
This repository has been merged into PurpurPacks as seperate modules, any further development on this datapack will be done there
Things Need A Tool
This is a Minecraft datapack that adds tool requirements for blocks that did not have a proper tool, making it easier and faster to break them.
What it does
This datapack groups the most commonly-used blocks that did not have a correct tool into tool categories. This means you no longer need to spend hours breaking blocks with the wrong tool, and the enchantment 'efficiency' now applies to these blocks, making it even faster to break them.
Changes made
The following blocks are now grouped under these tool categories:
Pickaxe
- Tinted glass
- White, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red and black stained glass
- Glass
- Glass pane
- White, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red and black stained glass pane
- Beacon
- Glowstone
- Sea lantern
- Redstone lantern
- Reinforced deepslate
Hoe
- Pearlescent, ochre and verdant froglight
- Cactus
Axe
- Skeleton skull
- Wither skeleton skull
- Zombie head
- Player head
- Creeper head
- Dragon head
- Piglin head
- Skeleton wall skull
- Wither skeleton wall skull
- Zombie wall head
- Player wall head
- Creeper wall head
- Dragon wall head
- Piglin wall head
- Honeycomb block
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.19.4
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Downloads as things_need_a_tool_2.0.zip
- Download size: 4 KB
- Download link checked 7 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.