Vitrification
by Blyrium
Vitrification adds recipes that turn quartz, soul sand and amethyst into new kinds of glass, using a crucible and a furnace.
What it does
Vitrification changes how glass is obtained. Players smelt sand in a furnace to get glass as usual, while soul sand now yields a tinted variant. Mixing amethyst shards and quartz in a crucible produces colored glass: two amethyst shards with one quartz make magenta glass, and two quartz with one amethyst shard make pink glass. Purple glass is also available from the same process.
The mod also removes the need to pickaxe amethyst blocks, and the smelting step grants a little more experience than ordinary glass. It is a Fabric mod that runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Installation needs Fabric API, and the author reports successful testing against a recent Fabric API build. Builds cover 1.20 and 1.20.1, with 1.1.1+1.20.1 as the latest file. The mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and is not open source, although its source code is public.
Key features
Crucible glass recipes
A crucible combines quartz and amethyst shards into magenta, pink or purple glass, depending on the ratio used.
Tinted glass from soul sand
Soul sand smelts into a tinted glass variant, so the mod offers a second glass source beyond ordinary sand.
Easier amethyst handling
Amethyst blocks no longer need a pickaxe to break, which simplifies collecting the shards.
Smelting experience
Smelting the new glass recipes grants slightly more experience than smelting regular sand glass.
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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 1
How it compares
Lightning Bolt Glass is a Fabric mod for 1.20 – 1.20.4 that is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and it is not open source under a non-derivatives Creative Commons license. Create : Renewable Emerald is also Fabric, covers 1.20 – 1.20.6, runs on client and server, and is released under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitrification | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-03-22 |
| Lightning Bolt Glass | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2023-12-12 |
| Create : Renewable Emerald | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-12-05 |
Questions
Does Vitrification need Fabric API?
Does the server need Vitrification?
Which game versions does Vitrification support?
In the catalog
Vitrification is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
If you're like me and hate defacing the scenery just to get sand, why don't you use quartz instead? Step 2. Shove some into a crucible (where does this crucible come from, you ask? Don't worry about it. Soon it will be gone.)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vitrification
- Owner
- Blyrium
- Published
- 2024-02-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-03-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15