From the Ground Up (Unofficial Port)

About

From the Ground Up (Unofficial Port) is an unofficial port of Astavie's mod From the Ground Up, updated from Minecraft 1.12.2 (Forge).

The mod adds a research system to Minecraft: instead of just knowing every recipe from the start, you must study and unlock technologies through research before you can use them.

How It Works

• Research Book (default key: R) — browse the technology tree and track your progress.
• Magnifying Glass — inspect blocks in the world to gain knowledge. Some secrets must be "deciphered" with a hint.
• Idea Table — combine items to unlock ideas and start new research branches.
• Research Table — solve puzzles (match or connect types) on parchment to complete research.
• Technology tree — progress through interconnected technologies, from basic survival to end-game knowledge.

Display

Features

• Full technology tree with prerequisites and dependencies
• Match and connect puzzle mechanics
• Inspiration and recipe-based research
• Custom advancements and triggers
• Loot injection: research parchments can appear in village, desert temple, and stronghold library chests
• English and Chinese (简体中文) language support

JEI Integration

With JEI installed, the mod answers the question "why can't I craft this yet?" — search any gated item in JEI and the Research Guide tab (magnifying glass icon) shows you exactly what stands between you and it:

• The technology that unlocks it — "This item requires the [icon] Enchanting technology to unlock".
• The prerequisite chain — every technology you have to research first, from the root down to the one you need, with icons.
• How to research it — the Idea Table ingredients to combine (marked "any N of them" when only a subset is needed), and the Research Table puzzle to solve (a 3×3 match grid, or a connect puzzle showing its two ends).
• Anything else — technologies that also need a special condition say so, instead of leaving you guessing.
• Scrollable pages — long guides scroll with the mouse wheel or by dragging JEI's own scrollbar.

[JEI Research Guide screenshot]

How much the guide reveals is configurable in config/ftgumod-common.toml:

JEI is optional — the mod is fully playable without it, and this tab simply never appears.

Datapacks

Technologies are fully data-driven — no code required. Drop a JSON file at data/<namespace>/technologies/<category>/<name>.json in a datapack (world/datapacks/), then run /reload. Any mod's items and tags can be referenced by their own IDs, so research branches for other mods are just a few lines of JSON.

The screenshot below is a custom pack for MrCrayfish's Furniture Mod and Farmer's Delight:

The 36 built-in technologies in data/ftgumod/technologies/ use the same format and can be copied as a starting point.

Commands

/technology grant <player> <everything|only|through|from|until> [tech] 
/technology revoke <player> <everything|only|through|from|until> [tech] 
/technology test <player> <tech> 
/technology reload

See the in-game help for full syntax.

Notes

This is an alpha release, ported almost directly from the 1.12.2 code. Undiscovered bugs may remain — use with caution on long-term worlds. Feedback and bug reports are welcome.

License & Attribution

• This port: CC BY-NC 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0)
• Original mod: From the Ground Up by Astavie, licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0
• This is a modified adaptation of the original work; the original author is credited but does not endorse this port.