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Proto's Item Tweaks
NOTICE This mod is provided as-is, which is another way of saying I will not provide support for most issues. This was made primarily for a co-op with friends. Several tweaks, recipes, and mechanics were taken from other mods. All mods taken from are credite
Quick answer
Which Proto's Item Tweaks release matches 1.21.2-rc.3?
Proto's Item Tweaks 1.5.7 targets 1.21.0, 1.21.1-rc.1, 1.21.1-rc.2. Do not install it on the client. It must be installed on the dedicated server. No extra mods listed for this file.
Where it goes
Is Proto's Item Tweaks required on the client, server, or both?
Do not install it on the client. It must be installed on the dedicated server.
This Vintage Story file is marked server-only.
What else does Proto's Item Tweaks 1.5.7 need?
1.5.7 on 1.21.2-rc.3. Every mod below is checked against that same setup.
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 Proto's Item Tweaks without breaking your instance.
Built for Proto's Item Tweaks 1.5.7 on 1.21.2-rc.3. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use 1.5.7. It targets 1.21.0, 1.21.1-rc.1, 1.21.1-rc.2; 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
Do not install it on the client. It must be installed on the dedicated server.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside 1.5.7. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Proto's Item Tweaks add?
NOTICE
This mod is provided as-is, which is another way of saying I will not provide support for most issues. This was made primarily for a co-op with friends.
Several tweaks, recipes, and mechanics were taken from other mods. All mods taken from are credited below.
This tweak collection shamelessly cannibalizes tweaks, content, and QoL features from other mods and combines them into one mod for me and my co-op's own uses.
- Modifies the drop rate of tree seeds. Most seed chances are either doubled or tripled. I basically took Whole Lotta Tree Seeds and modified it to my own liking. Felt that the drop rates in that mod were overtuned.
- More (slightly expensive) alternative recipes for rope, namely out of (12) flax twine, (18) thatch, or (24) dry grass.
- More resin from resin logs. With enough late-game projects and mods, vanilla droprate of 1 is too little.
- Changed max stack size of a few items (thank you Bean Stacks for showing me how to do this):
- Bloomery Base and Bloomery Chimney 1 > 4
- Empty Skep 1 > 4
- Linen Pulp 16 > 24
- Mortar 64 > 512
- Shingles (Any) 64 > 192
- Added recipes for vinegar (which exists in the game files) via barrels, out of brine and acidic fruits such as pineapples, oranges, and pomegranates (to also promote late-game only recipes)
- Vinegar is also no longer excluded from the recipe book or creative inventory
- Vinegar is used in creating various aged / corroded wood, stone, and metal types
- "Borrowed" a bunch of recipes from the Aged mod
- Excluded special cooking pot, vinegar acid, plain metal blocks, and some other recipes
- Incorporated most of the barrel recipes but at a less generous ratio and using vinegar
- Tweaked / removed some aged furniture recipes
- "Borrowed" some mods as well
- The Metal Leaf Mod
- (But unexcluded Nickel, Tin, and Zinc leaf, and added a "helvehammerworkable": true attribute for HelveHammerExtensions support)
- An older version of Mushroom Nutrition, with adjusted sat values
- And some annoyance fixes
- No Random Break On Use (why was this even re-added in the first place??)
- Click Up Torches
- Some of Normie's Tweaks
- Tailor restriction removal on sewing kit crafting and gambeson repair
- Fish drop chance tweak, set to 1.5 instead of 2
- Rabbit hide drop chance tweak
- A couple of Salty's tweaks
- You can pick up bony carcasses
- 2 Salt and 8 soil in a barrel downgrades it to the next fertility of soil
- Several of Diggy's Adjustments
- Increased brass torch holder yield
- Charcoal is faster to dig
- Sedge can be cut by scythes
- Stone path slab recipe has more yield
- Eggs keep for longer
- Several tweaks from Sleeves's Mega Patch
- Cheese satiety increased (reduced from SMP's values however)
- Fruit Tree Root / Graft chances changed to 60% / 40%
- Shields now have an active / passive block chance of 100% / 20%
- Leatherworking recipes take less time
- Candles no longer fall
Project description from Vintage Story Mod DB.
Pick your setup
Proto's Item Tweaks releases for each Vintage Story version.
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
1.21.6
1 loader build1.21.5
1 loader build1.21.4
1 loader build1.21.3
1 loader build1.21.2-rc.3
1 loader build1.21.2-rc.2
1 loader build1.21.2-rc.1
1 loader build1.21.2
1 loader build1.21.1-rc.2
1 loader build1.21.1-rc.1
1 loader build1.21.1
1 loader buildShowing the newest 12 of 57 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
Proto's Item Tweaks versions and loaders
1.5.7
ProtoItemTweaks_1.5.7.zip
27 Feb 2026
1.5.4
ProtoItemTweaks_1.5.4.zip
21 Feb 2026
1.5.2
ProtoItemTweaks_1.5.2.zip
14 Feb 2026
1.5.1
ProtoItemTweaks_1.5.1.zip
27 Jan 2026
1.4.2
ProtoItemTweaks_1.4.2.zip
5 Dec 2025
1.4.1
ProtoItemTweaks_1.4.1.zip
2 Dec 2025
1.4.0
ProtoItemTweaks_1.4.0.zip
2 Dec 2025
1.1.2
ProtoItemTweaks_1.1.2.zip
7 Nov 2025
1.1.1
ProtoItemTweaks_1.1.1.zip
23 Sept 2025
1.1.0
ProtoItemTweaks_1.1.0.zip
19 Sept 2025
Looking for an older file? The official Vintage Story Mod DB project page is in Resources.