Advanced tutorials
Wiki pages in this section are dedicated to the more advanced tutorials for users looking to expand their modding knowledge in new areas.
Minecraft entity model animations in Blockbench
Starting MCreator 2024.4, one can use vanilla keyframe animations to animate entities. Before MCreator 2024.4, we recommend the use of the Geckolib plugin for MCreator. Animating using Blockbench To…
How to use debugger
A debugger is a tool that allows mod developer to monitor the execution of the mod, stop it on breakpoints, check how many times something executed, see running threads, and more. MCreator provides a…
How to promote a Minecraft mod and its mod page
Have you made the best Minecraft mod ever, but are not sure how to spread the word about it and get as many users as possible? On this page, we explain a few free ways how one can promote the mod. By…
Mob spawning parameters
How does spawning in Minecraft work? Minecraft uses a weighted, conditional spawn system to spawn its mobs. For starters, Minecraft always keeps its world populated with mobs. Nobody has…
Integrating the Minecraft Forge Update Checker
Introduction Forge provides a very lightweight, opt-in, update-checking framework for your mods, which MCreator supports. Integration 1. Create a JSON file containing update information in the below…
Block dimensions and bounding box
General information The block dimensions and bounding box sets the hitbox for the block if its a custom model. It also can resize a regular block size from something that is cube to other dimensions…
Advanced video tutorials
Collection of MCreator video tutorials on YouTube: MCreator Tutorials Collection MCreator Tutorials (Getting Started) MCreator Tutorials (Intermediate) MCreator Tips and Tricks
How to make a Spigot plugin for Minecraft Server
This page describes how to make a Spigot plugin for Minecraft servers in MCreator. SpigotMC is a server plugin frameworks for Minecraft servers. Spigot plugin maker MCreator inherently only…
Item properties
About item properties Items properties (also known as item states) is a feature for the item element that allows players to update the texture and model based on a condition. There are two sections…
How to set up a Minecraft server
What is a Minecraft server? Minecraft servers allow players to host a public online session for others to join via an IP address or a server name such as coolserver.com Paying for a server…
How to Make Custom Models
Things you will need You will need a free program called Blockbench for this tutorial. Blockbench workspace Select the workspace from the new tab option under the "Minecraft" category you will…
How to change Vanilla textures and models
Do you think that some vanilla textures are ugly and do you want to change them? Well, this tutorial is exactly for you. Background explanation The src folder in the workspace is the place where…
Blockbench Block/Item Display Settings
This is a guide to the default settings that Minecraft uses and the settings you need for them in Blockbench. Block Display Settings Defualt model path: \assets\minecraft\models\block\block…
How to make a Fabric based mod for Minecraft
This page describes how to make a Minecraft Fabric mod in MCreator. Fabric is a modding framework for Minecraft. It is described as a lightweight and modular open-source modding toolchain.…
Entity Model Sizes
How to obtain sizes To find the size of the entity you will need to extract the textures from the Minecraft jar file then navigate to the textures/entity folder. When you open that folder…
Replacing Minecraft vanilla and modded structures
Did you want to change a vanilla structure that you didn't like or create an add-on for another mod where you changed features? Well this wiki page will help you to succeed in your intent Before…