This description is up to date with the most recent version of Minecraft that the mod supports. Features may be modified or missing in earlier versions.

About

Block Breaker & Block Placer adds two compact redstone utility blocks for turning placed blocks into items, and items back into placed blocks.

• Build compact farms, entrances and redstone machines
• Keeps survival balance by respecting harvestability rules

Similarly to vanilla’s Dispenser and Dropper, the Breaker and Placer are activated with a redstone pulse.

• The Breaker breaks the block in front of it and places it in its inventory.
• The Placer places a random block from its inventory in the spot in front of it.

Why use this mod?

If you’ve ever wished that you could turn items into placed blocks, or vise-versa, this mod is for you.
Here are just some of the many applications:

• Automated cobblestone generators
• Secret entrances without using pistons
• New redstone contraptions (redstone torch inside a Placer?)
• Automatic cocoa bean farm

Recipes

The recipes for both blocks follow similar patterns to the dropper and dispenser:

Demonstration

Balance Considerations

During development it was clear that Breakers would circumvent survival Minecraft’s balancing considerably (e.g. breaking obsidian before the player has a diamond pickaxe).

For this reason, the breaker block respects a block’s harvestability settings. This means that the Breaker will only break the block in front of it if it has the correct tool.

A simple set of examples:

• Breaker has no tool - Can break dirt, logs, fletching table but not stone
• Breaker has wooden pickaxe - Can break stone, coal ore but not iron ore
• Breaker has shears - Can break leaves, tall grass, peonies but not stone

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a (fabric/forge/neoforge/risugami’s modloader) version?

Block Breaker & Block Placer exists on both Fabric and NeoForge. If you’re running Quilt, use the Fabric jar.

Can you backport the mod to Minecraft 1.X.X?

This mod will not be backported. It will however support new major versions of Minecraft.

I found a bug / my game crashed

If you find any problems with Block Breaker & Block Placer, please feel encouraged to create an issue on the GitHub repository issue tracker. Bug reports are incredibly useful and help this mod reach its full potential.