
Vanilla+ Expansion
This mod adds a few features using vanilla blocks, items, and mobs including structures like an illusioner castle, a variant oak, and new recipes.
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About this Mod
This mod aims to add more variety, quality of life features, and structures to the game with vanilla block, items, and mobs. It adds several new recipes for some vanilla blocks and items like spawners and certain mob eggs. The mod gives forests an overahaul with a new tall tree variant and adds new structures including the Illusioner Castle, Skeletal Tower and Illager Apartments. This castle is full of trial spawners and loot. Rare items like mob heads and music discs are obtainable there.
Rare mobs like the illusioner and zombie horses can also be found in the structure. Meanwhile, the Illager Apartments house both villagers and illagers of a variety of types. They gaurd a variety of loot including coral blocks. Additionally, new crafting recipes for spawners, trial spawners, vaults, infested blocks and several spawn eggs are now available. You can unlock the recipes for the blocks by obtaining a beacon. As for the eggs, you must obtain a ghast tear to unlock those recipes. Same goes for infested blocks.
This mod requires Fabric API
Major Structures:
Illusioner Castle found in Plains biomes
Illager Apartments found in Snowy Plains biomes
Grand Desert Temple found in Desert biomes
Rabbit Castle found in Tiaga biomes
White Castle found in Swamp biomes
Skeletal Tower found in Savannah biomes
Brick Cathedral found in Forest biomes
Other Structures:
-Villager Dome
-Villager Lighthouse
-Frozen Tower
-Spruce Tavern
-Abandoned Train
-Plains Tavern
Terrain Features:
-Forest Oak Trees
-Flower Forest Oak Trees
-Birch Forest Oak Trees
-Giant Spruce Trees
-Giant Spruce Trunks
-Giant Jack O Lanterns
-Swamp Mushrooms (Bedrock Parity)
-Dead Oak Trees
-Dying Oak Trees (Bedrock Parity)
Mob Overhauls:
-Pets immune to damage from owner unless crouching
-Pets not sitting can now teleport to player from anywhere in the world (chunks with non sitting pets stay loaded)
-Pets will mount and dismount boats automatically with their player
Available Versions
How to Install Vanilla+ Expansion on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Vanilla+ Expansion". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.8
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
6 GB(min. 4 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Vanilla+ Expansion 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 4 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 Vanilla+ Expansion compatible with fabric?
Vanilla+ Expansion officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.8. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Vanilla+ Expansion – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Vanilla+ Expansion 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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