More Useful Things: The Chaotic Gadget Add-on for Minecraft
Most Minecraft add-ons try to blend in with vanilla progression. More Useful Things does the opposite. This is a gloriously chaotic collection of weapons, tools, blocks, and oddities that throws balance out the window in favor of pure experimentation. As the creator openly admits, it is not really built for serious survival runs, but for messing around, testing ideas, and having fun with friends. If that sounds like your kind of sandbox energy, keep reading.
What Does More Useful Things Add to Minecraft?
The centerpiece of the add-on is Mega ore, a new resource that fuels most of the crafting recipes. Smelt it into ingots and you can build a full set of Mega armor and tools. Better yet, Mega gear upgrades like Netherite: combine one piece of Netherite equipment with a Mega ingot at a smithing table and you get a stronger, fire-resistant version. That single mechanic ties the whole add-on together and gives you a reason to dig deep.
Weapons and Combat Toys
Combat is where More Useful Things for Minecraft really cuts loose. The weapon roster includes:
- Fire Sword, Lightning Sword, Dark Sword, and Light Sword
- Freeze Sword, Gravity Sword, and Teleportation Sword
- Burned Iron Sword and the Lightning Wand
- Grenades and a Grenade Launcher
- Saitama's Glove, a one-punch style weapon
Each sword behaves differently, so experimenting with them is half the fun. Lightning fragments, dropped when an entity is struck by lightning, are used to craft the Lightning Sword and Lightning Wand, which gives storms a whole new purpose.
Ender Pearls With Attitude
The add-on reimagines the humble Ender Pearl with four new variants. The Super Ender Pearl travels much farther than the vanilla version. The Follow Ender Pearl teleports you along with it until it lands. The No Gravity Ender Pearl flies in a straight line, and the No Damage Ender Pearl spares you the usual fall damage on impact. Together they turn traversal into a puzzle of its own.
Tools, Blocks, and Strange Inventions
Beyond combat, there is a mountain of utility content. The Hammer mines in a 3x3 area but slower than a pickaxe, while the Driller mines any block faster than standard tools yet cannot be enchanted. The Spawn Stone saves your coordinates on a sneak right-click and teleports you back later, and the Void Stone opens a GUI where you can store items and delete them permanently with a single button.
Other highlights include:
- Mines and Mine x2 and Mine x4 with escalating explosion sizes
- Block Caves that let you see through terrain
- Invisible breakable and unbreakable blocks crafted from bedrock
- XP Berry bushes that grant 5 XP per berry
- Backpacks, a Switcher gun, and a Teleportation Stick with only 10 uses
- A magic carpet for endless flight, flight boots, and a Jetpack
- A code-locked safe, an infinite apple, and stick blocks that break after placement
There is even a boss named Saitama who ignores players and attacks mobs instead. He takes forever to kill, and defeating him returns his glove, though finishing him off with that same glove means you lose it for good. It is exactly the kind of quirky design choice that defines this add-on.
Supported Versions and Loaders
More Useful Things is distributed as a mod for Java Edition, so you will need Forge or a comparable loader depending on the build you pick. Older releases target legacy versions such as 1.12.2, while newer builds support more recent Java releases. Always match the mod file to your installed Minecraft version and loader before launching, otherwise the game will crash on startup.
If you would rather skip the manual file juggling, the foxygame.net launcher handles the entire process in a single click, and its built-in catalog makes installing More Useful Things alongside version-matched dependencies remarkably painless.
How to Install More Useful Things
Getting started is straightforward. First, confirm your Minecraft version and install the matching loader. Next, download More Useful Things from a trusted source and drop the file into your mods folder, which you can reach through your game directory. Launch the game once with the loader profile selected, then check the mod list to confirm everything loaded correctly. If something fails, verify that your loader version and mod build are compatible, since mismatches are the most common cause of errors.
Once inside, craft a few Mega ingots, upgrade your gear at a smithing table, and start testing the swords and pearls. Just remember the safe rule: breaking a locked safe deletes its contents rather than dropping them, so write down that code.
Final Thoughts
More Useful Things is not trying to be a balanced expansion, and that is precisely its charm. It is a toy box packed with explosive mines, flying carpets, teleporting pearls, and a boss who would rather fight zombies than you. For players who enjoy breaking their world in creative and ridiculous ways, this add-on delivers hours of entertainment. Grab it, experiment, and see how many ways you can cause chaos.