Client Mods are modifications to Alpha. They are not custom clients, and require modification of minecraft.jar. Like high resolution textures, they only work with the launchers, and won't work if you play Alpha through a browser.
The most common form of client mods are aesthetic and/or functional. However, some client mods add content to the game, and others fix issues with the game. While some do work on SMP, mods that add content, and thus could be used for griefing, do not work, as the server will ignore custom content.
This list only contains entries that cannot contribute to griefing or cheating in multiplayer.
Mod List
Fixes
| Name | Description | Version | Download | Forum Link | Latest Compatible Release | Requires ModLoader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crash Fix | Fixes the common black screen crash/socket exception freeze with render distance set to far. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Slime Fix | Fixes the issue with slimes not spawning properly. | 1.01 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| HD Texture Fix | Fixes the fire, water, lava, and compass issues with textures larger than the default size. | 1.1.7 | Windows Download Non-Windows Download |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Redstone Burnout Fix | Stops redstone torches from burning out. Meant to be used only when you're experiencing redstone torches burning out for no apparent reason. | 0.1 | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Equivalent Exchange | Makes bookshelves, glass, and ice drop blocks when broken, and makes double steps drop two blocks when broken. | 0.4 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
Aesthetic and Functional
| Name | Description | Version | Download | Forum Link | Latest Compatible Release | Requires ModLoader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOCART | Makes minecarts automatic so you don't have to use boosters, and gives control for stopping and starting. | 02 | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| More Stackables | Makes food and buckets stackable, but unusable when stacked. It also makes doors, signs, saddles, minecarts, and boats stackable. | 1.11 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| North Pointing Compass Mod | Makes the Compass point North, instead of to the spawn. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Dual Compass Mod | Adds a second pointer to the compass that points North. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Sound Mod Enabler | Allows you to use custom sounds. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Apple Trees | Gives trees a chance to drop apples and golden apples, alongside saplings. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Improved Chat Functionality | Adds text wrapping, pasting, copying, scrolling, logging, and a movable text pointer to SMP chat. | 3 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Gotta ride 'em all! | Lets you ride pigs, cows, chickens, sheep, creepers, skeletons, and spiders, without a saddle, and gives each one a unique ability. | 1.0 | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| More Worlds | Adds 5 more world slots to the singleplayer menu. | 1.01 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Tool Repair | Uses crafting grids to repair tools and armor. | 1.3 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:Yes |
| Rideable Pig + Saddle Crafting | Makes pigs controllable when ridden, and allows you to craft saddles. | 0.2 | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Flint Crafting | Allows you to craft flint with three gravel. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| UnderwaterTorches | Allows you to place torches underwater without them breaking. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| OnGlass | Allows you to place torches on glass. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| ModLoader | A mod that is able to load other mods without conflicts created by adding recipes, entities, etc. | 1.11 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | -- |
| Scroll the Sky | While holding left control, you can change the time with the mouse wheel, or K and L. Special version lets you speed up and slow down time. | N/A | Download |
Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Higher Clouds | Moves the height for clouds up a little bit higher then the maximum build height. The 'Lower' version sets clouds at just above the max map height. | 0.1 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Server Browser | Adds five favorites buttons to the multiplayer option, allowing you to favorite servers. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Sign Tags | Adds tags to signs - type [time] to show an in-game clock, [light] to show the light level where the sign is, and [x], [y], and/or [z] to show coordinates, based on the sign's position. [a|b]</span> acts as an input option, where 'a' is shown when the sign is powered, and 'b' is shown otherwise. [biome], [temp], and [humid] tell you the the biome, temperature, and humidity of where the sign was placed. | 1.3 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Stack That Mob! | Allows mobs to stack and ride each other. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Giant Head Cheat Code: The Mod | Makes all heads in the game bigger. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| OreVeins | Changes the distribution of ores from small, numerous, scattered clumps, to clumps that get progressively larger and less frequent the deeper you go. Also fixes clay, and removes holes in bedrock. Works best with a new world, as it changes the generation process. | 0.4b | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Death Chest | If you have a chest in your inventory upon death, it places it and places as many items from your inventory inside as it possibly can. | 1.02 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| BetterFood | Allows food to be stacked up to 16 in a stack, and usable in stacks of 4 or less. Also prevents you from eating food with full health, thus wasting it. | 1.1 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Stop Resizing UI | Stops the UI from scaling with the window. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Change the Alpha Text | Allows you to permanently enable the debug menu, permanently remove the debug menu, or remove the Alpha version number from the top left corner. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Switch Between Night and Day | Allows you to change the time of day using F7 and F8. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Bigger Explosions | Increases the explosion power of TNT a little. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Ore Sparing TNT | Makes TNT not break ore blocks. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:Yes |
| Mining TNT | TNT won't destroy the drops from blocks. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Subterranean Mod | Changes the generator to produce completely "underground" worlds. | 1.3 | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| AudioMod | Updates the sound system in Minecraft to allow support for three more file types and allows the ability to add custom music. | 1.01 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Infinite Sources | Changes the water and lava to act like creative lava and water. | 1.0 | See Forum for Download, multiple versions. | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Pressure Plate Tracks | Makes Pressure Plates act like straight/intersection tracks. | 1.2 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.1 01 | Template:No |
| WorldsPlus | Fixes the button duplication glitch in the world menu, as well as allowing users to customize how many columns and rows they have for worlds. | 2.0 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Parallel World Madness | Instead of the Nether making its own folder, it instead uses the same folder as the normal world. This allows the world to mix and mingle and create weird effects. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Transmutation | Adds 17 recipes that allow you to transmute materials. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:Yes |
| TreeDrops | Allows trees to drop a variety of things, from sticks, leaf blocks, to saplings and apples. | 0.1 | See forum for downloads, multiple versions. | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Customizable Crafting Recipes | Allows you to add your own recipes for making stuff. | 1.2.2 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| MCFS | Changes the save system to save worlds to single files, rather than thousands of files. | 0.4 | Download Mirror 1 Mirror 2 |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Pluckin' Crazy | Allows you to pluck chicken feathers with right click, when the last feather is plucked, the chicken dies, and has a chance to drop an egg. | N/A | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Minecraft World Namer | Adds a config in which you can name your worlds. | 0.1 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
New Content
| Name | Description | Version | Download | Forum Link | Latest Compatible Release | Requires ModLoader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Sensor | Adds a light sensing block as a new redstone input. | 1.11 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:Yes |
| Elemental Arrows | Adds fire, ice, and explosive arrows, and a gag weapon, egg arrows. | 1.42 | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:Yes |
| MrMMods | A patcher that adds any combination of three mods of your choice, SimpleMap, SMChat, and Ambient Occlusion light. | 1.0 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:No |
| Fried Eggs and Cheese | Adds fried eggs and cheese to the game. | N/A | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Bridge Block | Adds a bridge block that can be used for floodgates and bridges. When a bridge block is powered, it creates blocks across a gap, if another bridge block is on the other side. | 2.3 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:Yes |
| Elemental Arrows - 303's Arrows | Includes and extends Elemental Arrows. Adds a Dirt arrow, torch arrow, slime arrow, and mob arrow. | 1.5 | Download Modified ModLoader |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Modified |
| Cloth | Adds colored cloth backs into the game, and adds a dye system to change the colors of cloth. | 1 | Download | Forum | Template:1.1.2 01 | Template:No |
| Chainmail Mod | Allows you to craft iron ingots into four iron rings, which can then be used to make chainmail. | N/A | Download Mirror |
Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:Yes |
| Obsidian Tools | Adds obsidian tools that are faster and more durable than diamond tools, but requires you to smelt the obsidian first. | 2.0 | Download | Forum | Template:1.2.0 02 | Template:Yes |