Vanilla+ Expansion

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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Screenshots

Swamp Mushrooms
New Trees
The Illusioner
Giant Spruce Tree
Pillager Library
Plains Tavern

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
Illusioner Castle

Illager Apartments found in Snowy Plains biomes
Illager Apartments

Grand Desert Temple found in Desert biomes
Grand Desert Temple

Rabbit Castle found in Tiaga biomes
Rabbit Castle

White Castle found in Swamp biomes
White Castle

Skeletal Tower found in Savannah biomes
Skeletal Tower

Brick Cathedral found in Forest biomes
Brick Cathedral

Other Structures:

-Villager Dome
Villager Dome

-Villager Lighthouse
Villager Lighthouse

-Frozen Tower
Frozen Tower

-Spruce Tavern
Spruce Tavern

-Abandoned Train
Abandoned Train

-Plains Tavern
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

Vanilla+ Expansion 1.21.11-1.3.0release
MC 1.21.11fabric
February 26, 2026
Vanilla+ Expansion 1.21.11-1.2.6release
MC 1.21.11fabric
February 1, 2026
Vanilla+ Expansion 1.21.11-1.2.5release
MC 1.21.11fabric
January 28, 2026
Vanilla+ Expansion 1.21.11-1.2.4release
MC 1.21.11fabric
January 27, 2026
Vanilla+ Expansion 1.21.11-1.2.3release
MC 1.21.11fabric
January 26, 2026

How to Install Vanilla+ Expansion on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 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 "Vanilla+ Expansion". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabric

Minecraft Versions

1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.8

Server-side

Required

Recommended 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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Details

License
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Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.21.111.21.101.21.8