Variant16x
The Variant16x mod significantly expands Minecraft's building capabilities by adding a huge number of new variants of existing blocks and several unique features that were missing from the original game.
Main Features
Version Support: Full compatibility with Minecraft 1.16.5 and 1.17.1
Key Features:
- Over 730 new block variants
- Deep configuration options
- Crimson and warped boats
- New music disc variants
- Additional flower types
- Compatibility with popular mods
- GlassLogic16x and DirtLogic16x technologies
Block Variant Types
Wood and Hyphae Variants
All types of wood and hyphae now have slab, stair, fence, gate, pressure plate, and button variants. Wood variants are flammable and can be used in furnaces. All variants except buttons can tune note blocks to the bass instrument.
Brick Variants
Bricks have gained pressure plates and buttons that function like their stone counterparts.
End Stone Variants
End stone now has slabs, stairs, walls, pressure plates, and buttons. All variants are immune to the Ender Dragon.
Honeycomb Variants
Honeycomb blocks have received a full set of building elements: slabs, stairs, walls, pressure plates, and buttons.
Purpur Variants
Purpur blocks have been supplemented with walls, pressure plates, and buttons.
Terracotta Variants
All types of terracotta now have a complete set of building elements. Dead bushes can be placed on slabs and stairs.
Wool Variants
Wool has received all possible block variants. All variants except pressure plates and buttons are flammable and can tune note blocks to the guitar instrument.
Glass Variants
Glass blocks have a full set of variants with GlassLogic16x technology support for proper transparent rendering.
Obsidian Variants
Regular and crying obsidian have received building variants. All variants are blast-resistant and immune to the Ender Dragon.
Special Features
Weighted Pressure Plates
Diamonds are used to create middle-weighted pressure plates, while netherite ingots create super-heavy ones. They function similarly to other weighted plates but with different sensitivity levels.
Infested Variants
Andesite, diorite, granite, mossy cobblestone, and tuff have received infested variants that generate in mountain biomes.
Flower Variants
Lilacs, peonies, rose bushes, and sunflowers now have single-flower variants that can be used in suspicious stew crafting.
Music Discs
New music discs have been added: "dog" and "eleven" by C418, which can be found in dungeons and woodland mansions.
Boats
Crimson and warped planks can be used to create boats that don't burn in fire.
Paintings
Four new painting types have been added for interior decoration.
Mod Compatibility
The mod supports integration with:
- Oh the Biomes You'll Go
- Biomes O' Plenty
- Buzzier Bees
- Quark (in development)
Technologies
GlassLogic16x
Advanced rendering system that ensures seamless display of transparent blocks and their combinations.
DirtLogic16x
Block placement system that extends the functionality of various surface types.
Installation
Download the .jar file and place it in the mods folder. Make sure you have the current version of Forge installed. The mod works on both client and server.
License
Variant16x is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license.
Reviews
Related Projects
- Variant16x: Biomes O' Plenty
- Variant16x: Oh the Biomes You'll Go
- Variant16x: Buzzier Bees
- Variant16x: Quark (in development)
