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The Useful Tools Mod

by StonyTark

The Useful Tools Mod adds dozens of tool, armor and weapon sets made from expanded vanilla materials, spectral mobs and explosive charges.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltClient and serverCC0 1.0 UniversalOpen source1.7.10 – 26.2

What it does

Equipment is built from materials beyond vanilla: Obsidian, Jagged Obsidian, Reinforced Gold, Emerald, Lapis Lazuli, Hardened Redstone, Coal, Hardened Coal, Spectral, Cake, Flint, Flint-Iron, Hardened Glowstone and stone types. Each family keeps its own statistics, recipes and mechanics, and some sets burn attackers or extinguish their owner in water. Spectral-Infused swords and axes keep the original statistics of the weapon they were made from, and they damage spectral mobs that are otherwise immune to damage.

Swords and axes go into the Spectral Infuser, where ectoplasm is combined with them in a furnace-style process to produce Spectral-Infused weapons. The Ectoplasm Lantern is a bounded light that repels hostile Wraiths and responds to redstone, and it replaces the former Soul Lantern while keeping the old ID as an alias for saved worlds. The Mining Charge and Remote Detonator let players place solid-backed directional charges, link them to a detonator, and see armed charges on a red indicator. Spectral mobs fly peacefully, have damage immunity, breed, and produce babies. Their loot and player-visibility rules are part of the mechanics. Installation requires Fabric API on every loader.

Key features

  1. Material-based equipment

    Full tool, armor and weapon sets are made from expanded vanilla materials such as Emerald, Lapis Lazuli and Jagged Obsidian.

  2. Spectral-Infused weapons

    The Spectral Infuser combines ectoplasm with swords and axes, and the results keep the original weapon statistics.

  3. Spectral mob behavior

    Spectral mobs fly, breed and produce babies, and infused weapons can damage them despite their immunity.

  4. Mining charges

    Solid-backed directional charges are linked to a remote detonator, and armed charges show on a red indicator.

  5. Ectoplasm Lantern

    A bounded light that repels hostile Wraiths and reacts to redstone, replacing the former Soul Lantern.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.22.3.1-26.2-fabric2.3.1-26.2-forge2.3.1-26.2-neoforge2.3.1-26.2-fabric
26.1.22.3.1-26.1.2-fabric2.3.1-26.1.2-forge2.3.1-26.1.2-neoforge2.3.1-26.1.2-fabric
1.21.12.3.1-1.21.1-fabric2.3.1-1.21.1-forge2.3.1-1.21.1-neoforge2.3.1-1.21.1-fabric
1.20.22.3.1-1.20.2-fabric2.3.1-1.20.2-forge2.3.1-1.20.2-neoforge2.3.1-1.20.2-fabric
1.20.12.3.1-1.20.1-fabric2.3.1-1.20.1-forge2.3.1-1.20.1-neoforge2.3.1-1.20.1-fabric
1.7.10Not available2.3.1-1.7.10-forgeNot availableNot available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Optional 3

Just Enough Items (JEI)View Items and Recipes
Optional
Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Optional
WTHITWhat the hell is that? A Waila/Hwyla fork.
Optional

How it compares

Full comparison

Spectral Enchantment is server required with client optional, open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later, and published for 1.21 – 26.3. Remote Detonators runs on client and server, is not open source, is released under the MIT License and covers 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 without a Quilt build. Useful Flint is server required with client optional, open source under the Apache License 2.0, and its files cover 1.20.1 – 1.20.6.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
The Useful Tools ModFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.7.10 – 26.2Client and server2026-08-27
Spectral EnchantmentFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-10-07
Remote DetonatorsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 26.1.2Client and server2026-06-13
Useful FlintFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.20.1 – 1.20.6Server required, client optional2025-03-30

Questions

Does Useful Tools need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency, and it must be installed next to the mod on every loader.

Which loaders have files for Useful Tools?

Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt all have files. The latest build for each loader is 2.3.1-26.2.

Do server owners need to install Useful Tools?

Yes, because the environment is client and server. The server and every player need the mod.

In the catalog

The Useful Tools Mod is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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What the author says

The gallery begins with current 2.3.1 in-game screenshots; earlier captures are retained as Legacy 1.6. Useful Tools began as a way to give gold more purpose and has grown into a large collection of material-based equipment, spectral mechanics, explosives, world generation, and configurable integrations.
StonyTark, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
StonyTark
Published
2026-07-31
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-27
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

EquipmentGame mechanicsMobsTechnologyUtilityWorld generation
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