Useful Tools
by Crare1
Useful Tools is an equipment mod that adds farming, chopping, route-marking and spawner-finding tools for players in early and mid game.
What it does
Useful Tools brings a set of tools for common chores: a chopping axe that clears trees quickly, a grass scythe that cuts wide areas, and a dirt tiller that works large farmlands at once. A watering tool speeds crop growth, and a harvesting sickle collects a crop with one key press. For travel, path maker tools lay out roads and walkways, and a spawner locator helps find monster spawners underground, including in slime chunks.
The mod requires Architectury API on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and Fabric needs Fabric API as well. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files are published for 17 release versions, 1.15.2 – 1.21.3, under All rights reserved, and the code is not open source.
Key features
Chopping axe
A tool that makes felling trees much faster than a standard axe.
Grass scythe and dirt tiller
The scythe cuts a wide patch of grass at once, and the tiller turns large areas of dirt into farmland.
Watering and harvesting tools
A watering tool speeds crop growth, and a harvesting sickle gathers a crop with a single key.
Path maker and spawner locator
Path maker tools lay roads and walkways, and the spawner locator reveals monster spawners underground.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.15.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Early game farming
Players building a farm early can use the tiller, watering tool and sickle to plant and harvest large fields.
Marking routes
Path maker tools let players mark travel routes between bases with roads and walkways.
Who it’s for: Players who want labor-saving tools for farming, wood gathering and travel in survival worlds. Server owners can add it so that every player on the server has the same tools.
How it compares
Auto Replant Crops is server required with an optional client side, licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, covering 1.16 – 1.21.11, so players need nothing on their side. Better Farming ++ is client and server, open source under the Apache License 2.0, and covers 1.16.5 – 1.21.8. Useful Tools is also client and server, but its license is All rights reserved and its files target 1.15.2 – 1.21.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useful Tools | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.15.2 – 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2026-04-16 |
| Auto Replant Crops | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-02-10 |
| Better Farming ++ | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-08-26 |
Questions
Does Useful Tools need Architectury API?
Does the server need Useful Tools installed?
Which loaders are supported?
In the catalog
Useful Tools is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,252 mods support Minecraft 1.21.3.
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What the author says
Starting from version 7.0.0 you need Architectury API mod also and Fabric needs Fabric API! Wish you could make huge wheat fields easily and fast? Or wide roads by just walking? Or maybe you have hard time finding spawners or slime chunks? This mod can do that for you! Introducing Useful Tools: Early game items for…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/usefultools
- Owner
- Crare1
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15