Textile
by frief
Textile changes how leather armor is recycled and gives paper and leather alternative crafting recipes, so leather gear stays useful for longer in survival.
What it does
Leather armor is rarely worth wearing in survival because iron armor arrives soon after a world starts. Textile makes leather worth keeping by returning part of the leather when a piece is broken or dismantled: a helmet returns 1 to 3 leather, a chestplate 3 to 6, leggings 2 to 5 and boots 1 to 2. Players who invest the leather back can keep crafting armor without farming cows for every piece.
Paper gets extra recipes beyond the usual sugar cane route. Bamboo, seagrass and leather can be turned into paper, which eases the work for players who have bamboo or seagrass sitting in storage or are busy with other tasks. Rotten flesh can also be smelted into leather, giving another way to get the material. The recipes are listed as 3 bamboo for 1 paper, 3 seagrass for 1 paper and 1 leather for 2 paper.
Textile is a Forge mod for Minecraft 1.20.1, published under the MIT License. It is not open source. Both the client and the server run it, so the server and every player need it installed. Its latest file is 1.0.2 for 1.20.1, released on 2023-09-23, and it was first published on the same day.
Key features
Leather armor recycling
Breaking or dismantling leather armor returns a set share of leather per piece, so the material can be reused.
Paper from bamboo and seagrass
Bamboo and seagrass each have a recipe that yields paper, removing the need to grow sugar cane for every craft.
Leather from rotten flesh
A smelting recipe turns rotten flesh into leather, adding a source that comes from mob drops.
Leather paper recipe
Leather can be used in a paper recipe, so cow farms gain another use in the crafting chain.
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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.
How it compares
Crafts: Flesh to Leather and YARFTL both cover rotten flesh to leather on Forge 1.20.1, but both are closed, with all rights reserved, while Textile is released under the MIT License. Create: Recipes also runs on Forge 1.20.1 with client and server, but it is closed under all rights reserved and is not built around paper or leather recycling. Just Another Rotten Flesh to Leather Mod is open source under the MIT License and covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge 1.15 – 1.21.8, so it reaches far more versions than Textile.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Textile | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-09-23 |
| Crafts: Flesh to Leather | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-04-25 |
| YARFTL (Yet Another Rotten Flesh To Leather Mod) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-08 |
| Create: Recipes | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-04-26 |
| Just Another Rotten Flesh to Leather Mod | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.15 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-08-30 |
Questions
Does Textile need another mod to work?
Does the server need Textile?
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In the catalog
Textile is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This small mod makes leather armor a bit more survival-friendly and lets you create paper out of bamboo, seagrass and leather. Leather Armor Changes Theres never been a real use of leather armor because it's usually such a short time period between spawning into the world and getting iron armor, that it's better just…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/textile
- Owner
- frief
- Published
- 2023-09-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15