Twigs

Overview

Twigs is a building and decoration mod that adds over 250 new blocks to Minecraft, filling in the gaps that vanilla leaves behind. You get new stone types that generate naturally in the world, expanded variant sets for existing blocks like Tuff, Calcite, and Basalt, plus unique decorative items like Paper Lanterns, wooden Tables, and throwable Pebbles. The mod also introduces a complete Stripped Bamboo wood type with all the standard woodworking blocks.

Everything in Twigs is designed to feel like a natural extension of vanilla Minecraft. The textures match the base game's style, and all new blocks follow standard crafting patterns you already know. You can browse all 281 recipes and 57 items using the Recipes and Items tabs on this page.

Ground Items: Twigs, Pebbles & Sea Shells

Twigs adds three small decorative items that generate naturally on the ground surface. These are thin, flat blocks that sit on top of solid surfaces and break instantly when punched. Beyond decoration, each has a practical crafting use.

Twigs spawn in forest biomes, taigas, and swamps. They convert into 2 Sticks each, making forests an even better source of early-game crafting materials. Pebbles spawn across a wide range of biomes including rivers, savannas, taigas, beaches, plains, meadows, mushroom fields, windswept biomes, stony shores, and swamps. Four Pebbles craft into one Cobblestone, and they can also be combined with Dirt to make Rocky Dirt (2 Dirt + 2 Pebbles = 2 Rocky Dirt).

Sea Shells are the rarest of the three, spawning only on beaches and stony shores. They provide 2 Bone Meal each when crafted, offering an alternative to farming Skeletons for crop fertilizer.

New Stone Types

Twigs introduces three entirely new stone types that generate naturally in the world. Each follows the standard stone processing chain: raw stone can be polished (2x2 crafting), polished stone can be turned into bricks (another 2x2 craft), and all variants support stairs, slabs, and walls. Bricks can be smelted in a Furnace to create cracked variants. You can also craft each stone type manually if you can't find it naturally.

Rhyolite

Rhyolite is a pillar-style block that generates in the Overworld as ore veins of up to 45 blocks. It spawns across nearly all Overworld biomes (the exclusion list is currently empty, so it appears everywhere). Rhyolite can be placed directionally like Basalt. If you can't find it underground, you can craft it from 2 Red Sand and 2 Quartz.

Schist

Schist generates in mountain biomes with two placement layers: an upper layer between Y=64 and Y=128, and a lower layer between Y=0 and Y=60. Veins can be up to 64 blocks large. The crafting recipe uses 2 Clay Balls and 2 Quartz. Schist has a clean white-grey appearance that works well for classical and modern builds.

Bloodstone

Bloodstone is exclusive to the Nether, generating in veins of up to 64 blocks across all Nether biomes starting at Y=5 and above. Its deep red and blue coloring makes it stand out from Netherrack and Blackstone. The crafting recipe combines 2 Iron Nuggets and 2 Quartz. Polished Bloodstone has a particularly striking texture that pairs well with Nether-themed builds.

Expanded Vanilla Block Variants

A major part of Twigs is filling in missing variant sets for vanilla blocks. Several blocks that previously lacked stairs, slabs, walls, or polished/brick forms now have complete sets.

Tuff

Tuff now has stairs, slabs, and walls for the raw block, plus Polished Tuff and Polished Tuff Bricks with their own stairs, slabs, and walls. Cracked Polished Tuff Bricks are obtained by smelting Polished Tuff Bricks. This gives Tuff the same full treatment that Deepslate and other premium stones receive.

Calcite

Calcite receives the same full variant treatment: stairs, slabs, and walls for raw Calcite, plus Polished Calcite and Polished Calcite Bricks with complete sub-variants. Cracked Polished Calcite Bricks are available through smelting. The bright white color of Calcite makes these variants perfect for clean, modern architectural styles.

Basalt

Both Polished Basalt and Smooth Basalt get brick variants. Polished Basalt Bricks are a pillar-style block (directional placement), while Smooth Basalt Bricks come with stairs, slabs, and walls. These expand your Nether building palette significantly.

Cobblestone & Bricks

Cobblestone can now be crafted into Cobblestone Bricks (4 Cobblestone in a 2x2 pattern), with stairs, slabs, and walls. There are also Cracked and Mossy variants, following the same patterns as Stone Bricks. Standard Bricks gain Chiseled, Cracked, and Mossy forms. Mossy Bricks and Mossy Cobblestone Bricks are crafted by combining the base brick with a Vine, just like Mossy Stone Bricks.

Amethyst Blocks

Twigs gives Amethyst Blocks a full building set. Polished Amethyst, Polished Amethyst Bricks, and Chiseled Polished Amethyst are all available, along with stairs, slabs, and walls for the brick variants. Cracked Polished Amethyst Bricks can be obtained by smelting. These blocks retain the chiming sound effect that makes Amethyst distinctive, so your builds will have an ambient sparkle to them.

Polished Blackstone Variants

Two new Polished Blackstone Brick variants bring Nether vegetation into your building materials. Twisting Polished Blackstone Bricks are crafted by combining Polished Blackstone Bricks with Twisting Vines, giving the bricks a teal-green vine texture. Weeping Polished Blackstone Bricks use Weeping Vines instead, adding a deep crimson vine pattern. Both variants come with full stair, slab, and wall sets.

Copper Pillars

Copper Pillars are directional pillar blocks crafted from 2 Cut Copper Slabs stacked vertically. They follow the full Copper oxidation cycle: Copper Pillar, Exposed Copper Pillar, Weathered Copper Pillar, and Oxidized Copper Pillar. Like other Copper blocks, they can be waxed with Honeycomb to prevent further oxidation, and scraped with an Axe to reverse it.

The pillar texture features alternating wide and narrow bands, creating a classical column look. They pair naturally with Cut Copper blocks for detailed architectural facades. All four oxidation stages plus all four waxed variants are available, giving you complete control over the exact patina you want.

Paper Lanterns

Paper Lanterns are a new light source crafted from 8 Paper surrounding a Torch. They emit a light level of 10 (slightly less than a regular Torch's 14) and can be placed on the floor or hung from a ceiling. They become waterlogged but stop emitting light when submerged.

Five variants are available: the plain Paper Lantern plus four flower-themed versions. Combine a Paper Lantern with an Allium, Blue Orchid, Crimson Roots, or Dandelion to add a colored pattern. Each variant displays the corresponding flower design on the lantern's surface. These make excellent decorative lighting for builds with an East Asian or garden aesthetic.

Lamps & Shroomlamps

Lamps are iron-framed light sources that can be toggled on and off by right-clicking. When lit, they produce a light level of 15 (the maximum). They require a pickaxe to harvest and have a hardness of 4.5, making them fairly durable. The recipe uses Iron Ingots, Iron Nuggets, Coal, and a Torch. A Soul Lamp variant uses a Soul Torch instead, producing the same light level with a blue-tinted appearance.

Crimson and Warped Shroomlamps are Nether-themed light blocks crafted from their respective Planks and Shroomlight. They always emit light level 15 and cannot be toggled. Each recipe produces 3 Shroomlamps, making them an efficient bulk lighting option for Nether builds.

Tables

Tables are furniture blocks available in all 10 wood types: Oak, Spruce, Birch, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak, Mangrove, Crimson, Warped, and Stripped Bamboo. They break instantly (no tool required) and have directional facing. The collision shape includes four legs, so items placed on top will sit naturally on the surface.

All tables use the same crafting pattern: 3 Slabs of the matching wood across the top row, and 4 Planks filling the bottom two rows with the center-bottom slot empty. Tables are waterloggable, making them suitable for underwater builds or decorative fountains.

Bamboo Content

Twigs adds a comprehensive Stripped Bamboo wood type with a complete set of building blocks. Bundled Bamboo is crafted from 9 Bamboo and functions as a log-style pillar block. It can be stripped at a Stonecutter to produce Stripped Bamboo, which then converts into Stripped Bamboo Planks (1 Stripped Bamboo = 4 Planks). From there, you get the full wood set: Slabs, Stairs, Fences, Fence Gates, Doors, Trapdoors, Buttons, Pressure Plates, Signs, and a Table.

Bamboo Leaves drop from the top of Bamboo plants and can be layered 1 to 4 blocks high, similar to Snow. Walking through Bamboo Leaves with more than 2 layers will slow your movement. Four Bamboo Leaves craft into 2 Bamboo Thatch, a roof-style block that comes with Stairs and Slabs. Stripped Bamboo Mats are flat carpet-like blocks crafted from 3 Stripped Bamboo.

Special Blocks

Azalea Flowers

Azalea Flowers are a lichen-style block that can spread across surfaces. Combine 3 Azalea Flowers with Azalea Leaves to craft Flowering Azalea Leaves, or with an Azalea bush to craft a Flowering Azalea. They can also be placed in a Flower Pot.

Petrified Lichen

Petrified Lichen is a luminescent lichen block that emits a light level of 7. It generates naturally near Deepslate (this can be toggled off in the config file). It requires a tool to harvest despite breaking instantly, so bring a pickaxe. It functions similarly to Glow Lichen but with a stone-like texture.

Ender Mesh

Ender Mesh is a decorative block crafted from 4 Obsidian and 1 Ender Pearl, yielding 16 blocks per craft. It emits a light level of 4, has a purple mesh texture, and requires a pickaxe to harvest. With blast resistance of 3.0 and only 0.5 hardness, it's easy to mine but moderately blast-resistant.

Rocky Dirt

Rocky Dirt is a textured dirt variant crafted from 2 Dirt and 2 Pebbles. Unlike regular Dirt, it requires a tool to break (hardness 2.5), making it useful as a sturdier terrain block for paths and rustic builds.

Configuration

Twigs has a minimal configuration file focused on world generation. The config file is located at your game directory under the twigs folder. The only toggle available is for Petrified Lichen generation at Deepslate level, which defaults to enabled. Set it to false if you prefer a cleaner underground without the extra lichen growth.