VanillaPlus
VanillaPlus adds treasure hunting with loyal wolves, buried chests, cauldrons over campfires and arrows that leave clouds, while keeping the feel of vanilla Minecraft.
What it does
Tamed wolves can be fed cooked meat and sent to search for buried treasure in the Desert, Jungle, Ocean, Snow and default biomes. Players dig up treasure with a shovel through stages, each with its own animation, and some excavated chests are rigged with TNT that triggers once fully recovered. Server administrators control how often dogs and digging are allowed to run, using the dogcooldown and zonecooldown commands.
Water cauldrons placed over lit campfires can brew potions using the standard brewing ingredients, such as blaze rods. The cauldrons change their water color to match the active potions and mob effects mixed in. Custom arrows release dense area-of-effect clouds on impact, and the mod adds dynamic weather challenges. The mod requires Architectury API and Fabric API on Fabric, is published for 1.20.1 and 1.20.4, and is released under the MIT License, not as open source.
Key features
Wolf treasure hunts
Tamed wolves are fed cooked meat and search for buried treasure across several biomes.
Progressive digging
A shovel uncovers buried chests through stages with custom animations, and some chests trigger TNT.
Campfire alchemy
Water cauldrons over lit campfires brew potions with standard brewing ingredients.
Dynamic cauldron visuals
Cauldron water shifts color to reflect the active potions and mob effects inside.
Effect fog clouds
Custom arrows create dense atmospheric clouds that apply their effects where they land.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Treasure-hunting adventure maps
Players who enjoy searching for loot can send wolves out, dig for chests and handle trapped rewards during exploration.
Who it’s for: Players who want loot hunting and brewing added to survival or adventure worlds, and server owners who want to tune cooldowns for digging and dog searches.
How it compares
GRIMix is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 that is client and server, under the MIT License, and not open source. Advanced Cauldron is also a Fabric mod with the same environment and MIT License, but it covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and is open source. Campfire Fix is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs server required with an optional client, under All rights reserved. VanillaPlus, by contrast, runs on Fabric only for 1.20.1 and 1.20.4 and needs both sides installed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VanillaPlus | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2026-08-09 |
| GRIMix | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-11-15 |
| Advanced Cauldron | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-12 |
| Campfire Fix | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2024-06-16 |
Questions
Does VanillaPlus need Fabric API?
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In the catalog
VanillaPlus is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
VanillaPlus enhances your vanilla Minecraft gameplay with new, immersive mechanics while keeping the original feel of the game!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vanillapluscng
- Owner
- CraftNikGamer
- Published
- 2026-07-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15