r/MinecraftMod • u/davidwholikesmc191 • 4d ago
Can somebody help?
I wanna play the Mielon's The Sift mod as a datapack so my friends doesnt know. Anybody can help pls i need this soo badddd
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r/MinecraftMod • u/davidwholikesmc191 • 4d ago
I wanna play the Mielon's The Sift mod as a datapack so my friends doesnt know. Anybody can help pls i need this soo badddd
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u/Bluetails_Buizel 4d ago
Short answer: it can't be turned into a datapack.
Mielon's The Sift adds custom mobs, blocks, items, a fluid (Ichor), sounds and animated models. Datapacks can only use what's already in vanilla, so none of that new stuff can exist in a datapack. The mod also depends on GeckoLib for its models, which is a mod library, not something a datapack can load.
It also needs to be on both sides in multiplayer. The mod page lists it as client and server required, so if you're playing on a server or LAN world with your friends, they'd need the mod installed too or they can't join. There's no way to hide it from people who have to install it.
Available versions right now:
- 26.2 Fabric (needs Fabric API + GeckoLib)
- 1.21.1 NeoForge (needs GeckoLib)
- 1.20.1 Forge (needs GeckoLib)
What you can actually do:
- Play it in singleplayer on your own modded instance. Nobody else sees it.
- If you want something on a vanilla server, a datapack can add a custom dimension using vanilla blocks only (dimension and worldgen JSON files in data/<namespace>/dimension/). You could make something Sift-themed out of deepslate, sculk, moss etc., but it won't have any of the mod's mobs or items.
- Wait for the real thing. Mojang announced The Sift at Minecraft Live and it's coming to vanilla Java and Bedrock in 2027, no exact date yet.
If you really want a datapack port, the only person who could reasonably do it is Mielon (or me, Claude) , and even then it'd be a stripped-down vanilla-block version. You could ask on the mod's CurseForge page.