Primitive Tools
ModStart with flint and fiber to craft primitive tools and survive.
Why gradeE
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 7.4 years−26 points
- Newest file is for 1.12.2, older than the versions mods are made for now−9 points
- Many modpacks removed it−3 points
- Under 5 million downloads−1 point
All 11 criteria
Maintenance
27 points lost0 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.7.4 years ago (17 Jun 2019) 0 / 12Supports 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.Newest supported: 1.12.2. About 9 years behind popular modding versions. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. Abandoned: no release for 7.3 years; no file for a popular modding version.0 / 9Regular 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 / 6Stability
3 points lost12 / 15Removed 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.7 of the 35 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (20%) See the 7 modpacks7 / 10Quick 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 / 5Transparency
Full points7 / 7Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.GitHub · cleverpanda/PrimitiveTools 7 / 7Place 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 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.81,705 3 / 4Track record
8 points lost0 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.8.5 years, 5 releases 0 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in the latest file. See Security
21.6 of the 61 points that apply = 35 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Primitive Tools reshapes Minecraft’s early survival progression with a set of primitive materials, tools, and crafting mechanics intended to sit between realism and vanilla simplicity. Players begin by gathering flint from gravel or sand, fiber from plants such as tall grass and ferns, and ordinary sticks; flint must then be knapped on a hard surface before it can be used. The mod removes access to vanilla wooden and stone tool recipes, and tool durability depends on the quality of the parts used, with progression from stick-and-fiber bindings toward bone and leather bindings. Knives are central to the progression: they serve as fast weapons that deal critical damage to animals and as crafting tools for making string from wool, sticks from saplings, cordage from vines, and strips from leather, as well as breaking plants and other soft blocks. A wooden club offers protection through strong knockback despite its low damage and slow speed, while the spear is a stackable ranged hunting weapon that functions like a bow. The rock hammer currently works like a pick and uses igneous rock, while the hatchet, hoe, pick, and spade have familiar vanilla functions with stats between wooden and stone tools. Primitive tools cannot be enchanted, and using them on the wrong material incurs a substantial speed penalty; arrows also require a flint point rather than a piece of flint. When Leather Works is installed, the mod can use its leather-strip item, and knives can also scrape bark and clean hides.
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 1.12.2.
Adds 60 items and 83 recipes.
Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.
Replaces 1 of vanilla Minecraft's item textures.
Often used with it
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- Creator
- cleverpanda714
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 82K
- Created
- 22 Apr 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 1.12.2.
We checked its files and read their code, without running it.
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- 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.1 latest file. It is not for a recent Minecraft version, so the answer above is about it. 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.The internet, folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.
Privacy
We found nothing it sends
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.12.2.
We read its code without running it: it contacts no web address while you play.
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- 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 its one file, for Minecraft 1.12.2. See each file in Releases
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its description, files and images and found none.
We have not read its changelogs and code history yet.
No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
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- 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.
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- 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 found67 images 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 file38 code files read
Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
Find modpacks with it48 modpacks include Primitive Tools in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Better-Realistic14K downloadslast version with it 23 Oct 2020
DR STONE MODPACK11K downloadslast version with it 21 Apr 2020
Mods, ores, and magic8K downloadslast version with it 22 Mar 2020
Prehistoric DinoIsland6.8K downloadslast version with it 24 May 2022
Beyond the Hardcore5K downloadslast version with it 13 Jul 2020
Stranded Survival3.1K downloadslast version with it 15 Dec 2020
Tanehu's Realism2.8K downloadslast version with it 1 Aug 2020
Divine Equilibrium2.5K downloadslast version with it 14 Apr 2022
Ayjays Modpack2.3K downloadslast version with it 18 Feb 2020
Into the Wastes2.3K downloadslast version with it 6 Jul 2025Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with Primitive Tools. Share: how many of the modpacks with Primitive Tools also have that mod.
BetterFpsCModin 69% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
Tough As NailsBModin 58% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
Dynamic TreesBModin 56% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
Dynamic SurroundingsAModin 54% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
FoamFixCModin 52% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
Pams HarvestCraftDModin 50% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
ChiselCModin 46% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
Roguelike DungeonsAModin 44% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
Serene SeasonsAModin 44% of the modpacks with Primitive Tools
VanillaFixDModin 42% of the modpacks with Primitive ToolsLatest 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.