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Mekanism

High-tech machinery, powerful energy generation, fancy gadgets and more. Now on Modrinth!

ModsFree1.12 – 1.21
by pupnewfster · listed from Modrinth
Download › Install with the launcher

Opens Modrinth · 3,933,380 downloads there

What it does

High-tech machinery, powerful energy generation, fancy gadgets and more. Now on Modrinth!

Mekanism is a resource made by pupnewfster. It supports Minecraft 1.12 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 3,933,380 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Apr 10, 2026.

Supported versions

1.211.201.191.181.161.12

Release history

Mekanism has had 91 releases on Modrinth since May 27, 2022. 2 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 10.7.19.85, released on Apr 10, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.21.1. It runs on NeoForge. The download is 11.4 MB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
10.7.19.85Apr 10, 20261.21.1Release
10.7.18.84Feb 14, 20261.21.1Release
10.7.17.83Oct 21, 20251.21.1Release
10.7.16.82Sep 21, 20251.21.1Release
10.7.15.81Aug 17, 20251.21.1Release

Latest release on GitHub

Mekanism is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is v1.21.1-10.7.19.85, published on Apr 10, 2026.

21ab270 - Remove incorrect increase of configured radiation range (#8551)

b8cb861 - New Crowdin updates (#8484)

577826c - Add green rear port to Isotopic Centrifuge (#8516)

96e48d9 - New Crowdin updates (#8553)

  • New translations en_us.json (Chinese Simplified)

[ci skip]

a00109e - bump version to 10.7.19

Before that: v1.21.1-10.7.18.84 (Feb 14, 2026), v1.21.1-10.7.17.83 (Oct 21, 2025).

Description from the author on Modrinth

Mekanism isn’t simply another add-on. Mekanism is an experience that will forever change the way you play Minecraft.

Here at Mekanism, Inc., we bring you a suite of low, mid, and high tier machinery to elevate your archaic home and inefficient resource processing to the 21st century. With our collection of high-tech tools, high-end energy generators, advanced transmission systems and intricate processing mechanisms, you’ll find yourself relieved of the tedious tasks of ‘mining’ and ‘crafting’ and quickly progressing to new levels of technological enlightenment.

You may not realize it, but every time you smelt an ore directly into its respective ingot, you’re wasting the majority of what you’ve mined. Mekanism’s team of experienced chemical and mechanical engineers have developed advanced ore processing machinery to extract resources from ores with utmost efficiency. With our purification, dissolution, chemical injection, and crystallization technologies, you can now double, triple, quadruple, even quintuple your ingot production per ore, given enough infrastructure and energy.

Our engineering team understands and embraces gradual technological progression. For whatever stage of gameplay you’ve reached, we offer a tier of machinery to suit your needs. Every Mekanism machine can be upgraded to a factory, allowing you to process, 3 (basic), 5 (advanced), 7 (elite), or even 9 (ultimate) different items at once -- in a single machine! No more are the rows, even walls of slow and ugly furnaces that once plagued your home. Condense your machinery infrastructure with Mekanism today.

Just a few of the many reasons Mekanism will be the highlight of your Minecraft experience:

  • Hydrogen-powered Jetpacks, with multiple togglable flight modes
  • A small, cute, and loyal robotic friend (Robit!) to follow you around
  • A Digital Miner with state-of-the-art filtering technologies to automate your mining needs
  • A Fusion Reactor which uses advanced internal confinement technology to harness the power of the sun to run advanced machinery (requires Mekanism Generators)
  • Various transmitters for transferring items, fluids, gases, energy, and even heat!
  • An effective machinery configuration system, which allows for the creation of advanced item transport networks capable of sorting and filtering (using our patented Logistical Transporters!)

Links to other Mekanism modules:

We HIGHLY RECOMMEND playing Mekanism with CyanideX's Unity: Dark Edition resource pack.

Written by pupnewfster. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Mekanism

  1. This mod is needed on both the server and every player who joins.

  2. Install Forge and NeoForge for Minecraft 1.12 – 1.21.

  3. Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the mods folder of your .minecraft directory.

  4. Start Minecraft with the Forge profile.

  5. With the CraftRank Launcher you can skip these steps: open Mods, search for Mekanism and click Install.

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.16, 1.12
Runs on
Forge, NeoForge
Where it runs
Client and server
Edition
Java
Needs
Recipe Stages, WTHIT, Just Enough Items (JEI), EMI, Oh The Biomes We've Gone, CraftTweaker
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 10, 2026)

Mekanism compared with similar ones Compare all alternatives

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Mekanismthe one you looked at3.9M1.12 – 1.21Apr 10, 2026Free
Create Crafts & Additionsmrh011.4M1.18 – 1.21Oct 1, 2026Free
Mekanism Generatorspupnewfster2.7M1.12 – 1.21Apr 10, 2026Free
AE2 Pattern DiskXingLuo421.212 days agoFree

Questions

Does Mekanism work on Minecraft 26.x?

Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.

Is Mekanism free?

Yes. Mekanism is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Mekanism client-side or server-side?

Both. The server and every player need Mekanism installed.

Does Mekanism need anything else?

Yes: Recipe Stages, WTHIT, Just Enough Items (JEI), EMI, Oh The Biomes We've Gone. Install it before Mekanism.

Is Mekanism still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to Mekanism?

The closest ones are Create Crafts & Additions, Mekanism Generators and AE2 Pattern Disk. Compare all alternatives

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