Credits

My girlfriend, Ruby :3

Dependencies

Oh omg there are dependencies oh wow because I'm lazy, anyways we only have two at the time of writing this, rather three if you count the dependencies having their own dependencies and such.

Fzzy Config

(made our config ACTUALLY WORK, I tried writing my own and failed)

• Sub dependency the mod requires KotlinForForge

Terrablender (helps us integrate our custom biome easily and effectivly

Support me :3

And please join the Discord if you Have suggestions, questions, or any bugs to report as of now we are the only two testing this mod so we need it (also I LOVE suggestions, nothing too wild though try to keep the idea of vanilla, I'm not making a mech godzilla suit or something)

Content

Ruby’s Mod is a vanilla+ style Minecraft mod built from a collection of fun ideas—some are mine, some are my girlfriend’s—that I decided deserved to exist in the game. There isn’t one single theme that ties everything together; instead, it’s a carefully crafted mix of quality-of-life improvements, creative customization, and small features that simply make survival more fun.

The biggest highlight is dyeable vanilla gear. Using a custom item called Enamel, you can coat vanilla armor, tools, weapons, and even horse armor (excluding leather and stone) to make them dyeable. After dyeing your gear, fire it in the Kiln to permanently set the color. If you change your mind, craft a Scraper to remove the enamel and start fresh.

The Kiln itself is a new utility block similar to a smoker or blast furnace. It features its own firing recipe type, smelting blocks like clay, sand, and cobblestone faster than a standard furnace. It’s the go-to for "oddball" recipes and is fully datapack-compatible for custom creations.

For those who enjoy a bit of whimsy, the Catlish language option adds “:3” to almost everything in the game. Use at your own risk!

Smaller Features:

Expanded Worldgen: Explore the Flower Valley biome & Snowy Flower Valley, containing every vanilla flower and flowering oak trees. As well as our very own blue, red, and yellow wildflowers.

Backported Content: Enjoy (some) modern features in older versions, including Copper armor/tools, Netherite horse armor, and the Masoned/Bordure Indented banner patterns, everything implemented to (hopefully) work with modern resourcepacks if you want your resources changed (please let me know if this is an issue it isn't perfect).

The Saw & Mortar/Pestle: The Saw acts as an infinite axe for stripping logs, while the Mortar & Pestle helps process materials.

New Recipes: Craft Name Tags, create Mud (8 Dirt + Water Bucket), and many more I honestly can't remember (it is an extensive list).

Animal Crates: Capture and transport land or sea creatures (grants a non-stacking Slowness I effect while carrying).

Natural block slabs like sand, dirt, gravel, grass, and moss (literally all of them currently).

New Pies: Bake Sweet Berry Pies (high hunger, low saturation) or Chicken Pot Pies (high saturation, mid hunger).

Edited Drops: Frogs now drop slimeballs, horses drop horse meat, squids drop squid meat .

Berry Protection: Wearing leather leggings and boots prevents berry bush prickle damage, you're welcome.

Bonemeal-able Flowers: All flowers can now be bonemealed to reproduce similar to how bedrock works.

Enchanting Buffs: Blocks no longer block the path between Enchanting Tables and Bookshelves (if enabled in server config). Plus, a server config allows you to increase the Enchanting Table’s reach vertically, horizontally, above, and below (basically more customization than needed but hey those are the values Minecraft gave me).

Pants Off Enchantment: A unique addition for your gear, look at a player and boom your pants are in your hand, don't ask why i added this I forget I did LOL.

Social: Press "K" to kiss other players when nearby, hehehe :3

Griefing: Toggle whether Creeper explosions destroy blocks (they still deal damage).

Atmosphere: Adjust or remove the music delay and raise the cloud height to whatever (not sure if there is a limit beside the max integer limit) for better mountain views.

Totally no April Fools features also enjoy the decuple-compacted poppy blocks, good luck getting those legitimately (they go up to decuple, do the math)

Honestly there is more most likely and I can't remember them or aren't sure what I added to this list or I am lazy, this hits all the major features though I think.

Compatibility

Currently available for Minecraft 1.21.1 (NeoForge only). Forge and Fabric ports may come in the future, but NeoForge is the priority for now.

Other Mod Compatibility

- HT's Treechop (our custom leaves break with the tree)

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If you enjoy small but meaningful additions that feel like they could’ve been in vanilla all along—with a little bit of chaos sprinkled in—this mod is for you :3

More Info

If you have questions, concerns, or bugs to report join our Disccord and post a question I will be happy to answer them :3

If you want to know more about what is in this mod or any general informatio go to this webpage I made or join our Discord (If this says these words here in these parentheses I never finished and/or put up the webpage, sorry, join the Discord instead to ask me)