Minecraft Modding for Beginners
Minecraft modding is a brilliant first coding project. These free step-by-step workshops take you from your very first item all the way to a full world you can share. Everything here is for Java Edition and builds on the free tools you install once. No account is needed to start.
Stardust says: start with one small mod you can see in your game today. Make your first item, load it up, and you have made something real.
Free Minecraft modding workshops
My First Minecraft Mod Start here
The gentlest start: set up once, then make your very first mod.
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Your First Item
Add a brand new item to your game and give it a recipe.
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Custom Block
Create a block, choose its texture and place it in the world.
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Custom Food
Add your own food and decide what it does when you eat it.
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Custom Tool
Make a tool that mines faster and lasts as long as you like.
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Custom Mob
Spawn your own creature and give it simple behaviour.
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Lucky Block
A random reward block full of surprises for you to design.
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Mod Studio
Plan, build and package a bigger mod of your own.
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Build a Whole World
Go from a single item to a custom world in an 8 part series.
Open workshop →What children learn
- Setting up a free Java mod project once, then building on it
- Items, textures and recipes (a recipe file is just a rule)
- Blocks, food and tools that behave the way you choose
- Mobs, simple behaviour and spawning your own creature
- Packaging a mod and sharing it with friends