Meticulous

Meticulous

Helps you avoid breaking blocks accidentally.

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About this Mod

Meticulous

Minecraft versions
environment: client
loader: Fabric
available for: Quilt Loader
Requires: Fabric API
supports: Cloth Config
supports: Mod Menu
supports: SSS Translate
license: MIT
source on: GitLab
issues: GitLab
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Helps you avoid breaking blocks accidentally.

Works client-side and in single player.

Meticulous adds configurable minimum times to break your first and second blocks, along with a few other options.
"First/second block" means the first/second block you break while you hold down left click continuously.


Configuration

Key binds can always be configured through Minecraft's controls settings.

Supports Cloth Config and
Mod Menu for configuration, but neither is required.

Options will use their default values if Cloth Config is absent.

If Cloth Config is present, options can be configured either through
Mod Menu or by editing config/meticulous.json in your
instance folder (.minecraft/ by default for the vanilla launcher).

Key binds

  • Toggle; default: m
  • Modifier; default: <unbound>
  • Always slow modifier; default: <unbound>
  • Always slow blocks in list toggle; default: <unbound>

Options

  • Enable; default: false

    Main mod toggle. This can be overriden with the modifier keys.

  • Notify on toggle; default: true

    Display a message above the hotbar when a key bind toggles the mod or the "Always slow blocks list".

  • Minimum time to break first block; default: 10

    Minimum time (in game ticks) it takes to break your first block after you start holding down the attack key
    continuously (left click).

  • Minimum time to break second block; default: 10

    Minimum time (in game ticks) it takes to break your second block after you start holding down the attack key
    continuously (left click).

  • Exclude blocks with hardness 0; default: false

    Exclude block that break instantly even with no tool, such as flowers.

  • Enable for items:

    Items that Meticulous should affect when you use them to mine.

    • Axes; default: true
    • Hoes; default: true
    • Pickaxes; default: true
    • Shears; default: true
    • Shovels; default: true
    • Swords; default: false
    • Additional items; default: <none>

      Other items that Meticulous should affect that don't fit into the toggleable categories.

    • Excluded items; default: <none>

      Items that Meticulous should not affect even if they fit into the toggleable categories.

  • Always slow blocks list; default: <none>

    Blocks that Meticulous should always affect while "Always slow blocks in list" is enabled.

  • Always slow blocks in list; default: true

    Toggles the "Always slow blocks list".

  • Minimum time to break when "Always slow"; default: 20

    Minimum time (in game ticks) it takes to break blocks in the "Always slow blocks list" or while the
    "Always slow modifier" key is held.


Translations

localized: Percentage
supports: SSS Translate
Install SSS Translate to automatically download new translations.
You can help translate Meticulous on Crowdin.


This mod is only for Fabric (works on Quilt, too!) and I won't be porting it to Forge. The license is MIT, however, so
anyone else is free to port it.

I'd appreciate links back to this page if you port or otherwise modify this project, but links aren't required.

Available Versions

1.5.0+MC1.21.11release
MC 1.21.11fabric, quilt
January 5, 2026
1.4.1+MC1.21.9-1.21.10release
MC 1.21.9, 1.21.10fabric, quilt
January 5, 2026
1.3.5+MC1.21.2-1.21.8release
MC 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8fabric, quilt
January 5, 2026
1.4.0+MC1.21.9-1.21.10release
MC 1.21.9, 1.21.10fabric, quilt
October 21, 2025
1.3.4+MC1.21.2-1.21.8release
MC 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8fabric, quilt
July 19, 2025

How to Install Meticulous on Your Server

1

Order Server

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

2

Set fabric Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).

3

Install Mod

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

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabricquilt

Minecraft Versions

1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9 (+22 more)

Server-side

Unsupported

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Meticulous server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong fabric 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 (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Meticulous compatible with fabric and quilt?

Meticulous officially supports fabric, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Meticulous – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Meticulous 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.

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Details

License
MIT License
Server-side
Unsupported

Supported Versions

1.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.81.21.71.21.61.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+15 more