Blast Rod
This mod adds a single block, the blast rod, that breaks every movable block is pushed into.
A blast rod can only break blocks that a piston can move, and only if the direction it is pushed is the same as it is facing, that is the opposite of where the iron part is.
However, a blast rod doesn't need to be directly pushed by a piston, there may be other blocks from between the blast rod and the piston.

An overly complicated contraption to break a cobblestone block with a blast rod.
Recipe
From up to bottom in a vertical line, two blaze rods and an iron ingot.

You can place the ingredients in any column of the 3x3 Crafting Table grid.
Compatibility
This mod heavily edits the algorithm that calculates which blocks are pushed (or pulled) by a piston, and so it is incompatible with other mods that edit or interact with the same algorithm.
For instance, mods that change the number of blocks a piston can push (or pull).
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.18.1
- 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 blastrod-1.1.0+1.18.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 24 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.