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CurseForge · Minecraft mod

I Was Just Joking

Prank your friends in the easiest way possible!

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Updated 2 days ago
Latest stable file joking-neoforge-3.0.jar
Game version 1.20.1
Loader NeoForge

I Was Just Joking joking-neoforge-3.0.jar targets 1.20.1 with NeoForge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

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Is I Was Just Joking required on the client, server, or both?

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What else does I Was Just Joking joking-neoforge-3.0.jar need?

joking-neoforge-3.0.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

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    Stick to this file

    Use joking-neoforge-3.0.jar. It targets 1.20.1 with NeoForge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

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    Bring the mods it needs

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    Use the “Get this file” button beside joking-neoforge-3.0.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does I Was Just Joking add?

I Was Just Joking 🧨

A lighthearted prank mod for Minecraft — blocks and items that look exactly like the real thing… but are entirely fake.

I Was Just Joking is a small, friendly joke mod that adds look-alikes of some of Minecraft's most exciting blocks and items. Most pranks are carefully designed to be safe — nothing explodes for real, nothing gets destroyed, and nobody loses their builds. The only thing at risk is your friends' trust.

What's inside

  • 🧨 Fake TNT — lights up, hisses, and bounces exactly like the real thing… then fizzles into a puff of smoke. No boom, no damage, no holes in your base.
  • 🪵 Fake Chest — looks and animates like a normal chest. Opening it springs a friendly (already-lit) creeper on you. Hiss.
  • 💎 Fake Diamond Ore & 💠 Fake Diamond — requires an iron pickaxe to mine, just like real diamond ore, and rewards you with a diamond that can't craft, repair, or power anything at all.
  • 🎚️ Fake Lever — clacks on with a satisfying clack, refuses to turn off, and emits no redstone signal whatsoever.
  • 🐑 Fake Sheep — a craftable sheep that looks 100% real… until a player walks close, and it transforms into a zombie or skeleton.
  • 🛡️ Fake Armor — every armor piece, craftable from string. It looks real… it equips real… and it's completely fake. But only you know that.
  • 🛏️ Explosive Bed — sleep on it and it breaks apart, spawning a lit creeper. The one prank that does go boom. (House not included.)
  • 🚪 Disappearing Door — looks like a normal door; the moment it's opened or closed, it vanishes without a trace.

Why players like it

  • Pixel-perfect visuals — every prank reuses vanilla models and textures, so nothing looks out of place until the punchline.
  • Broad compatibility — one mod, four loaders: NeoForge 1.21.1, Forge 1.20.1, Fabric 1.21.1, and Quilt 1.20.1.
  • Lightweight — tiny file size, no performance impact.
  • Works everywhere — pranks work in singleplayer and on servers alike.

Great for pranking friends, adding spice to an SMP, or making content that gets a genuine laugh out of everyone involved.

"It's fine. It's fake. I promise." — Famous last words

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Project description from CurseForge.

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