With the addition of the new spear weapon, a problem has arisen: holding a spear does not allow you to block with your shield. Historically, spears and shields were often used together, and the vanilla mechanics do not allow for this synergy. Plus, it would just be much more convenient to be able to block while poking mobs or other players with the spear.
Thus, I have decided to solve this problem in the form of Let Me Block!
Notes
This mod disables the spear's charged attack while holding a shield. Additionally, due to the way Minecraft's networking works, the mod must also be installed on the server side if playing multiplayer.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as let-me-block-1.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 13 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.