CurseForge · Minecraft mod
Meticulous
Helps you avoid breaking blocks accidentally.
Quick answer
Which Meticulous release should I use?
Meticulous 1.6.1+MC26.2.x targets 26.2 with Fabric, Quilt. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. All 1 required mods have matching files.
Where it goes
Is Meticulous 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 Meticulous 1.6.1+MC26.2.x need?
Meticulous 1.6.1+MC26.2.x. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
Install Fabric API first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup. 2 come through another mod in the chain.
2 extra mods were pulled in by other dependencies. Indented rows show who needs each one. We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.
Before you install it
Add Meticulous without breaking your instance.
Built for Meticulous 1.6.1+MC26.2.x. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use Meticulous 1.6.1+MC26.2.x. It targets 26.2 with Fabric, Quilt; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
Install Fabric API first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup. 2 come through another mod in the chain.
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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 Meticulous 1.6.1+MC26.2.x. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Meticulous add?
Meticulous
Helps you avoid breaking blocks accidentally.
Works client-side and in single player.
Meticulous adds configurable minimum times to break your first and second blocks, along with a few other options.
"First/second block" means the first/second block you break while you hold down left click continuously.
Configuration
Key binds can always be configured through Minecraft's controls settings.
Supports Cloth Config and Mod Menu for configuration, but neither is required.
Options will use their default values if Cloth Config is absent.
If Cloth Config is present, options can be configured either through Mod Menu or by editing config/meticulous.json in your instance folder (.minecraft/ by default for the vanilla launcher).
Key binds
• Toggle; default: m
• Modifier; default: <unbound>
• Always slow modifier; default: <unbound>
• Always slow blocks in list toggle; default: <unbound>
Options
• Enable; default: false
Main mod toggle. This can be overriden with the modifier keys.
• Notify on toggle; default: true
Display a message above the hotbar when a key bind toggles the mod or the "Always slow blocks list".
• Minimum time to break first block; default: 10
Minimum time (in game ticks) it takes to break your first block after you start holding down the attack key continuously (left click).
• Minimum time to break second block; default: 10
Minimum time (in game ticks) it takes to break your second block after you start holding down the attack key continuously (left click).
• Exclude blocks with hardness 0; default: false
Exclude block that break instantly even with no tool, such as flowers.
• Enable for items:
Items that Meticulous should affect when you use them to mine.
• Axes; default: true
• Hoes; default: true
• Pickaxes; default: true
• Shears; default: true
• Shovels; default: true
• Swords; default: false
• Additional items; default: <none>
Other items that Meticulous should affect that don't fit into the toggleable categories.
• Excluded items; default: <none>
Items that Meticulous should not affect even if they fit into the toggleable categories.
• Always slow blocks list; default: <none>
Blocks that Meticulous should always affect while "Always slow blocks in list" is enabled.
• Always slow blocks in list; default: true
Toggles the "Always slow blocks list".
• Minimum time to break when "Always slow"; default: 20
Minimum time (in game ticks) it takes to break blocks in the "Always slow blocks list" or while the "Always slow modifier" key is held.
Translations
Install SSS Translate to automatically download new translations.
You can help translate Meticulous on Crowdin.
This mod is only for Fabric (works on Quilt, too!) and I won't be porting it to Forge. The license is MIT, however, so anyone else is free to port it.
I'd appreciate links back to this page if you port or otherwise modify this project, but links aren't required.
Project description from CurseForge.
Pick your setup
Meticulous by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
26.2
2 loader builds1.21.11
2 loader builds1.21.10
2 loader builds1.21.9
2 loader builds1.21.8
2 loader builds1.21.7
2 loader builds1.21.6
2 loader builds1.21.5
2 loader builds1.21.4
2 loader builds1.21.3
2 loader builds1.21.2
2 loader builds1.21.1
2 loader buildsShowing the newest 12 of 26 game versions. Older files are in the list below.
Check the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Meticulous versions and loaders
Meticulous 1.6.1+MC26.2.x
meticulous-1.6.1+MC26.2.x.jar
31 Aug 2026
meticulous-1.5.0+MC1.21.11.jar
5 Jan 2026
meticulous-1.4.1+MC1.21.9-1.21.10.jar
5 Jan 2026
meticulous-1.3.5+MC1.21.2-1.21.8.jar
5 Jan 2026
meticulous-1.4.0+MC1.21.9-1.21.10.jar
21 Oct 2025
meticulous-1.3.4+MC1.21.2-1.21.8.jar
19 Jul 2025
meticulous-1.3.3+MC1.21.2-1.21.7.jar
2 Jul 2025
meticulous-1.3.2+MC1.21.2-1.21.6.jar
22 Jun 2025
meticulous-1.3.1+MC1.21.2-1.21.5.jar
15 Apr 2025
meticulous-1.3.0+MC1.21.2-1.21.4.jar
10 Dec 2024
meticulous-1.2.1+MC1.21-1.21.1.jar
5 Sept 2024
meticulous-1.2.0+MC1.21.jar
14 Jul 2024
Looking for an older file? The official CurseForge project page is in Resources.



