First Steps

First Steps is a progression overhaul mod that heavily alters the vanilla experience.

This mod draws some heavy inspiration from games such as Vintage Story. However this mod will never be a 1:1 recreation, it is not intended to act as an strict alternative, but to solve problems that I see in Minecraft's progression in a way that makes sense to Minecraft with my own twist.

We have a discord server as a space for reporting issues or providing feedback, I hope to see you there. :)

This mod aims to replace the entire Minecraft progression over time, however currently this mod is not feature complete. There is no way to mine stone without first finding materials or tools in chests. Many systems are incomplete and will change as development continues.

Features (so far):

Knapping

• Find rocks around the world and knap them into tool heads, gather sticks from leaves and bushes. Combine them into primitive stone tools.
• Knife tool used for gathering grass and as a fast early game combat option.

Pottery

• Gather clay and shape it into bricks, pots, jars, and pottery wheels.
• Create a potter’s wheel and use it to shape larger pottery.
• Unfired pottery will dry over time when placed near a fire.
• Before firing, find pottery sherds through archaeology and embed them into the sides.
• Create a decorated jar for item storage, useful when planks for chests are unavailable.

Fire

• Firestarter with limited durability for early game ignition. Made from sticks and dry grass, doesn't always start a fire, may need multiple attempts.

• Create unlit torches and light them using a fire source.

  • Add copper nuggets or redstone to create variants.
  • Use soul fire to create soul torches.

Planned updates include metallurgy, woodworking, and an armour rework. I am currently working on the metallurgy update.

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions, please submit them to this project's github or the feedback channel in the Discord server.