
Exchange Wands
Exchange Wands is a lightweight, polished vanilla+ utility mod that lets you swap blocks in the world with ease.
⬇ Download on Modrinth
✨ Features
🔍 Select Any Block
Sneak + RMB a block to set it as your source block. The wand remembers your selection and shows a clean actionbar message.
🔄 Replace Blocks with Flood‑Fill Logic
RMB a block to replace all connected blocks of the same type. The wand uses a safe, optimized flood‑fill algorithm that respects:
- block properties (facing, waterlogged, lit…)
- inventories (chests, barrels, furnaces…)
- NBT data (restored when compatible)
- tile entity transfers
- survival inventory limits
- durability and cooldowns
🎨 Property‑Preserving Replacement
Exchange Wands copy all shared blockstate properties automatically. Orientation, waterlogging, lit state, slab halves - everything transfers seamlessly.
📦 Inventory‑Aware
In survival mode:
- the wand only replaces blocks you have
- it removes one item per exchange
- it drops overflow items safely
🔧 Fully Configurable
- maximum exchange size
- bedrock protection
- sound & particle toggles
💎 Vanilla Tool Tiers
Each tier increases the maximum number of blocks you can exchange:
Tiers| Tier | Durability | Max. Exchanges | Enchantable | Repairable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden | 320 | 32 | X | X |
| Stone | 640 | 64 | X | X |
| Iron | 1280 | 128 | X | X |
| Golden | 2560 | 256 | X | X |
| Diamond | 5120 | 512 | X | X |
| Netherite | 10240 | 1024 | X | X |
Wooden Exchange Wand

Stone Exchange Wand

Iron Exchange Wand

Golden Exchange Wand

Diamond Exchange Wand

Netherite Exchange Wand

🎵 Polished Player Feedback
Exchange Wands include:
- selection sounds
- exchange sounds
- block‑themed placement/break audio
- particle effects for selection and replacement All effects can be toggled in the config.
🧩 Compatibility
Exchange Wands work with:
- all vanilla blocks
- modded blocks that follow standard blockstate rules
- inventories and tile entities
📦 Lightweight & Server‑Friendly
No mixins that modify vanilla behavior. No worldgen. No performance impact.
Just clean, deterministic block replacement.
🛠️ Perfect for Builders
Whether you are:
- upgrading your base
- replacing floors
- fixing walls
- terraforming
- or building megastructures
Exchange Wands make block replacement effortless.
This mod was originally developed for Minecraft 1.20.1. I am gradually migrating it to newer versions, ensuring each update is stable, polished, and fully adapted to the latest APIs.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 exchange-wands-1.0.0+1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 380 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.