Solarus - Classic
by progiple
Solarus - Classic is a Forge technology mod that adds solar panels and batteries to the world, with six panel types and three battery types.
What it does
The mod adds solar panels and batteries that players craft and place as ordinary blocks, so a power setup can be built with items the mod itself provides. Six types of solar panel and three types of battery are included, and a panel generates energy only when at least one of its listed conditions is met, which makes the choice of location and time of day a matter of planning.
Items come from several sources. Tin ore can be smelted, tin ingots can be combined from copper ingots, and bronze can be made by combining gold with a glothist fragment. Glothist cluster ore drops new crafting items when mined. A panel placed directly below another block of its type is blocked from sunlight by that block, so spacing matters when building rows.
Installation is on Forge alone, for Minecraft 1.19.4 and 1.20.1. Both the server and every player need the mod, because the environment is client and server. The mod is published under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Six solar panel types
Six kinds of solar panel are included, each crafted and placed as its own block.
Three battery types
Three kinds of battery store the energy that the panels produce for later use.
Condition-based generation
A panel produces energy only when at least one of its listed conditions is met, such as daylight or a required setting.
Crafting from mined ore
Glothist cluster ore drops new items when mined, and those items feed into further recipes.
Blocked sunlight from panels above
A solar panel placed directly below another block of its type receives no sunlight from above.
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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 want more technical content in a Forge world, and server owners who add technology mods for a survival or modpack setting. The mod is for 1.19.4 and 1.20.1 only.
How it compares
Solar Village is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only and is limited to 1.9.4 – 1.12.2. Environmental Energy targets Forge for 1.16.5 only, is client and server, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solarus - Classic | Forge | 1.19.4 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-11-18 |
| Solar Village | Forge | 1.9.4 – 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2023-06-07 |
| Environmental Energy | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2023-04-20 |
Questions
Does Solarus - Classic need a required dependency?
Does the server need Solarus - Classic?
Can Solarus - Classic be used on NeoForge or Fabric?
In the catalog
Solarus - Classic is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
If at least one condition is not met, then you will not generate energy either!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/solarus-classic
- Owner
- progiple
- Published
- 2023-11-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-11-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15