Ori’s Hand Library

What is this mod?

lib-hand is an extremely lightweight mod that provides a way of modifying the default behaviour when harvesting blocks without the correct tool.

In practice, you can do stuff like:

• Allow stone to be harvested by hand.
• Prevent logs from being harvested without an axe.

How do I use it?

To allow harvesting without the correct tool, add your block to the block tag hand:permitted. This will override the default behaviour of the block.

To require the correct tool when harvesting a block, add your block to the block tag hand:forbidden. This will override the default behaviour of the block, and will also override hand:permitted if set.

Example Minecraft data pack

Here’s an example resource file. It allows stone to be harvested without the use of a pickaxe.

data/hand/tags/blocks/permitted.json

1: {
2:   “replace”: false,
3:   “values”: [
4:     “minecraft:stone”
5:   ]
6: }

Example CraftTweaker script

Here’s some example ZenScript code. It prevents logs and planks from being harvested without the use of an axe.

prevent_crafting_bench_progression.zs

1: <tag:blocks:hand:forbidden>.add(<tag:blocks:minecraft:logs>);
2: <tag:blocks:hand:forbidden>.add(<tag:blocks:minecraft:planks>);