Shaping Up
by gluet2
Shaping Up lets players build pottery on a wheel, from a clay ball to a full-sized pot with decorations and glaze.
What it does
A Pottery Wheel is placed and a Clay Ball set on top of it, then spun to start a pot. Adding a whole Clay block sculpts a full-sized pot in one go, and clay balls can be stacked layer by layer to grow a pot. The mod produces more than 12 quadrillion possible pot shapes, so a design can be varied without repeating an earlier result.
Decorations are applied with a brush, one layer at a time, and glazed decorations can change colour. Trim material adds a vibrant decoration to a pot, and dyed pots can take on other colours. Once a pot is designed and dyed, a Clay block can be crafted with it to create duplicate copies, so many identical pots can be made without repeating the whole process. A Pottery Sherd lets a player show other players what was made.
Shaping Up runs on the server, and clients may join without it. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for Minecraft 26.1 – 26.2 and 26.2 as the latest build. The mod is a data pack variant for server platforms, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Procedural pot shapes
Clay built up on a Pottery Wheel yields more than 12 quadrillion possible pot designs.
Brush decorations
A brush adds decorations to a pot layer by layer, with a varied set of patterns to choose from.
Glazed and dyed colour
Glazed decorations change colour, and a pot can be dyed to take on new shades.
Duplicate copies
A finished pot can be crafted with a Clay block to produce many identical copies of one design.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy crafting and decoration, and server owners who want a pottery system that players can join without installing it.
How it compares
Nik's Craftables - Pottery Sherds is server-side for players with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt files for 26.1 – 26.1.2, and it is not open source. Pottery is a client and server mod for 1.20 – 26.3 under All rights reserved. Duplicatable Pottery Sherds is server-side and covers 1.20 – 26.3 under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, so it is not open source either.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaping Up | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.1 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-30 |
| Nik's Craftables - Pottery Sherds | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.1 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-14 |
| Pottery | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-15 |
| Duplicatable Pottery Sherds | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does Shaping Up need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Shaping Up support?
Can a pot be copied after it is designed?
In the catalog
Shaping Up is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Once your Pottery Wheel is set up you can place a Clay Ball or Clay block onto the top of the wheel, allowing it to spin and for you to start making your very own pot! Adding a whole Clay block lets you sculpt a full sized pot from the jump, or you can use Clay Balls to grow your pot layer by layer. The Brush can be…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/shaping-up
- Owner
- gluet2
- Published
- 2026-05-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15