Fundamental
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- 🏆 #291 of 367 forge mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Features can be turned off through the configuration file. **Saplings grows trees matching biome world gen** Vanilla saplings always grow the same trees no matter the biome World generation mods & data packs add many biome tree variants that cannot be re-created using a sapling This mod makes the sapling generate trees that match the biome the tree is growing in Video link: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo2EHPTRSzo) **Named Lodestone Compass** !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/named-lodestone.png) You can name your lodestones by placing a sign on them Binding your compass to the lodestone will automatically name it using the text from the sign, instead of "Lodestone Compass". *Bonus*: Right clicking the sign instead of the Lodestone will also work. **Crafting Tables** !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/crafting-tables.png) Enjoy our large selection of crafting tables, now available in all vanilla colors. *Tip*: custom crafting tables can be crafting into regular crafting tables. Mainly as a workaround for recipes that demand a vanilla table. **Slime on piston** !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/slime-on-piston.png) You can place slime on a piston by right-clicking slime on a piston face. !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/slime-off-piston.png) You can also use an axe to scrape that slime off. (You don't get the slimeball back). **Bonemeal Spreads Grass** !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/bonemeal-grass.apng) Like with Nylium, you can use bonemeal on dirt that is neighboring grass to spread that grass quicker. Built in support for Quark, Botania, Tinker's Construct, and Biomes You'll Go. Extra support can be added through the configuration file. PRs are also welcome. **Grass Item respects biome color** !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/grass-color-swamp.png) !(docs/screenshots/grass-color-dark-forest.png) **Mossy stones follow biome colors** !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/mossy_cobblestone/spruce_taiga.png) (docs/screenshots/mossy_cobblestone) Also available for Mossy stone bricks. If you make a ressource pack that improves the moss overlay, send it our way! **Bound Lodestone** !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/bound-lodestone.png) The Bound Lodestone acts like a Lodestone, but is attuned to another lodestone in the world. Use a Lodestone Compass on an unbound Lodestone to attune it to the same coordinates. Once a Bound Lodestone has been attuned, use a regular Compass on the Bound Lodestone to attune it to Lodestone that the Bound Lodestone is attuned to. *tl;dr* it's a lodestone proxy You can get it from your local Cartographer !(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1.16.5/docs/screenshots/bound-lodestone-recipe.png)
Features can be turned off through the configuration file.
Saplings grows trees matching biome world gen
Vanilla saplings always grow the same trees no matter the biome
World generation mods & data packs add many biome tree variants that cannot be re-created using a sapling
This mod makes the sapling generate trees that match the biome the tree is growing in
Video link: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo2EHPTRSzo)
Named Lodestone Compass
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/named-lodestone.png)
You can name your lodestones by placing a sign on them
Binding your compass to the lodestone will automatically name it using the text from the sign, instead of "Lodestone Compass".
Bonus: Right clicking the sign instead of the Lodestone will also work.
Crafting Tables
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/crafting-tables.png)
Enjoy our large selection of crafting tables, now available in all vanilla colors.
Tip: custom crafting tables can be crafting into regular crafting tables. Mainly as a workaround for recipes that demand a vanilla table.
Slime on piston
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/slime-on-piston.png)
You can place slime on a piston by right-clicking slime on a piston face.
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/slime-off-piston.png)
You can also use an axe to scrape that slime off. (You don't get the slimeball back).
Bonemeal Spreads Grass
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/bonemeal-grass.apng)
Like with Nylium, you can use bonemeal on dirt that is neighboring grass to spread that grass quicker.
Built in support for Quark, Botania, Tinker's Construct, and Biomes You'll Go. Extra support can be added through the configuration file. PRs are also welcome.
Grass Item respects biome color
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/grass-color-swamp.png)
!(docs/screenshots/grass-color-dark-forest.png)
Mossy stones follow biome colors
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/mossy_cobblestone/spruce_taiga.png)
(docs/screenshots/mossy_cobblestone)
Also available for Mossy stone bricks.
If you make a ressource pack that improves the moss overlay, send it our way!
Bound Lodestone
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/bound-lodestone.png)
The Bound Lodestone acts like a Lodestone, but is attuned to another lodestone in the world.
Use a Lodestone Compass on an unbound Lodestone to attune it to the same coordinates.
Once a Bound Lodestone has been attuned, use a regular Compass on the Bound Lodestone to attune it to Lodestone that the Bound Lodestone is attuned to.
tl;dr it's a lodestone proxy
You can get it from your local Cartographer
!(https://github.com/ephys/mc-fundamental/raw/1. 16. 5/docs/screenshots/bound-lodestone-recipe.png)
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- ephys
- Version
- 3.0.0
- Downloads
- 391
- Endorsements
- 6
- Category
- forge
- Created
- 11/16/2021
- Updated
- 9/24/2025
- Game Versions
- 1.20.1
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Fundamental support?
The author lists 1.20.1. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Fundamental?
Version 3.0.0, published 2025-09-24 with 391 downloads recorded at the source.
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