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Useful TNT

by spicato-spicato

Useful TNT changes how TNT explosions treat dropped items, and makes TNT cheaper to craft.

FabricClient and serverCC0 1.0 UniversalOpen source1.21.10 – 1.21.11

What it does

Useful TNT changes TNT in two ways. Its crafting recipe is cheaper, using 2 gunpowder and 2 sand in a criss-cross layout. Item entities also survive TNT explosions, so a later blast no longer destroys items already on the ground. Quarries that chain detonations can therefore recover more loot. Fabric API is required.

Key features

  1. Cheaper TNT crafting

    TNT is crafted from 2 gunpowder and 2 sand in a criss-cross pattern, which is cheaper than the vanilla recipe.

  2. Drop protection

    Dropped item entities survive later TNT blasts, including those set off by TNT minecarts.

  3. Loot from chained blasts

    Quarries that detonate TNT in a chain keep more of the items they dig up, instead of losing them to each explosion.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.111.21.11-3.0.0
1.21.101.21.10-3.0.0
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

How it compares

Full comparison

Better TNT Minecart is a client-side only Fabric mod under the MIT License, open source, for 1.21 – 1.21.11, and it changes TNT minecarts instead of explosion drops. Netherite TNT Drops is server-side only, under the MIT License, not open source, and covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.11.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Useful TNTFabric1.21.10 – 1.21.11Client and server2026-08-30
Better TNT MinecartFabric1.21 – 1.21.11Client-side only2026-05-13
Netherite TNT DropsFabric1.21.1 – 1.21.11Server-side only2026-06-26

Questions

Does Useful TNT need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is required, and the mod is published only for Fabric, for 1.21.10 and 1.21.11.

Does the server need Useful TNT?

Yes. Servers that run it need every player to install it too.

In the catalog

Useful TNT is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

Cheaper TNT crafting plus TNT drop protection. Item entities survive TNT explosions, so quarries and chain detonation recover more loot. This is the successor to Cheaper TNT. Remove the old JAR. Config migrates from config/cheaper_tnt.json to config/useful_tnt.json.
spicato-spicato, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
spicato-spicato
Published
2026-02-17
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-30
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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