Macaw's Bridges in All the Mods 10

Macaw's Bridges is a simple building mod that adds a big variety of bridges to the game. If you like decorating your bases, building walkways over water or gaps, or just want your builds to look less plain, this one is for you.^[1]

The mod's models have been reworked to fit in with vanilla gameplay, and the newer versions also improve the in-game models for Bridge Stairs. You can light bridges with torches, so your walkways don't turn into mob spawning spots at night.^[1]

This pack ships Macaw's Bridges 3.1.2 for NeoForge on Minecraft 1.21.1. The mod's own page recommends running a recent version because it improves performance, so you are on the kind of build the author suggests.^[1][2]

Where it fits in progression

Bridges are a decorative and building option. Nothing in the sources I have gates them behind a progression step or ties them to a machine chain, so you can use them whenever you like.^[1]

Unverified No quests in this pack involve the mod, and it is not on the ATM Star quest path. No in-jar guidebook was found for it either, so there is no extra in-game documentation to point you to.

Macaw's Bridges is a simple mod that adds a lot of bridges. A good way to start is to make a basic bridge, turn it into stairs where you need them, add supports for longer spans, and then light it up. Here is the order I'd go in.^[1][3]

Start with a basic bridge

Start with one plain bridge piece. Acacia Bridge is a good example, and the other woods follow the same pattern, like Birch Bridge and Cherry Bridge.^[3]

4× Acacia BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Fence	Empty slot	Acacia Fence
Acacia Slab	Acacia Slab	Acacia Slab

Recipe id: mcwbridges:acacia_log_bridge_middle

If you'd rather build in stone, Cobblestone Bridge is the equivalent starting point.^[3]

4× Cobblestone BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Cobblestone Wall	Empty slot	Cobblestone Wall
Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone Slab

Recipe id: mcwbridges:cobblestone_bridge

Turn it into a stair

When your bridge needs to climb or drop, craft the matching stair from the bridge piece. For acacia that gives you Acacia Bridge Stair.^[3]

6× Acacia Bridge StairMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Acacia Bridge

Recipe id: mcwbridges:acacia_log_bridge_stair

Made one by mistake? There is a recycle recipe that turns the stair back into the bridge piece.^[3]

Acacia BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Acacia Bridge Stair

Recipe id: mcwbridges:acacia_log_bridge_stair_recycle

Add supports

For longer spans, craft a support to go underneath. The wooden sets have supports such as Acacia Bridge Support, and the stone sets have piers such as Cobblestone Bridge Pier.^[3]

3× Acacia Bridge SupportMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log

Acacia Fence

Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwbridges:acacia_bridge_pier

3× Cobblestone Bridge PierMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Cobblestone

Cobblestone Wall

Cobblestone

Recipe id: mcwbridges:cobblestone_bridge_pier

Light it up

Bridges can be lit with torches, and the mod has its own light items for this: Bridge Torch and Bridge Lantern. The mod's light tooltip says to use it on bridge and stair handrails.^[1][3][4]

2× Bridge TorchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Torch

Torch

Recipe id: mcwbridges:bridge_torch

2× Bridge LanternMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Lantern

Lantern

Recipe id: mcwbridges:bridge_lantern

Make an entrance

The mod's tooltips say you can use pliers or shears to adjust a bridge's entrance. Right click a bridge with the pliers to make an entrance, but this only works on bridges that are 2+ wider.^[4]

Good news: there's very little to learn here. Macaw's Bridges is a simple decoration mod that adds a lot of bridges. The sources describe it as building blocks only, with no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation to set up.^[1]

Placing and shaping bridges

The one hands-on mechanic the sources describe is the entrance. Pliers can be right-clicked on a bridge to make an entrance, but this only works on bridges that are 2 or more wide. The bridge tooltip also says you can use Pliers or Shears to adjust the entrance.^[4]

Lighting

Bridges can be lit with torches. The mod also has a lighting item whose tooltip says to use it on the handrails of bridges and bridge stairs.^[1][4]

Crafting relationships

Bridge stairs are made from the matching bridge. For example, the Acacia Bridge Stair is crafted from the Acacia Bridge.^[3]

6× Acacia Bridge StairMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Acacia Bridge

Recipe id: mcwbridges:acacia_log_bridge_stair

The reverse also works. A shapeless recycle recipe turns the stair back into the bridge, so you can swap between the stair and the bridge without losing the block.^[3]

Acacia BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Acacia Bridge Stair

Recipe id: mcwbridges:acacia_log_bridge_stair_recycle

Some bridges also have a matching support block, such as the Andesite Bridge Pier for the Andesite Bridge.^[3]

3× Andesite Bridge PierMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Andesite

Andesite Wall

Andesite

Recipe id: mcwbridges:andesite_bridge_pier

Macaw's Bridges has no machines or power in this pack. The recipes that show up for it are all ordinary shaped or shapeless crafting recipes added by the mod itself. So the only real "tiers" are the materials you build with: wood, bamboo, stone and brick, and the balustrade stone variants.^[3]

Wood bridges

The wooden bridges come in matching wood families, such as Acacia Bridge, Birch Bridge, Cherry Bridge, Dark Oak Bridge and Crimson Bridge. Each uses the fence and slab of its own wood type. The matching support, like Acacia Bridge Support, uses that wood's fence and log, and the Rail Bridge variants, like Acacia Rail Bridge, use the same fence and slab pairing.^[3]

4× Acacia BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Fence	Empty slot	Acacia Fence
Acacia Slab	Acacia Slab	Acacia Slab

Recipe id: mcwbridges:acacia_log_bridge_middle

This is the wood bridge pattern in the pack. The birch, cherry, dark oak and crimson versions use their own fence and slab.

Asian Red Bridge is more flexible. Its recipe accepts any wooden fence and any wooden slab, plus red dye, so you can use whatever wood you have on hand. The matching Asian Red Bridge Pier takes red dye, any log and any wooden fence.^[3]

Bamboo

Bamboo Bridge and Bamboo Bridge Support are both made from bamboo and string.^[3]

Bamboo BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Bamboo	String	Bamboo
Bamboo	Bamboo	Bamboo

Recipe id: mcwbridges:bamboo_bridge

Bamboo and string are the only ingredients for the bamboo bridge.

Stone and brick bridges

The stone-family bridges follow a consistent pattern, shown in the recipe below, with each bridge made from its own material. The set includes Cobblestone Bridge, Andesite Bridge, Brick Bridge, Blackstone Bridge and Deepslate Brick Bridge. Each has its own pier too, for example Cobblestone Bridge Pier and Deepslate Brick Bridge Support.^[3]

4× Cobblestone BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Cobblestone Wall	Empty slot	Cobblestone Wall
Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone Slab

Recipe id: mcwbridges:cobblestone_bridge

The stone bridge pattern: a slab and a wall of the same material.

Balustrade bridges

The balustrade bridges cover a wide range of materials, from Balustrade Cobblestone Bridge and Balustrade Stone Bricks Bridge to Balustrade Nether Bricks Bridge, Balustrade Prismarine Bricks Bridge, Balustrade Deepslate Tiles Bridge and Balustrade End Stone Bricks Bridge. Each one has its own recipe for its own stone type, so which ones you can make depends on which materials you have gathered.^[3]

5× Balustrade Cobblestone BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Cobblestone Wall	Cobblestone Wall	Cobblestone Wall
Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone Slab

Recipe id: mcwbridges:balustrade_cobblestone_bridge

One example of the balustrade pattern, which the other balustrade bridges follow with their own material.

Stairs and recycling

Stairs are not crafted from raw materials. You make a bridge first, then craft the stair version from it, as with Cobblestone Bridge Stair. Wood, bamboo, stone and rope bridge stairs all work this way. A shapeless recycle recipe turns a stair back into its bridge.^[3]

6× Cobblestone Bridge StairMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Cobblestone Bridge

Recipe id: mcwbridges:cobblestone_bridge_stair

The stair is crafted from the finished bridge.

Cobblestone BridgeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Cobblestone Bridge Stair

Recipe id: mcwbridges:cobblestone_bridge_stair_recycle

Turns the stair back into the bridge.

Lighting

Bridge Torch is crafted from a torch and Bridge Lantern from a lantern.^[3]

Unverified The sources here do not show any quest that involves this mod, so there is no quest-guided path to describe. Check the pack's quest book if you want to confirm.

Here's how Macaw's Bridges has moved through the pack's releases. The sources only cover version bumps, so there's no detail on what changed inside the mod itself.^[2][5][6]

• The mod was already in the pack by All the Mods 10 2.25 or earlier, which is the earliest point the sources can confirm.^[2]
• All the Mods 10 3.0 updated Macaw's Bridges from 3.0.0 to 3.1.1.^[6]
• All the Mods 10 6.0 updated it from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2.^[5]
• All the Mods 10 8.1, the version this guide covers, ships Macaw's Bridges 3.1.2 (mcw-bridges-3.1.2-mc1.21.1neoforge.jar).^[2]

Unverified What actually changed in the mod between 3.0.0, 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 (new bridge types, fixes, recipe changes) is unverified, because no changelogs for the shipped jars are stored. Check the mod's own release notes if you want the details.