¶ Description
Nice Things is a collection of small additions and tweaks that make the game a bit more fun without changing how it feels. It adds new blocks like Conveyors, Fans and Display Cases, handy tools like the Wrench, new food, decorative structures, hundreds of new recipes and many small quality-of-life changes to vanilla blocks and mobs.
¶ Download
The data pack is currently published only on Modrinth. All required assets are included in the data pack and can also be used as a resource pack. An automatically converted mod version is also available. You can download it here: Nice Things on Modrinth
The resource pack is required for the textures of the new blocks and items. When using the mod version in singleplayer worlds, the data pack does not need to be loaded as a resource pack. However, when using the mod version on a server, you must either include the assets from the data pack in your server's resource pack or instruct players to install the mod locally.
¶ Features
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Vanilla Tweaks | Changes to vanilla blocks, mobs and items, such as climbable chains or Endermen that only pick up melons and pumpkins. |
| Recipes | All new crafting, smelting and stonecutter recipes, including Mini Blocks, redyeing and Suspicious Sand. |
| Villager Trades | New trades for Farmers, Clerics, Cartographers and Fletchers. |
| Decorations | New paintings, banner patterns and the unused vanilla paintings. |
¶ Blocks
| Block | Description |
|---|---|
 Conveyor |
Moves items and entities and processes some items in water. |
 Fan |
Blows items and entities away and weathers copper. |
 Chopper |
A conveyor that mines, strips and cuts blocks. |
 Container |
Stores up to 10,000 items of one type. |
 Display Case |
Shows off a rotating item, in 21 variants. |
¶ Items
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
 Wrench |
Rotates blocks in place. |
 Kaleidoscope |
A colorful Spyglass. |
 Emerald on a Stick |
Makes Villagers follow you. |
 Biome Brew |
Changes the biome around you. |
 Armadillo Chestplate |
Protects against Poison. |
 Invisible Item Frames |
Item Frames that disappear once placed. |
 Harnesses |
The Sculk and Simple Harness for Happy Ghasts. |
 Campfires |
Lit and unlit Campfires and Soul Campfires that keep their state. |
 Ambient Music Discs |
Two discs with forest and ocean ambience instead of music. |
 Music Disc (MELANCHOLIA) |
A music disc with MELANCHOLIA by Ryan Creep. |
¶ Food
| Food | Description |
|---|---|
 Apple Pie |
A pie baked with an Apple instead of a Pumpkin. |
 Chorus Pie |
A pie baked with a Chorus Fruit instead of a Pumpkin. |
 Sweet Berry Cookie |
A cookie baked with Sweet Berries instead of Cocoa Beans. |
 Cheese |
Made from milk and sugar. Removes all status effects, like drinking Milk. |
 Cake Slice |
A single slice of cake to take on the go. |
 Boiled Egg |
An egg boiled in a Furnace. Any type of egg can be boiled. |
 Golden Foods |
Golden Beetroot, Golden Potato, Golden Chorus Fruit and Golden Sweet Berries, as nourishing as a Golden Carrot. |
¶ Structures
| Structure | Description |
|---|---|
| Villager Outpost | A small outpost with Villagers for each of the 7 villager types. |
| End Ship (Flying) | Small ships in the End, each holding an Elytra. |
| End Ship (Crashed) | Small ships in the End, each holding an Elytra. |
| Decorations | Small decorative structures in Deserts, Jungles, Oceans, Snowy Biomes and Taigas. |
¶ Advancements
Nice Things adds the following advancements to the Explorer's Eden advancement tab:
| Advancement | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| A Nice Thing | Craft, use, or find something from Nice Things for the first time. | Task |
| Keep It Moving | Craft a Conveyor. | Task |
| Blowing Air | Craft a Fan. | Task |
| Chop Shop | Craft a Chopper. | Task |
| Storage Solutions | Craft a Container. | Task |
| On Display | Place an item in a Display Case. | Task |
| Wrench It | Craft and use the Wrench. | Goal |
| Through the Kaleidoscope | Craft and use the Kaleidoscope. | Goal |
| Copper Companion | Give a held item to a Copper Golem. | Task |
| Anvil Whisperer | Repair a damaged anvil. | Task |
| Duplicity | Duplicate a pottery sherd using a brick. | Task |
| Fashion Forward | Dye a Saddle and an Elytra. | Goal |
| Gourmet | Cook and eat Cheese, Apple Pie, Chorus Pie, Sweet Berry Cookie, Boiled Egg, and a Cake Slice. | Challenge |
| Set the Mood | Craft both Ambient Music Discs (Forest and Ocean). | Goal |
| Brewer's Tour | Use all 14 Biome Brews. | Challenge |
| Gallery Opening | Place all 10 custom paintings. | Challenge |
| Outpost Explorer | Find all 7 Villager Outposts. | Challenge |
¶ Technical Details
The custom blocks (Conveyor, Fan, Chopper and Container) are made of a Petrified Oak Slab with a display entity. Petrified Oak Slabs are therefore mineable with a pickaxe and no longer drop themselves. Display Cases use a Barrier block.
To save performance, the custom blocks only work while a player is within 64 blocks.