Better Brushes

Paint, brush your pets, remove moss, farm string, and more with brushes.

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About this Mod

Paint, brush your pets, farm string, remove moss, and more with brushes.

Paintbrush

Use a brush and dye to craft a paint brush.

Brush a colorful block to change its color.

Paintbrush

Cleaning Dye

Use the brush on a cauldron to remove paint from the brush, and wet the brush.

Brush a colorful block with a wet brush to remove the dye.

Cleaning Dye

Taming Animals

Brush equestrian mobs, such as horses and donkeys, to increase their chance of being tamed.

Taming Animals

Brushing Pets

Brush tamed animals to give them a small amount of regeneration.

Brushing Pets

Sweep Mossy Blocks

Brush a mossy block to remove the moss.

There is a chance it will drop a moss carpet or vines.

Sweep Mossy Blocks

Brush Sheep

Brush a sheep to get string.

This can be a source of farm-able string in peaceful mode.

Brush Sheep

Remove Silverfish

Brush an infested block and the silverfish will pop out without breaking the block.

Remove Silverfish

Available Versions

1.0release

MC 1.21, 1.21.1fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt

October 4, 2024

1.0release

MC 1.21, 1.21.1datapack

October 4, 2024

How to Install Better Brushes on Your Server

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

Set datapack Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Better Brushes". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

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Minecraft Versions

1.21.1, 1.21

Server-side

✓ Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Better Brushes server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong datapack version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Better Brushes compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?

Better Brushes officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Better Brushes – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Better Brushes consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.