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Renders Minecraft terrain with smooth, rounded surfaces instead of standard blocky cubes.

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Contents (7)
  1. Overview
  2. In-game Screenshots
  3. Guides
  4. Configuration
  5. Frequently asked questions
  6. Gallery
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Overview

NoCubes is a unique aesthetic mod that completely overhauls Minecraft's terrain generation and rendering. It is the first mod in the game's history to fully transform the traditional 1x1 blocky world into a landscape of smooth, rolling hills, circular caves, and flowing mountain ranges. Despite the drastic visual change, the mod is designed to leave player-built structures untouched, ensuring that your houses and bases remain perfectly square while the natural world around them becomes organic.

Lush green landscape with trees and sky

Lush green landscape with trees and grass

Dark cave with lava on the ground

A scenic Minecraft landscape featuring smooth rounded hills from the NoCubes mod

The mod is fully multiplayer compatible and highly optimized. It functions by increasing the polygon count of existing blocks in a way that blends them with their neighbors, creating a continuous mesh. At its core, Minecraft remains a game of cubes; NoCubes simply changes how those cubes are presented to the eye and how the player interacts with their surfaces.

In-game Screenshots

Lush green forest with cave entrance
Lush green forest with cave entrance
A Minecraft village with farms and river
A Minecraft village with farms and river
Minecraft village with farms and river
Minecraft village with farms and river
Minecraft world with shaders and axe
Minecraft world with shaders and axe
Panoramic view of a large desert biome
Panoramic view of a large desert biome
A dark, mysterious cave entrance in a hillside.
A dark, mysterious cave entrance in a hillside.
Desert biome at night with stars
Desert biome at night with stars
Minecraft village with farms and river
Minecraft village with farms and river
A vast swamp biome with murky water
A vast swamp biome with murky water
Deep chasm with lava and red fish
Deep chasm with lava and red fish
Scenic view of a savanna biome
Scenic view of a savanna biome

NoCubes is a unique aesthetic mod that completely overhauls Minecraft's terrain generation and rendering. It is the first mod in the game's history to fully transform the traditional 1x1 blocky world into a landscape of smooth, rolling hills, circular caves, and flowing mountain ranges. Despite the drastic visual change, the mod is designed to leave player-built structures untouched, ensuring that your houses and bases remain perfectly square while the natural world around them becomes organic.

Lush green landscape with trees and sky

Lush green landscape with trees and grass

Dark cave with lava on the ground

A scenic Minecraft landscape featuring smooth rounded hills from the NoCubes mod

The mod is fully multiplayer compatible and highly optimized. It functions by increasing the polygon count of existing blocks in a way that blends them with their neighbors, creating a continuous mesh. At its core, Minecraft remains a game of cubes; NoCubes simply changes how those cubes are presented to the eye and how the player interacts with their surfaces.

Guides

Step-by-step, in-game.

Configuration

Every setting in the mod config file, with what it changes.

OptionWhat it does
betterGrassSidesBetter grass sides
smoothableBlacklistBlacklist of non-smoothable blocks
collisionsEnabledCustom collisions
debugEnabledDebug mode
extendFluidsRangeExtended fluids range
fixPlantHeightFix plant height
forceVisualsForce custom rendering for players
grassTuftsGrass tufts
meshGeneratorMesh generator
moreSnowMore snow
infoMessageNoCubes info message
renderNoCubes rendering
oldNoCubesInFluidsOldNoCubes in fluids
oldNoCubesRoughnessOldNoCubes roughness
oldNoCubesSlopesOldNoCubes slopes
selectionBoxColorSelection box color
smoothableWhitelistWhitelist of smoothable blocks

Frequently asked questions

What does the NoCubes Mod do?
It renders Minecraft terrain with smooth, rounded surfaces instead of the standard blocky cubes. This gives you rolling hills, circular caves and flowing mountain ranges while your own buildings stay unchanged.
Which Minecraft versions does NoCubes support?
The mod is made for 1.12.2 and above. The listed Minecraft versions are 1.20.3, 1.20.4, 1.20.5, 1.20.6, 1.21 and 1.21.1.
What mod loaders does NoCubes run on?
It is available for both Fabric and Forge.
Does NoCubes add new items or blocks?
No. It only changes how existing terrain is rendered, so blocks still function like normal square blocks even though they look smooth.

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Lush green forest with cave entrance
Lush green forest with cave entrance
A Minecraft village with farms and river
A Minecraft village with farms and river
Minecraft village with farms and river
Minecraft village with farms and river
Minecraft world with shaders and axe
Minecraft world with shaders and axe
Panoramic view of a large desert biome
Panoramic view of a large desert biome
A dark, mysterious cave entrance in a hillside.
A dark, mysterious cave entrance in a hillside.
Desert biome at night with stars
Desert biome at night with stars
Minecraft village with farms and river
Minecraft village with farms and river
A vast swamp biome with murky water
A vast swamp biome with murky water
Deep chasm with lava and red fish
Deep chasm with lava and red fish
Scenic view of a savanna biome
Scenic view of a savanna biome