Everyday details: the small annoyances of Minecraft, fixed
A handful of small things the game never tells you, or makes you do the hard way. Each works the way vanilla would, if it had thought of it.
Part of Cassonade, a free vanilla+ mod for Minecraft 26.3 (Fabric)
How it works
Small annoyances, fixed one by one.
- Redstone: with redstone dust in hand, look at a wire to see its power, from 0 to 15; at any other block, whether it is powered. Note blocks show their note.
- Copper: with a honeycomb or an axe in hand, look at copper to see whether it is waxed.
- Chests and barrels: a renamed one shows its name when looked at. An item frame on a chest opens it; sneak to turn the item.
- Chiseled bookshelves: look at a slot to see the book's title, and its enchantments or author.
- Armor stands are placed with arms, as in Bedrock; shears take them off, two sticks put them back. Sneak and right-click with an empty hand to swap your armor with the stand's.
- Water cauldrons wash dyed wool, carpets, beds, terracotta and glass: the whole stack for one level of water.
- Anvil: renaming is free, and a name tag can be crafted from a paper, a string and an iron ingot.
- Furnaces show the experience they hold, in the “!” icon's tooltip.
Questions
How do I see a redstone wire's power?
Hold redstone dust and look at the wire: its power, from 0 to 15, shows under the crosshair.
Can I make a name tag?
Yes: one paper, one string and one iron ingot, anywhere in a crafting grid. Renaming at an anvil is free.
Does it work in multiplayer?
Yes, with Cassonade on the server for what the server knows: wire power, chest names and bookshelf titles. On a server without the mod, the game falls back to vanilla.
More in Cassonade
One mod, every feature: they all come in the same download.
- Backpack 54 more slots, crafted from leather, string and a bundle.
- Compass minimap Equip a compass to see where you are.
- World map and waypoints Every chunk you have explored, on one map.
- Clock Equip a clock to know when night falls, a barometer to know when rain will.
- An inventory that keeps up All the little gestures vanilla is missing.
- Right-click harvest Right-click a ripe crop: it is harvested and replanted.
- Elytra slot Fly without taking your chestplate off.
- Filtered hopper Item sorters without the redstone.
- Quest journal and advancements Always know what to do next.
- Combat awareness Equip a sculk compass to know who is after you.
- Spyglasses A clearer lens and a finer zoom, and a naturalist's spyglass that reads what it sees.
- Sculk torch See where monsters can spawn before they do.
- Woodcutter The stonecutter's twin for wood.
- A refined interface A cleaner, warmer look for every screen, still in Minecraft's style.