🏠 Berk Furniture Mod
Viking‑style furniture • HTTYD inspired • Strove pit • future weapons & armour • Forge 1.18.2 & 1.20.1
📖 Mod Overview & Core Features
🪑 Viking furniture
- Authentic designs – furniture inspired by How to Train Your Dragon and Viking aesthetics.
- Wide variety – tables, chairs, stools, benches, shelves, and decorative items.
- HTTYD flavour – includes themed pieces like dragon‑carved beds and rune‑inscribed chests.
- More coming – future updates will add even more furniture and building blocks.
🔥 Strove pit
- Interactive fire pit – light it with flint and steel (right‑click).
- Atmospheric light – provides warm lighting for your Viking hall.
- Perfect for roleplay – central gathering spot for your village.
- No fuel required – stays lit once ignited.
⚔️ Future plans
- Weapons & armour – Viking‑themed gear (axes, shields, helmets).
- More furniture – additional pieces like wardrobes, tapestries, and thrones.
- Building blocks – new wood types and decorative blocks.
- Active development – check back regularly for updates.
🎮 Compatibility
- Forge only – designed for the Forge mod loader.
- MCPE 1.20.1 & 1.18.2 – supports both popular versions.
- Client & server – works in singleplayer and on dedicated servers.
- Lightweight – minimal performance impact.
🛠️ Technical Summary
🧠 Architecture & data
- Custom block entities – furniture pieces use specialised block entities for rendering and interaction.
- Strove pit logic – state management (lit/unlit) with client‑side particle effects.
- Lightweight models – optimised geometry for performance.
- Data‑driven recipes – all crafting recipes are defined via JSON.
📦 Loader & dependencies
- Forge – requires Forge 36.2+ (1.18.2) or 47.0+ (1.20.1).
- No external dependencies – works standalone; no API required.
- Cross‑version support – separate JARs for each MCPE version.
- Built with MinecraftForge MDK – standard Forge development.
⚙️ Core mechanics
- Strove pit ignition – right‑click with flint and steel triggers state change and particle burst.
- Furniture placement – most pieces support rotation (facing direction).
- Collision shapes – custom bounding boxes for realistic interaction.
- Sound effects – ambient crackling for lit Strove pit.
🔧 Advanced features
- Modular design – easy to add new furniture via JSON.
- Texture pack support – uses standard MCPE resource pack system.
- Multiplayer synced – state changes are broadcast to all players.
- Future‑proof – planned expansion for weapons and armour.
/* Technical highlights */
• Furniture blocks extend `HorizontalBlock` for directional placement.
• Strove pit uses `BlockState` with LIT property and `onUse` interaction.
• Recipes are in `/data/berk/recipes/` as standard Forge JSON.
• Client‑side particles for fire effects – configured in `particles.json`.
• Server‑authoritative – prevents client‑side desync.
• Furniture blocks extend `HorizontalBlock` for directional placement.
• Strove pit uses `BlockState` with LIT property and `onUse` interaction.
• Recipes are in `/data/berk/recipes/` as standard Forge JSON.
• Client‑side particles for fire effects – configured in `particles.json`.
• Server‑authoritative – prevents client‑side desync.
📥 Installation Guide
⚙️ Forge 1.20.1
RECOMMENDED Latest features & stability
1. Install the recommended Forge version for MCPE 1.20.1 (47.0+).
2. Download BerkFurniture-1.20.1-[version].jar from CurseForge or Modrinth.
3. Place the JAR file in your .minecraft/mods/ folder.
4. Launch using the Forge profile.
Example mods folder (1.20.1):
└── mods/
└── BerkFurniture-1.20.1-1.0.0.jar
└── mods/
└── BerkFurniture-1.20.1-1.0.0.jar
✅ Note: No other dependencies required.
⚙️ Forge 1.18.2
ALTERNATIVE For older worlds or modpacks
1. Install the recommended Forge version for MCPE 1.18.2 (36.2+).
2. Download BerkFurniture-1.18.2-[version].jar.
3. Place the JAR in your .minecraft/mods/ folder.
4. Launch using the Forge profile.
Example mods folder (1.18.2):
└── mods/
└── BerkFurniture-1.18.2-1.0.0.jar
└── mods/
└── BerkFurniture-1.18.2-1.0.0.jar
⚠️ Important: Use the correct JAR for your MCPE version.
📌 Universal steps & recommendations
- Modpack: Works with any Forge modpack; no compatibility issues known.
- Server setup: Place the same JAR in the server's
mods/folder – no extra steps. - Resource packs: Custom textures are built‑in; no external pack required.
- Performance: Lightweight – adds minimal overhead.
- Future updates: Weapons and armour will be added in upcoming releases.
⚡ Quick server setup (dedicated):
1. Download Forge server installer for your MCPE version.
2. Install server and place BerkFurniture JAR in "mods" folder.
3. Start server (agree to EULA).
4. Strove pit and furniture are ready to use.
1. Download Forge server installer for your MCPE version.
2. Install server and place BerkFurniture JAR in "mods" folder.
3. Start server (agree to EULA).
4. Strove pit and furniture are ready to use.
✅ Forge 1.20.1: Forge 47.0+ + BerkFurniture-1.20.1
✅ Forge 1.18.2: Forge 36.2+ + BerkFurniture-1.18.2
🏠 Client & Server: same JAR works for both
🪑 Furniture & Future Content (reference)
| Category | Items | Status | Planned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furniture | Tables, chairs, benches, shelves, beds | ✅ Available | — |
| Strove pit | Interactive fire pit (flint & steel) | ✅ Available | — |
| Decorations | Rune chests, dragon carvings, tapestries | ✅ Available | ➕ More |
| Weapons | Viking axes, shields, spears | ⏳ Planned | Next update |
| Armour | Leather & iron Viking armour sets | ⏳ Planned | Next update |
| Building blocks | New wood types, thatch, banners | ⏳ Planned | Future |
Stay tuned for updates – more furniture, weapons, and armour are on the way!
Berk Furniture Mod · by Flower_Primrose · Forge · MCPE 1.20.1 & 1.18.2
🏠 Viking‑style furniture · HTTYD inspired · Strove pit · future weapons & armour