issue tracker and wiki.
Key features
Radio spectrum simulation
Players tune equipment to frequencies and follow band rules that mirror real amateur radio practice.
Voice, text, image and data
Transmissions can carry speech, written messages, pictures or data, each with its own mode of operation.
Long-distance contact
Operators reach other hams across the world, and even in space, through the radio network.
Educational ham radio
The mechanics stay close to the real hobby, so the mod teaches how amateur radio works in a simplified form.
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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
Optional 1
Use cases
Survival radio networks
Players build stations and relay systems that connect distant bases on a survival world.
Multiplayer communication
Server members use the radio network to talk and coordinate across large maps.
Who it’s for: Players who want an educational, rule-bound radio system in survival, and server owners who run shared worlds where communication should carry gameplay weight.
How it compares
Radio secrets players targets Minecraft 1.21.5 on NeoForge and is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, with no open-source status. Simple Voice Chat Radios is open source under the MIT License, covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 on NeoForge and runs on client and server. RadioFM is also open source under the MIT License, is built for 1.21.1 only on NeoForge and runs on client and server, so it fits a single-version setup.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiocraft | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-11 |
| Radio secrets players | NeoForge | 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-08-18 |
| Simple Voice Chat Radios | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-05-12 |
| RadioFM | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-07 |
Questions
Does Radiocraft need Simple Voice Chat?
Does the server need Radiocraft?
Is Radiocraft open source?
In the catalog
Radiocraft is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,784 Social mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Radiocraft is a Minecraft mod that adds ham radio (also known as Amateur Radio) into Minecraft Java edition. Ham radio is a hobby and service that involves using the radio frequency spectrum for various purposes, such as communication, experimentation, education, and emergency assistance. Ham radio operators, also…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/radiocraft
- Owner
- RadiocraftARRL
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15