About Building But Better
From ModrinthA mod expanding upon building shapes and flexibility
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⚠️ NOTICE :
This is currently undergoing a total rewrite for 1.21.1 - I am redoing all of the blocks, features, code, and art from the ground-up. Please have patience with me during this time \:-)
📋 About
Building But Better is a mod inspired by other mods such as Conquest, Cocricot, and Miniaturia with the aspiration of acting as a staple for Vanilla builders by expanding upon Minecraft’s shapes and adding customizability via block interactions.
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🔧 Information
✅ Supported ▪ ⚠️ Maintenance ▪ ❌ Deprecated | Feature | Details | |---|---| | Mod Loaders | <kbd>Fabric</kbd> <kbd>Forge</kbd> | | MC Versions | <kbd>⚠️1.20.1</kbd> |
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Minecraft 1.20.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric and Forge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Building But Better on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, Forge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2.0pre4 (beta), released 2026-02-15
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
| Forge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of Building But Better.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0pre4 beta | 2026-02-15 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 2.0pre4 beta | 2026-02-15 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 2.0pre3 beta | 2025-07-23 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 2.0pre3 beta | 2025-07-23 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 2.0pre2 beta | 2025-07-20 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
Run Building But Better on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Building But Better as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.20.1
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authorcrispytwig, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLicenseRef-Starfish-LicenseFree












