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FramedBlocks Mod for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1

Fancy building blocks

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Updated 23.10.2026

About the FramedBlocks mod

FramedBlocks adds blocks of various shapes that can be made to look like almost any other block in the game.

Contents

The following shapes as seen on the picture above from left to right, front to back are currently implemented:

  • Framed Cube
  • Framed Slope (can also be placed vertically)
  • Framed Corner Slope (can also be placed vertically)
  • Framed Inner Corner Slope (can also be placed vertically)
  • Framed Prism Corner
  • Framed Inner Prism Corner
  • Framed Threeway Corner
  • Framed Inner Threeway Corner
  • Framed Slab
  • Framed Slab Edge
  • Framed Slab Corner
  • Framed Panel
  • Framed Corner Pillar
  • Framed Stairs
  • Framed Wall
  • Framed Fence
  • Framed Fence Gate
  • Framed Door
  • Framed Iron Door
  • Framed Trapdoor
  • Framed Iron Trapdoor
  • Framed Pressure Plate
  • Framed Stone Pressure Plate
  • Framed Obsidian Pressure Plate
  • Framed Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy)
  • Framed Weighted Pressure Plate (Light)
  • Framed Ladder
  • Framed Button
  • Framed Stone Button
  • Framed Lever
  • Framed Sign
  • Framed Double Slab
  • Framed Double Panel
  • Framed Double Slope (can also be placed vertically)
  • Framed Torch
  • Framed Soul Torch
  • Framed Redstone Torch
  • Framed Floor Board
  • Framed Lattice
  • Framed Vertical Stairs (interacts with Stairs, Framed Stairs and Framed Half Stairs to create a corner)
  • Framed Double Corner (can also be placed vcertically)
  • Framed Double Prism Corner
  • Framed Double Threeway Corner
  • Framed Chest
  • Framed Bars
  • Framed Pane
  • Framed Rail Slope
  • Framed Flower Pot
  • Framed Pillar (can be placed on all three axis)
  • Framed Half Pillar (can be placed in all six directions)

Usage

Right click the block with almost any solid block to make it look alike. Right click the block with a fluid container to make it look like the fluid in the container (1.19+). Right click the block with Glowstone Dust to make it produce light. Right click the block with a Framed Hammer to remove the camo. Right click the block with an empty fluid container to remove a fluid camo (1.19+).

Framed Prism, Inner Prism and Double Prism Corners automatically activate a texture offset depending on their position when placed. This fixes the issue of prism corners not fitting together properly when building a larger surface out of these blocks. If this behaviour is not desired, you can toggle the offset state by left clicking the block with the Framed Hammer.

The Framed Wrench (and any other item in the c:tools/wrench tag) can be used to rotate the Framed Block. On most blocks, the rotation behaviour is dependent on the face that was clicked.

The Framed Screwdriver can be used to cycle through different states of the camo block.

The Framed Blueprint allows copying Framed Blocks including their camo and glowing state. The rotation of the Framed Block itself is not copied.

The Framed Collapsible Block can be modified to create arbitrary slopes by changing the height of the four corners of a single block face with the Framed Hammer. Left click the corner on the face you want to change to move the face inward and left click the corner while sneaking to move the face outward. This modification can only happen on a single face at once and only within the bounds of a full block.

When activated in the server config, most blocks can be right-clicked with a Phantom Paste to make them intangible, allowing you to move through them. To remove this, right click the block with a Framed Screwdriver while crouching.

The latch of the Framed Chest can be switched between three modes by left clicking the chest with a Framed Hammer:

  • Default chest latch (default state)
  • Camo-textured latch
  • No latch

The Framed Key allows locking certain Framed Blocks in their current shape to suppress neighbor updates. This allows placing blocks in configurations that would not be possible with the desired neighbors (i.e. placing Framed Stairs in the corner shape without keeping the necessary neighbors to force that shape).

The Framed Pressure Plates (all variants) can be switched between waterloggable and non-waterloggable by left-clicking them with a Framed Hammer. Their default state is non-waterloggable to match vanilla behaviour.

Make sure to enable the experimentalForgeLightPipelineEnabled setting in the forge-client.toml config file to get proper lighting on all shapes.

Configuration

FramedBlocks offers a few configuration options to tweak certain behaviour

Client:

  • showGhostBlocks: Shows a half transparent placement aid when a Framed Block is held (default: true)
  • fancyHitboxes: Draw custom hitboxes on blocks like the slope instead of their actual stair step collision box (default: true)
  • detailedCulling: Hides faces between Framed Blocks if applicable even if the face doesn't fill the whole block face (default: true)

Server:

  • allowBlockEntities: Whether blocks with BlockEntities can be placed in Framed Blocks (default: false)
  • Note: placing BlockEntities in Framed Blocks may in rare cases lead to crashes. To fix a crashing block, either disable this config setting or add the offending block to the blacklist tag, the camo(s) conflicting with either change will then be removed when the block is loaded
  • enableIntangibleFeature: Enables the intangibility feature. Disabling this also prevents moving through blocks that are already marked as intangible (default: false)
  • fireproofBlocks: Makes Framed Blocks completely fireproof by disabling dynamic flammability (default: false)

Datapack Features

If a block cannot be placed in a Framed Block and you think that it should be, you can add the block to the framedblocks:frameable tag via a datapack. An example can be found here. If a block can be placed in a Framed Block and you think that it shouldn't be, you can add the block to the framedblocks:blacklisted tag via a datapack. An example can be found here.

Known Issues

  • Effects provided by shaders loaded through Iris such as reflectivity are not present when such a block is applied as a camo
  • A Framed Block whose base model uses textures that use CTM features via a resource pack will not render camos (i.e. making the redstone block texture fullbright will break the Framed Redstone Block)

How to install FramedBlocks

With Millida Launcher

  1. Install Millida Launcher

    The launcher is free: download it at millida.net/launcher and sign in with any nickname.

  2. Click “Install” on this page

    The launcher opens and installs the mod for Minecraft 1.16.5–26.1.2 on Forge or NeoForge automatically.

  3. Launch the game

    A profile with it appears in the launcher: click “Play”.

Manually

  1. Install Forge or NeoForge

    The loader must match the game version of the mod file, for example Minecraft 26.1.2. After installing it, a separate profile appears in your launcher.

  2. Download the file for your version

    In the version list above, pick the file FramedBlocks-11.3.0.jar (4.9 MB) for your game version and loader.

  3. Put it in the mods folder

    The folder is inside .minecraft (Windows: %appdata%\.minecraft\mods). If it does not exist, create it.

  4. Launch the loader profile

    Open “Mods” in the main menu: FramedBlocks should be in the list.

Versions

With dependencies

MinecraftLoaderFileDateActions
1.21.1NeoForgeFramedBlocks-10.6.2.jar4.1 MB 64
26.1.2NeoForgeFramedBlocks-11.3.0.jar4.9 MB 10
1.20.1Forge, NeoForgeFramedBlocks-9.4.3.jar4.1 MB 75
1.20.1NeoForge, ForgeFramedBlocks-9.0.3.jar2.8 MB
1.16.5—FramedBlocks-2.8.0.jar415 KB 12
1.16.5—FramedBlocks-2.5.jar356 KB

FAQ

Which Minecraft versions does FramedBlocks work on?

There are files for 26.1.2, 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.16.5. The newest is 26.1.2.

Is FramedBlocks for Forge or Fabric?

There are files for Forge: 1.20.1 and for NeoForge: 1.20.1–26.1.2. There are no files for Fabric: a mod for another loader will not start.

Does FramedBlocks need other mods?

The author lists no required dependencies: the Forge or NeoForge loader is enough.

Where can I download FramedBlocks safely?

On this page: the file FramedBlocks-11.3.0.jar (4.9 MB) is stored on Millida’s server, with no link shorteners. SHA-1 checksum: af79b224204508f8a2e96724d5a53f1dcbded532.

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