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Visually Waxed Golems

by Braytonks

Visually Waxed Golems gives waxed Copper Golems a texture of their own, so they can be told apart from unwaxed ones while keeping vanilla behavior.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalAll rights reserved1.21.6 – 26.3

What it does

Waxed Copper Golems receive a separate texture, and the mod assigns them through a team that Entity Texture Features reads. The team is filled by a datapack that adds golems with honeycomb applied. Because the Copper Golem's weathering state is tracked on the client, Entity Texture Features is required to show the custom texture. The resource pack that supplies the waxed texture has to be installed alongside the mod for it to display correctly.

The server needs the mod, but players may leave it out and lose only the custom texture. Behavior of the golems stays the same as in vanilla, and only their appearance changes. Builds cover 1.21.6 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and a data pack variant is also offered. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.

Key features

  1. Unique waxed texture

    Waxed Copper Golems are drawn with their own texture, separate from unwaxed golems.

  2. Vanilla golem behavior

    Only the appearance changes; the golems keep the functions they have in the base game.

  3. Honeycomb team assignment

    A datapack adds golems with honeycomb applied to a team, which the texture logic then uses.

  4. Resource pack included

    The matching resource pack supplies the waxed texture and must be installed for it to show.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
26.31.0.1+mod1.0.1+mod1.0.1+mod1.0.1+mod
26.1.21.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
26.1.11.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
26.11.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
1.21.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.21.111.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
1.21.101.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
1.21.91.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
1.21.81.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
1.21.71.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
1.21.61.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod1.0.0+mod
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

[ETF] Entity Texture FeaturesEmissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric
Required

Use cases

Telling golems apart

Players with several Copper Golems can see at a glance which ones have been waxed.

Who it’s for: Server owners who run waxed Copper Golems and players who want a visual cue for them. Clients that skip the mod still play normally.

Questions

Does Visually Waxed Golems need Entity Texture Features?

Yes. Entity Texture Features is a required dependency, and the latest version of it must be installed alongside the mod.

Do players need the mod to join a server?

No. Players can join without it, since only the server needs the mod and players lose just the custom waxed texture.

Which game versions does the mod support?

Files exist for 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 and 26.3, and the latest file is 1.0.1 for 26.3.

In the catalog

Visually Waxed Golems is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Optimization mods3,545Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

NOTE: To see the custom waxed texture correctly, make sure to also install the accompanying resource pack as well as install the latest version of Entity Texture Features! Because a Copper Golem's "next_weather_age" does not seem to be tracked clientside, it cannot be called by ETF to assign a unique "waxed" texture…
Braytonks, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Braytonks
Published
2025-12-07
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-29
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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