Slow Start

Slow Start

Slows down the early game progression, by tweaking crafting recipes, loot tables, and more...

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About this Mod

Slow Start aims to make the early game slower by tweaking recipes, loot tables, but still trying to keep it feeling vanilla and hopefully fun.

This mod takes ideas and inspiration from different Mods and Datapacks such as...

- Eerily Slow by rexrexrexxhere

- Don't Punch Trees by TNT_Blox_0

- Martini´s Cooking and Smelting by Der_Martini

- Overly Realistic by Wilozyx

Go check them out!

If you got issues/bugs to report or features suggestions you can join the Discord server.

Features:

Advancements:

Spoiler

The mod currently adds 19 new advancements to help guide the players on what to do.

The 13 advancements added by Slow Start.

Smelting changes:

Spoiler

Slow Start does a lot of change on smelting most notable is that campfire can be used to smelt pretty much anything that a normal furnace can,

But another change is how long it takes to smelt some items.

Items are separated in three categories Food, Stones and Ores.

Each of these categories have different smelting/cooking time for each furnace types and campfire.

Small spreadsheet showing the different smelting times for each categories and furnaces.
Graph showing the different smet times for each categories and furnace types.

Tweaked and new crafting recipes:

Spoiler

Slow start remove the ability to get wood with your bare hands, so the process of getting your first tools is a bit different.

You'll need to get stick from leaves, bamboo, dead bushes or sapplings.

crafting recipe showing a sappling being turned into sticks.

And use those sticks to make planks.

crafting recipe showing sticks being turned into planks.

Stone tools recipes are also changed being only hable to be crafted using stone, deepslate or blackstone, making players rely on wood tools for a bit longer.

crafting recipe showing which blocks can be used to craft a stone pickaxe

Furnaces have a different recipe too.

crafting recipe showing new furnace recipe.

Iron amors recipes now results in chainmail armors instead.

crafting recipe showing new chainmail armor recipe.

Now to craft iron armor you need to suround an existing piece of chainmail armor with 4 iron ingots.

crafting recipe showing new iron armor recipe.

Beds will require leather to craft.

crafting recipe showing new bed recipe.

Available Versions

Slow Start 1.5.0release
MC 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2fabric
December 11, 2025
Slow Start 1.4.2release
MC 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2fabric
December 10, 2025
Slow Start 1.4.1release
MC 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2fabric
October 14, 2025
Slow Start 1.4.0release
MC 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2fabric
October 2, 2025
Slow Start 1.3.0release
MC 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2fabric
September 28, 2025

How to Install Slow Start 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 (26.1.2).

3

Install Mod

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

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabric

Minecraft Versions

26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1 (+10 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Slow Start 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 (26.1.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Slow Start compatible with fabric?

Slow Start officially supports fabric for Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Slow Start – how to optimize performance?

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

Supported Versions

26.1.226.1.126.11.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.81.21.71.21.61.21.5+3 more