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What it should be

by firemuffin303

Players who want less friction in farms and early survival can turn to What it should be, a Fabric and Quilt gameplay mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 that bundles several small rule changes.

FabricQuiltClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.20.1

What it does

The mod makes sugar cane, nether wart and lily pads accept bone meal, and it changes how baby zombies work: the hitbox grows, maximum health drops from 20 to 14, and an easier baby zombie setting is the default. Creeper explosions can be tied to the gamerules that control block destruction, and turtles can return a barnacle after a swim in water, which takes between 15 and 22 minutes. Brushing a turtle yields scute, and honeycomb stops the barnacle drops.

Several options touch the interface. Holding a compass shows the direction the player faces and their coordinates without the F3 screen, and holding a clock reports the in-game time in days. Armor stands now come with arms when placed, shears can make an item frame invisible, and a cauldron can turn a whole stack of concrete powder into concrete blocks. Enchantment costs can be adjusted, and the rename-name-tag cost can be disabled with a gamerule.

The mod is client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is released under the MIT License and is open source. Files are published for Fabric and Quilt on 1.20.1, and Fabric API is required on both loaders. Neoforge and Forge builds are not published at this time.

Key features

  1. Bonemealable crops

    Sugar cane, nether wart and lily pads grow from bone meal, so farms need less manual planting.

  2. Baby zombie changes

    Baby zombies get a larger hitbox and lower maximum health, with an easier default setting.

  3. Compass and clock HUD

    Holding a compass shows the facing direction and coordinates, and holding a clock shows the in-game day. The compass bar is off by default.

  4. Turtle barnacles

    Barnacles regrow on turtles after a swim, honeycomb stops them, and brushing a turtle drops scute.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.20.11.0.1-BETA1.0.1-BETA
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

Turtle Leads is a Fabric, Forge and Quilt mod for 1.16.5 – 1.21.3, set to client and server, and it is not open source under the MIT License. Balanced Baby Zombies is a Fabric-only mod for 1.20.1, server required with the client optional, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. creeperGriefing is open source under CC0 1.0 Universal, server-side only and covers 1.20 – 1.21.5 on Fabric and Quilt.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
What it should beFabric and Quilt1.20.1Client and server2024-12-11
Turtle LeadsFabric, Forge and Quilt1.16.5 – 1.21.3Client and server2025-03-02
Balanced Baby ZombiesFabric1.20.1Server required, client optional2025-06-27
creeperGriefingFabric and Quilt1.20 – 1.21.5Server-side only2025-06-13

Questions

Does What it should be need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is the required dependency on both Fabric and Quilt.

Which loaders have files for What it should be?

Fabric and Quilt both have 1.0.1-BETA for 1.20.1, published on 2024-12-11 on the beta channel. No Forge or Neoforge file is listed.

Must the server have the mod for the baby zombie changes?

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

In the catalog

What it should be 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

Holding Compass informs direction of player facing and player's current coordinates without F3 Compass bar can read map in hands and show map's marker icon on the bar as well. but off by default due to keeping map reading gameplay.
firemuffin303, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
firemuffin303
Published
2024-12-04
Updated on Modrinth
2024-12-11
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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