Better Punching
A mod, overhauling punching and breaking mechanics in a popular block game!
Notice!
This mod is for FORGE only!
Features
- You can no longer break blocks you can't harvest.
- It adds basic vanilla friendly primitive tools, made from Flint.
- No more tree punching on day one! Punching wood will give you the Splinter effect.
- Glass now breaks instantly and if broken with hands, you will get the Bleeding effect.
- To obtain cactus with bare-hands you need to sneak first, else you will get the Splinter effect.
Effects
- Bleeding - given when you punch glass bare-handed.
- Splinter - given when you punch wood or cactus bare-handed.

Items
- The Flint Hatchet is a smaller axe. It has 50% less durability and damage compared to a Stone Axe.

- The Flint Spade is a small shovel. It has 50% less durability compared to a Stone Shovel.

- The Flint Pick is a small pickaxe. It has 50% less durability compared to a Stone Pickaxe.

- The Flint Dagger is a lightweight weapon. It has 40% less damage, 50% less durability and 100% more attack speed
than a Stone Sword.

Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.19.2, 1.18.2
- 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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Better Punching is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.19.2, 1.18.2. Downloaded 521,397 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.