Minecraft New Vegas mod: All you need to know

Minecraft can sometimes be a challenging game, especially in hardcore mode when you have to collect important resources and fend off dangerous mobs. In many ways, the title is very similar to another famous survival game; Fallout. Both Fallout and Minecraft put you in challenging situations and require you to toughen up and make your way out of it. So what happens when some talented modders combine the gameplay of the two into one great mod?

Well, you get the Minecraft New Vegas mod, the word "New Vegas" being from the Fallout game series.

When it comes to gameplay elements, items, and storyline, this mod is seriously impressive in transforming Mojang Studios’ title into something completely different. So if you want to play a version of the game where nuclear explosions have turned the world into a dangerous wasteland, this mod is for you. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

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Minecraft New Vegas mod

The mod adds a bunch of items, including guns (Image via Mojang Studios)

If you think this is just a cosmetic mod that changes the texture of the game and nothing else, you are wrong; it adds almost everything the actual Fallout game has. It introduces various guns, dangerous mutated mobs, other humans, dangerous factions, raider gangs, survivor groups, new locations, and much more. Simply put, this is the closest way of playing Fallout in a blocky world.

What’s even more impressive is the attention to detail. From the detailed building to the way gun fires have an impact, everything feels well made. This mod will give you an immersive experience like no other. Now that’s something to do while we wait for the Minecraft 1.21 update.

However, that’s not all. The mod completely revamps the game’s UI to match that of Fallout’s. There are also a lot of tweaks done to the gameplay environment to give it the post-apocalyptic ambience, the signature element of all the Fallout games.

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Installing the mod

Since this mod drastically changes the gameplay experience, downloading it can be a little complicated. The process of installing it remains the same. However, you need to add more than one mod file and have mod loaders for Minecraft to make sure things run properly.

Here’s how to download, install, and run the Minecraft New Vegas mod:

• Step 1: Head over to Curseforge to download the main mod file. Do note that this mod requires the Forge mod loader to work. So make sure you have installed the Forge mod loader.
• Step 2: Then, you need to install the GeckoLib plugin for animations. This can be found by a simple Google search.
• Step 3: Then search for Kleiders Custom Renderer API. Select the latest version as well.
• Step 4: Download OptiFine if you have not installed it already. OptiFine helps in running the mods smoothly without any issues while improving the game's performance.
• Step 5: Finally, download the playerAnimator lib along with the New Vegas mod file.
• Step 6: Once all the files have been downloaded, you need to search for the folder "AppData" and then look for the folder ".minecraft" (sometimes it is under the folder "Roaming").
• Step 7: If this is the first time you are installing mods, then create a new folder "Mods," and paste all the files here.

You are set now. All you need to do is open Minecraft Launcher and then select the Forge version to run the game. Once it starts, you should see the installed New Vegas world.