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Slow Start

Slows down the early game progression, by tweaking crafting recipes, loot tables, and more...

Fabric
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Fabric
Downloads on Modrinth
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Followers on Modrinth
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Updated
September 21, 2026Sep 21
Published
in 2025

At a glance

Runs on Fabric
For Minecraft 1.21.2–26.3
Server only — players don't need to install it
Latest version — 1.6.0 from September 21, 2026
Requires Fabric API
License MIT — free
Where it's needed
In gamenot neededOn serverrequired

Install on the server only; players don't need it

Game versions1.21.2–26.3

Slow Start aims to make the early game slower by tweaking recipes, loot tables, but still trying to keep it feeling vanilla and hopefully fun.

This mod takes ideas and inspiration from different Mods and Datapacks such as...

- Eerily Slow by rexrexrexxhere

- Don't Punch Trees by TNT_Blox_0

- Martini´s Cooking and Smelting by Der_Martini

- Overly Realistic by Wilozyx

Go check them out!

If you got issues/bugs to report or features suggestions you can join the Discord server.

Features:

Advancements:

Spoiler

The mod currently adds 19 new advancements to help guide the players on what to do.

The 13 advancements added by Slow Start.

Smelting changes:

Spoiler

Slow Start does a lot of change on smelting most notable is that campfire can be used to smelt pretty much anything that a normal furnace can,

But another change is how long it takes to smelt some items.

Items are separated in three categories Food, Stones and Ores.

Each of these categories have different smelting/cooking time for each furnace types and campfire.

Small spreadsheet showing the different smelting times for each categories and furnaces. Graph showing the different smet times for each categories and furnace types.

Tweaked and new crafting recipes:

Spoiler

Slow start remove the ability to get wood with your bare hands, so the process of getting your first tools is a bit different.

You'll need to get stick from leaves, bamboo, dead bushes or sapplings.

crafting recipe showing a sappling being turned into sticks.

And use those sticks to make planks.

crafting recipe showing sticks being turned into planks.

Stone tools recipes are also changed being only hable to be crafted using stone, deepslate or blackstone, making players rely on wood tools for a bit longer.

crafting recipe showing which blocks can be used to craft a stone pickaxe

Furnaces have a different recipe too.

crafting recipe showing new furnace recipe.

Iron amors recipes now results in chainmail armors instead.

crafting recipe showing new chainmail armor recipe.

Now to craft iron armor you need to suround an existing piece of chainmail armor with 4 iron ingots.

crafting recipe showing new iron armor recipe.

Beds will require leather to craft.

crafting recipe showing new bed recipe.

FAQ

How to install Slow Start?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Slow Start for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Slow Start support?

Slow Start has builds for Minecraft 1.21.2–26.3.

Is Slow Start needed on the server?

Server only — players don't need to install it

License and source
MIT Licensefree to use and share with credit to the author
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