CurseForge · Minecraft mod
Puzzle Box
Puzzles you can actually play in Minecraft: a working Rubik's Cube and a game of Minesweeper, both with timers and rewards.
Quick answer
Which Puzzle Box release should I use?
Puzzle Box puzzlebox-1.1.0.jar targets 26.1.2 with Fabric. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.
Where it goes
Is Puzzle Box required on the client, server, or both?
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.
What else does Puzzle Box puzzlebox-1.1.0.jar need?
puzzlebox-1.1.0.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
This file does not list any required or optional mods.
Before you install it
Add Puzzle Box without breaking your instance.
Built for Puzzle Box puzzlebox-1.1.0.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use puzzlebox-1.1.0.jar. It targets 26.1.2 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside puzzlebox-1.1.0.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Puzzle Box add?
Puzzle Box
A collection of puzzles you can actually play. Right now there are two: a Rubik's Cube and a game of Minesweeper. Both are real games, not decoration.
Rubik's Cube
A working 3x3. Right-click to open it, turn the layers, solve it. The model always shows the cube's real state, so a scrambled cube looks scrambled in your hand and in your inventory.

Solving it. Click a sticker and four arrows appear around it, each labelled with the move it does — U', R2, E and so on. Click one and that layer turns. You can also drag a sticker in the direction you want it to go. Hold right mouse button and drag to spin the cube and look at the back faces.
All 18 face moves are there, plus the slice moves M, E and S, so every sticker responds in all four directions. There's a speedcubing keyboard layout too: J/F for U and U', I/K for R and R', and the rest of the usual mapping. The full list sits at the bottom of the screen.
In the world. Sneak + right-click sets the cube down. Right-click a face to turn it without opening the screen. Sneak + right-click with an empty hand picks it up again, scrambled exactly the way you left it. Breaking it with a tool also gives the cube back with its state intact.
Timer. Starts when you scramble, stops when the cube is solved. What you get depends on how long it took: two diamonds under a minute, gold under three, iron under ten, and some experience however long you take. The server keeps the time and the state, so times are real and your progress survives logging out. You can hand a half-solved cube to another player.
Crafting.
wool sticky piston wool
piston slime block piston
wool sticky piston wool
Any wool colours, mixed however you like.
Minesweeper
The classic game, three sizes: 9x9 with 10 mines, 12x12 with 22, 16x16 with 45.

Left click opens a cell, right click flags it. The first click is always safe and always opens an area, so no game starts with a coin flip.
Clear the board and you get a random reward from a pool that scales with the difficulty — iron and lapis on easy, diamonds and emeralds on hard — plus some experience.
Hit a mine and a lit TNT appears next to you. You have about three seconds.
The mine layout stays on the server and is never sent to your client, so it can't be read out of the save data while the game is running.
Crafting.
nugget nugget nugget
nugget TNT nugget
nugget nugget nugget
Iron nuggets around a block of TNT.
Notes
More puzzles are planned. Sudoku is next.
Needs Fabric API. Also needs Java 25 — that's newer than many setups have, so if the game won't start, check your Java version first.
Project description from CurseForge.
Pick your setup
Puzzle Box by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
Check the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Puzzle Box versions and loaders
puzzlebox-1.1.0.jar
29 Aug 2026
puzzlebox-1.0.0.jar
28 Aug 2026
Looking for an older file? The official CurseForge project page is in Resources.