Or look into how to make a resource pack if you simply want to customize textures (colors and designs), models, music, sounds, languages, splashes, fonts, or the end poem. If you simply want to add custom advancements, functions, loot tables, structures, recipes or tags to your game, look into how to make a Data pack, which does not require programming. Presumably, you already have an idea for a mod you want to create. Mods (short for 'modifications') can modify or add items, blocks, entities, and much more.