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Create Picky Wheels

by zehmaria · for Minecraft

Makes Create's Waterwheels and Windmills have requirements [biome, space, position].

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MITLicense
Forge · NeoForgeLoaders

About Create Picky Wheels

From Modrinth

Makes Create's Waterwheels and Windmills have requirements [biome, space, position].

Create Picky Waterwheels modifies Create's Waterwheels default behavior. It makes it so they work similarly to Hose Pulleys, where the wheels require to be in contact with a large body of water, but in addition to that, they also require to be inside a River Biome to function. Otherwise, there is no power generation. This change is applied to both small and large waterwheels.

The mod also modifies Create's Windmill default behavior. It makes it so they check the surrounding area to see if there is enough open space for "air to circulate." It also checks the biome of placement, and by default only allows the Windmills to work inside the Overworld.

This mod adds no new blocks.

For the warning tooltips, like shown below for that windmill, use Create's Google.

Configuration is available for the threshold like for the Hose Pulley in Create. For the biome requirements, it can be tweaked via a biome tag.

This project was designed to work in tandem with Crete Low-Heated [plus, the intent is to pair it with capacity nerfed windmills and waterwheels].

Compat notes:

  • TFC: set waterwheelsSourceRequiresFlow to true, and rivers will turn the wheel correctly.
  • FlowingFluids: set waterwheelsAcceptsFlowing to true, and wheels will consider non-full water blocks. Change waterwheelsMinimumShallowness, if you want even shallower water to be included. For this to actually work, you must first set water_wheel_requirements in the config of flowing fluids mod to FLOW, so that this mod does the biome check and all instead of FF.
  • By default, for structures that use wheels, waterwheelsPickyOnPlacement is set to true, so that requirements are only for player placed wheels.
Showcase of the conditions where waterwheels now works Windmills failing due to lack of air flow

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 4 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.

Loaders

Runs on Forge and NeoForge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Create Picky Wheels 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
Forge, NeoForge
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
1.21.1-6.0.9-6, released 2026-04-08

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
NeoForge1.20.1 to 1.21.1 (2 versions)1.21.1
Forge1.20.11.20.1

From 5 recorded builds of Create Picky Wheels.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.21.1-6.0.9-62026-04-081.21.1NeoForge
1.20.1-6.0.8-62026-04-081.20.1Forge, NeoForge
1.21.1-6.0.9-52026-03-241.21.1NeoForge
1.20.1-6.0.8-52026-03-241.20.1Forge, NeoForge
1.21.1-6.0.9-42026-01-111.21.1NeoForge

Dependencies

  • Required: modrinth project LNytGWDc (modrinth, not in our catalogue)

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

World generation

Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Create Picky Wheels as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
ForgeNeoForge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.21.1 and 3 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓Authorzehmaria, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Create Picky Wheels, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Create Picky Wheels?

Modrinth lists Create Picky Wheels as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Forge and NeoForge.

Is it free?

Yes. Create Picky Wheels is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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