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    Essential Features

    Mod

    Vanilla style items and blocks, from portable jukeboxes to coloured lamps.

    E37/ 100
    • OverviewE
    • SecurityPassed
    • PrivacyGoes online
    • AINone found
    • CompatibilityUp to 1.16.5
    • ModpacksIn 34
    • ReleasesLatest Mar 2021

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    essentialfeatures-3.3.0.jar

    Released 19 Mar 2021 · 5.1 MB

    Passed: our checks found nothing harmful in this file.

    Download
    OverviewSecurityPrivacyAICompatibilityModpacksReleases

    Why grade E

    How grades work

    Strengths

    • Security checks passed
    • Public source code

    Points lost

    • No release in 5.6 years−26 points
    • No file for a Minecraft version most modpacks use−9 points
    • Some modpacks removed it−2 points
    • Under 5 million downloads−1 point
    All 11 criteria

    • Maintenance

      27 points lost0 / 27
      Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.5.6 years ago (19 Mar 2021) 0 / 12
      Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.1.16.5 on Forge. About 5.7 years behind popular modding versions. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. Abandoned: no release for 5.6 years; no file for a popular modding version.0 / 9
      Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.No release in the last 24 months 0 / 6

    • Stability

      2 points lost13 / 15
      Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.4 of the 24 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (17%) See the 4 modpacks8 / 10
      Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.
      Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5

    • Transparency

      Full points7 / 7
      Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.GitHub · williambl/EssentialFeatures 7 / 7
      Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.Does not apply. CurseForge links are not in our data.

    • Popularity

      1 point lost3 / 4
      DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.41,758 3 / 4

    • Track record

      8 points lost0 / 8
      AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.8.7 years, 12 releases 0 / 8

    • Security

      Passed
      File checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in all 5 latest files. See Security
    Total37 / 100

    22.6 of the 61 points that apply = 37 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.

    Images

    • The various musical things
    • Blaze Blocks
    • Slate
    • The Block Breaker
    • Lamps
    • All additions

    About

    Essential Features is a vanilla-plus mod that adds a varied assortment of useful, decorative, musical, food, redstone, and combat content to Minecraft. Its music additions include the Scarlet and Lo-Fi records, more background music, and a portable jukebox that can play modded discs and can be found in dungeons, abandoned mineshafts, Nether fortresses, and temples. Redstone additions include a Viewed Block that emits a signal when watched, stained lamps and torches for coloured circuits, a Block Breaker that mines the block in front of it, and a Block Placer that places blocks ahead. A Redstone Rod attracts lightning and can be used to make lightning-striking swords and arrows; lightning can also smelt nearby dropped items when it hits a rod. Other additions include cereal and iron-fortified cereal, damaging and slowing spike blocks, surface-found slate that can be layered like snow, snow bricks, and Purpur and Nether Brick doors. The Blaze Block emits smoke, periodically bursts into flame, burns nearby entities, and can serve as furnace fuel.

    Written from CurseForge . How we write it

    In-game changes

    It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.12 to 1.16.5.

    Adds 58 blocks, 14 items, 83 recipes, 1 loot table and 4 sounds.

    Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.

    Keeps all of vanilla Minecraft's textures, models and sounds.

    Often used with it

    See all 30
    SwingThroughGrassCEnder Storage 1.8.+CFastFurnaceBMorpheusDTorchMasterA

    Details

    Creator
    will_bl
    License
    Not known
    Downloads
    42K
    Created
    16 Feb 2018
    Official page
    CurseForge
    Links
    Source code

    Security

    No harmful code found

    It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.12 to 1.16.5.

    We checked its files and read their code, without running it.

    What it can do on your computer

    Connects to the internet
    It has code that can go online, for example to check for updates, load skins or send crash reports. It contacts 1 web address. See Privacy
    Creates settings files
    The mod keeps its settings in the config folder of your game, where you can change or delete them. Only in its files for Forge 1.14.4 to 1.16.5.

    Why we show this: a mod runs on your computer like any program, so harmful code in it can take your accounts or files. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade, and a Warning in a latest file for a recent Minecraft version lowers it.

    How we checked · All 5 latest files checked, last on 16 Oct 2026
    • FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.
      5 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version, so the answer above is about all of them. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
    • Their codeWe turn the code of the files back into readable code and follow what it does, without running it. This shows what it downloads, what it sends and where your login goes.
      Read without running it
    • Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.
      Folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.

    Privacy

    We found nothing it sends about you

    It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.12 to 1.16.5.

    We read its code without running it: it contacts 1 web address while you play.

    Like any connection, each address it contacts sees your IP address.

    Why we show this: a mod can send things about you over the internet, like your player name or your login. Contacting an address to check for updates or download files sends nothing about you. Not in the grade: sending data can be normal for what a mod does.

    How we checked · All 5 files read
    • Files readWe read the code without running it. We list each web address the code contacts while you play, and what it sends. Code that is never used is left out.
      The code of all 5 files, for Minecraft 1.12 to 1.16.5. See each file in Releases
    • raw.githubusercontent.com
      Downloads a message shown in the game.Explained by AI (may be wrong)Explained by an AI from the code. May be wrong.

    AI

    No sign so far that AI was used to make it

    We looked for AI tools in its texts, files, images and sounds and found none.

    We have not read its code history yet.

    No sign of AI in the game

    We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.

    Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI, and AI in the game can send what you write to an online service. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.

    How we checked · 5 places read
    • Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.
      Not on Modrinth.
    • Code historyThe public code on GitHub: who made each change, credit lines such as "Co-authored-by", and its files.
      Not read yet
    • Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.
      Nothing found
      2 of 24 changelogs read
    • Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.
      Nothing found
    • Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.
      Nothing found
      114 images read
    • Sounds in its filesThe tags of the sound files in the files you download, where some AI music tools write their name.
      Nothing found
      3 sounds read
    • Code of the modThe code and files of the mod, read without running it: addresses of AI services, AI libraries, AI model files and a place for your own AI key.
      No AI service, AI library or AI model file
      72 code files read

    Compatibility

    See all 12 files
    Forge
    1.121.151.171.2026.1

    Point at or tap a version to see its loaders.

    RequiresProjects you must also install for it to work. From the author's lists for its files for recent Minecraft versions, or from its project page.Nothing
    OptionalProjects it can work with but does not need. The author lists them.Nothing
    IncludesProjects packed inside its files.Nothing
    Speed of updatesHow fast it gets a file for new Minecraft versions, on average, compared with similar projects. Not part of the grade.No file yet for any of the last 6 Minecraft versions.

    Modpacks using this project

    Find modpacks with it

    34 modpacks include Essential Features in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.

    ModpackDownloadsLast version with it
    Ferrous Block19K downloadslast version with it 16 Jul 2020Unique-Social Build Your City 215K downloadslast version with it 1 Nov 2020minespace skyblock4.9K downloadslast version with it 18 Oct 2019Cipher: Era of Magic2.4K downloadslast version with it 18 Sep 2020Ferrous Block Garden Of Glass Edition1.9K downloadslast version with it 10 Jun 2020AnarkheRevolution1.4K downloadslast version with it 28 Dec 2020Doomsday Madness945 downloadslast version with it 19 Nov 2025BFWE795 downloadslast version with it 2 Oct 2021Doctor Mysterio Games Advanced689 downloadslast version with it 23 Apr 2024Builders topia but not just building662 downloadslast version with it 26 Jan 2021
    1 to 10 of 30123

    Often in the same modpacks

    Mods that modpacks often add together with Essential Features. Share: how many of the modpacks with Essential Features also have that mod.

    ProjectTypeShareGrade
    SwingThroughGrassCModin 59% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesEnder Storage 1.8.+CModin 41% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesFastFurnaceBModin 41% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesMorpheusDModin 38% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesTorchMasterAModin 38% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesFastWorkbenchBModin 38% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesSerene SeasonsAModin 38% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesGraveStone ModAModin 38% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesAttributeFixAModin 38% of the modpacks with Essential FeaturesThe Endergetic ExpansionCModin 35% of the modpacks with Essential Features
    1 to 10 of 30123

    Latest files

    The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.

    MinecraftLoaderVersionSecuritySendsRequires
    Older Minecraft versions
    1.16.3 to 1.16.5·Forge3.3.03.3.0 · essentialfeatures-3.3.0.jarSends: Nothing about youRequires:NothingPassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.
    1.15.2·Forge3.1.13.1.1 · essentialfeatures-3.1.1.jarSends: Nothing about youRequires:NothingPassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.
    1.14.4·Forge3.0.13.0.1 · essentialfeatures-3.0.1.jarSends: Nothing about youRequires:NothingPassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.
    1.12.2·Forge2.2.12.2.1 · essentialfeatures-2.2.1.jarSends: Nothing about youRequires:NothingPassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.
    1.12 to 1.12.1·Not stated2.2.02.2.0 · essentialfeatures-2.2.0.jarSends: Nothing about youRequires:NothingPassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.

    12 releases

    MinecraftLoaderVersionReleasedSecurityGet it onDownload
    1.16.3 to 1.16.51.16.3 to 1.16.5The latest file for its Minecraft version and loader·Forge3.3.03.3.0 · essentialfeatures-3.3.0.jar·19 Mar 2021PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.1 MB
    1.16.4·Forge3.2.03.2.0 · essentialfeatures-3.2.0.jar·23 Dec 2020PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 6.8 MB
    1.15.2The latest file for its Minecraft version and loader·Forge3.1.13.1.1 · essentialfeatures-3.1.1.jar·15 Apr 2020PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.5 MB
    1.15.2·Forge3.1.03.1.0 · essentialfeatures-3.1.0.jarBeta·25 Jan 2020PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Beta · 5.5 MB
    1.14.4The latest file for its Minecraft version and loader·Forge3.0.13.0.1 · essentialfeatures-3.0.1.jar·13 Nov 2019PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.5 MB
    1.14.4·Forge3.0.03.0.0 · essentialfeatures-3.0.0.jar·3 Nov 2019PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.5 MB
    1.12.2The latest file for its Minecraft version and loader·Forge2.2.12.2.1 · essentialfeatures-2.2.1.jar·23 Aug 2019PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.7 MB
    1.12 to 1.12.21.12 to 1.12.2The latest file for its Minecraft version and loader·Loader not stated2.2.02.2.0 · essentialfeatures-2.2.0.jar·17 Mar 2019PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file. Its code was read too.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.7 MB
    1.12 to 1.12.21.12 to 1.12.2·Loader not stated2.1.12.1.1 · essentialfeatures-2.1.1.jar·26 Oct 2018PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.6 MB
    1.12 to 1.12.21.12 to 1.12.2·Loader not stated2.1.02.1.0 · essentialfeatures-2.1.0.jar·24 Aug 2018PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.6 MB
    1.12 to 1.12.21.12 to 1.12.2·Loader not stated2.0.12.0.1 · essentialfeatures-2.0.1.jar·25 Feb 2018PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.6 MB
    1.12 to 1.12.21.12 to 1.12.2·Loader not stated2.02.0 · essentialfeatures-2.0.jar·16 Feb 2018PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 5.6 MB