Materia 1

 

 

 

 

a.k.a. This is Why The Stone Age Took So Long IRL

 

Materia is a comprehensive rework of Minecraft progression that pushes the game toward real-world-inspired technology and production chains. Instead of jumping quickly to a vanilla crafting table and furnace-driven metalwork, you start with stone-age scavenging and fabrication (rocks, knapping, hewing, lashings), then build up stations that unlock increasingly capable crafting and processing.

 

– flint knapping

– some realistic chemistry

– heating and working metal on an anvil

– string/wool/linen rework

– 8 new colors

– music instruments (that can sync up between players)

– cannons and other fun explosives

– redstone logic blocks (adders, T-flops, logic gates, etc)

– beer and wine

– throwable spears pre 1.21 (I got mine working like a week before Mojang announced theirs)

A core theme is that crafting is station- and tool-driven: early recipes run through a primitive crafting table, and later manufacturing relies on kilns (with upgrades like chimneys/bellows and higher-temperature variants), anvils (stone → bronze → iron tiers with more tool slots/inputs), and handling constraints like hot metals that must be manipulated with tongs. This creates a more granular loop where materials must be processed, heated, shaped, and assembled through multiple steps rather than condensed into a single vanilla recipe.

Alongside the main tech ladder, the mod adds a lot of “civilization” systems that interlock with progression: ceramics and liquids (crucibles, water pots, amphorae and fermentation), textiles and storage (sewn sacks/baskets, wool-to-string workflows), expanded dye chemistry/colors, and a broad set of mechanical content (from early survival tools to things like logic blocks, power components, and even cannons/explosives). The documentation in `documentation/` is organized by content type (blocks/items/recipes/mechanics) with heavy cross-linking, and describes the intended “eras” (stone/bronze/iron/steel) and the stations/mechanics that gate each.

 

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Suggested Integrations

• Primitive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
• Stefan Milo: https://www.youtube.com/stefanmilo
• This text-based game/simulation thing I made up with Cursor: https://github.com/AndroidDoctorr/tech-tree

Upcoming mods

• Populi – NPC behavior augmentation
• Untitled realistic Earth map generation mod
  • Uses ArcGIS data
  • Biome- and region-specific vegetation spawning
  • Materia integration

Possible future mods

• Materia 2/Machina? – Chemistry, machines and tech
• Spiritus? – Magic and sorcery

Changelog

1.4.0 – WAGON UPDATE

• Added wagons and chariots
• Wagon upgrades (covers, lanterns, pets, shields)
• Some naming and texture adjustments
• Fixed furnaces – renamed Materia furnace to “forge”, made vanilla furnaces craftable but not usable (for mod recipes etc.)

1.3.7 – fixed clay roof tile recipe collision

1.3.6 – Expanded Forge compatibility to 52.1.0

1.3.5 – Fixed stone hammer mining (malachite, limestone, calcite)

1.3.4 – Fixed bed frame and bronze plate recipes, increased rock spawn rate

1.3.3 – Improved feature placement logic, fixed some tree leaf block issues

1.3.2 – Improved mob drop compatibility

1.3.1 – Fixed a major lag issue

1.3.0 – ORNATIO UPDATE – A bunch of decorative items

• Curtains
• Shutters
• Awnings
• Columns with bases and capitals
• Brackets
• Cornices
• Balustrades
• Statues
• Rugs
• Wrought iron fences, gates, and doors
• Finials
• Planters and Urns
• Copper, thatch, tile, and shingle roof blocks
• Bricks and tiles in various stone types

1.2.0 – FLORA UPDATE – New flowers, trees, and crops

• New trees (baobab, maple, cypress, cedar, fig, eucalyptus, palm)
• New crops (cotton, rice, tea, taro)
• New flowers (lotus, hibiscus, purple coneflower, white lily, bluebonnet, fuchsia, marigold)
• New decorative plants (yucca, plantain, esparto, agave, reeds)
• New colors (teal, burgundy, tan)
• New mechanic (tile/thatch laying)
• Sloped roof blocks (thatch and tile)
• Minor texture/color adjustments

1.1.1 – Minor update – fixed some compatibility issues, smoothed out crafting flow a bit

1.1.0 – BIG UPDATE: Mod cross-compatibility improvements, JEI improvements, recipe adjustments and balancing, advancements, and smelting progression gating fixes

1.0.7 – Fixed some JEI recipe helpers, added data pack options for vanilla overrides, fixed thatch stairs not connecting correctly when upside-down, fixed cannonball pile drops

1.0.6 – Some bug fixes and missing display names

1.0.5 – Fixed some issues related to server/client UI disagreement, fixed cannon barrel rendering, fixed infinite vine exploit

1.04 – Fixed a crash in 1.20 (deferred registry issue). Added cheese, sausage, and animal gut/cord for bowstrings.

1.03 – Fixed block drops in 1.21, fixed taupe string, fixed marble and obsidian harvesting, added recipes for wood buttons and pressure plates 

1.02 – Fixed gravel drops, taupe wool clumps, and bone knife JEI helper. Fixed primitive crafting not working in 1.20 and 1.21. Added thatch slabs.

1.01 – Fixed Rocks not being generated in 1.20 and 1.21