
The Vanilla Expansion
A simple mod that expands Vanilla Minecraft through adding blocks and items.
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About this Mod
Vanilla Expansion
Vanilla Expansion is a mod that adds a lot of items and blocks to expand just a tiny bit the Vanilla experience. Please use JEI/REI for all the recipes for this mod.
Here are the features you'll find in this expansion
Coal and Charcoal Chunk
These chunks can be used to cook 1 item at a time for Furnaces, Blast Furnaces, and Smokers
Charcoal Block
Enough said. Coal Block but made out of Charcoal
Bundle of Sticks and Block of Bundled Sticks
An item for compacting a lot of sticks
Pile of Paper
Just for compacting paper
Barrel of Food Items
Available for compacting Apples, Potatoes, Carrots, Sweet Berries, and Chorus Fruits
Material Shards
Shards are basically equivalent to nuggets for ingots. It's available for Diamond, Emerald, and Nether Quartz Variants.
Tool and Weapon Heads
These tool heads and sword blades can be used to upgrade your existing tools through the Smithing Table. Enchants will not be retained however and downgrading is not possible. Heads are available for every tool set is available in Vanilla and the Expansion.
Smoked and Burnt Nether Quartz
These Nether Quartz variants are craftable by Smoking (Smoked) and Blasting (Burnt) Nether Quartz. It also comes with Smoked and Burnt Nether Quartz blocks.
Fired Brick
By cooking a brick again, you get a fired brick. This can be used to make the same blocks as the normal brick does.
Emerald Tools and Armor
Emeralds are not just for trading, it can also be used for tools and armor! The tools mine and the sword damage close to Diamond tools but a bit brittle. The armor has the same armor value as Diamond, but half the toughness of Netherite and a bit lower the durability or Diamond.
Redstone Tools
Redstone tools mine significantly faster, twice the speed compared to Netherite tools (statistically)
Quartz Variants Tools
Quartz Tools has almost the same durability as Stone, a bit faster mining speed as Iron, but more damaging compared to Netherite. These are available in Normal, Smoked, and Burnt Nether Quartz.
Lapis Lazuli Armor
Lapis Lazuli armor has higher total armor compared to Chainmail, and the same durability as Iron.
Reinforced Leather
By first crafting Raw Reinforced Leather and cooking it, you can get Reinforced Leather.
Planned for future
The armor has the same armor value as normal Leather, the same toughness as Netherite, and has the same durability as Gold.
Empowered Netherite
Crafting Empowered Netherite starts by empowering Netherite Scrap with a lot of Redstone. The armor has the same armor and thoughness as normal netherite and it provides a speed boost. The tools has the same durability of normal Netherite with a faster mining speed!
THIS MOD IS CURRENTLY UNDER HEAVY DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE KNOW I AM A NEW SOLO DEVELOPER WORKING ON THIS MOD. EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
NOTE: This mod is not an update or fork of any similarly named mods. If there's a problem about this, please contact me. Thank you!
This is my first mod so please bear with me.
Development is currently on a halt due to my college studies, will be back soon with maybe a Fabric port
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Available Versions
How to Install The Vanilla Expansion on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.16.5).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "The Vanilla Expansion". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.16.5, 1.16.4, 1.16.3
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
The Vanilla Expansion server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge 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 (1.16.5). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is The Vanilla Expansion compatible with forge?
The Vanilla Expansion officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.16.4, 1.16.3. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with The Vanilla Expansion – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if The 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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