About Nostalgic Tweaks
From ModrinthBrings back Minecraft alpha, beta, post-release lost gameplay elements. Made for nostalgic enthusiasts or for those who want to give the game a new aesthetic by tweaking the mod to their preference.
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State of Development
This mod is still being worked on. Updates are slow to come out since myself and the other volunteer maintainers are super busy with personal matters. If you are a developer and are interested in helping us out with updates then please join the Discord and let us know! The v2.0 update will be released for Minecraft 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. A rewrite of the mod (v3.0) will be made for whatever Minecraft version that modders consider to be the next LTS. I cannot provide any potential release dates at this time. Thank you for the patience!
Description
Inspired by Exalm's Old Days mod, Nostalgic Tweaks brings back a plethora of classic, alpha, beta, and post-release lost or changed gameplay elements. This mod is intended for nostalgic enthusiasts who want to relive the glory days of Minecraft Java edition by tweaking the mod to their nostalgic preference, or for those who want to give the game a new aesthetic and gameplay style.
Some of the major nostalgic tweaks included are old classic and pre-beta 1.8 light engines, old fog rendering, old sky and void colors, 2D floating items with disabled diffused lighting, old mob spawning, old combat mechanics, old game screens, old C418 music, and so much more! There are currently over 400+ nostalgic tweaks as of 2.0.0-Beta 9 with more on the way!
For the best nostalgic experience, I recommend using the Golden Days resource pack by PoeticRainbow, or the Programmer Art Continuation Project resource pack by mzov. Golden Days comes with an abundance of nostalgic packs, such as an alpha and picture perfect pack which coincides wonderfully with Nostalgic Tweaks. Additionally, use the Moderner Beta mod by BlueStaggo for nostalgic terrain generation.
Configuration
To open the mod's config menu, press O for "Old" while in-game or at the game's title screen. This hotkey can be changed in the vanilla controls menu or in the mod's config menu. If you have Mod Menu installed for Fabric, or you are using Forge or NeoForge, then you can also access the configuration screen through the Mods button.
Each tweak will have tags above their names in the config menu. Each tag identifies different aspects of each tweak. You can hover your mouse over each tag to see more information as a tooltip. You can favorite the tweak, see its status, modify the client/server value, save, undo, reset, and modernize a tweak within its configuration box.
Tweak Information
Search
The config menu comes with searching capabilities. Search queries that are typed into the input box will bring up fuzzy results. This means the mod will attempt to show results that it believes you were trying to search for. You can narrow search results by using Search Tags. To see all the search tags that are available, open the config menu and click the Manage button in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Then go to the Help category and scroll down. Additionally, the bread crumbs that appear at the top of a tweak's configuration box can be clicked to quickly jump to that crumb's section within the config menu.
Filter
The config menu also comes with a search filter. When opened, you can choose which tweak categories to look in. This compounds with the search tags mentioned earlier. Additionally, if the favorite tweaks list is opened, any search queries typed into the input box will only bring up tweaks that are favorited.
Config Management
The config menu also comes with a config management overlay. To open the overlay, click the Manage button in the bottom-left corner of the screen. In this overlay you can create and manage config backup files, create and manage config presets, import and export (_client and server_) config files, perform server operations on servers with Nostalgic Tweaks installed, and quickly toggle a lot of tweaks all at once. Each section of the overlay comes with a uniquely crafted user interface to assit with tweak and config management.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 15 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Nostalgic Tweaks 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
- Optional on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, 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
- 2.0.0-beta.922 (beta), released 2025-07-22
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20 to 1.21.1 (4 versions) | 1.21.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.20 to 1.21.1 (4 versions) | 1.21.1 |
| Forge | 1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | 1.20.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of Nostalgic Tweaks.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0.0-beta.922 beta | 2025-07-22 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | Fabric |
| 2.0.0-beta.922 beta | 2025-07-22 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | NeoForge |
| 2.0.0-beta.922 beta | 2025-07-22 | 1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | Fabric |
| 2.0.0-beta.922 beta | 2025-07-22 | 1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | Forge, NeoForge |
| 2.0.0-beta.921 beta | 2025-07-21 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | Fabric |
Run Nostalgic Tweaks 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 catalogQuality of life & UI
Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.
Works on a server
From source side supportModrinth lists server-side support for Nostalgic Tweaks as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serveroptional on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 14 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authoromo50, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLGPL-3.0-onlyFree
