The Clamp - Easy Drawbridges and Portcullis
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Everyone who plays Minecraft at some point builds a castle, base, or fort. But what's a castle without a drawbridge and portcullis?
This mod finally allows a simple way to retract multiple blocks.
Simply clamp the blocks together. The blocks will all move when given a redstone signal.
To clamp blocks together place two clamps facing each other with up to 6 movable blocks in between.
Then give one of the clamps a redstone signal. As long as there is enough empty space for the blocks to move into, the entire group will slide into place.
Control the speed of movement by the strength of the redstone signal. The weaker the initial input signal the slower the blocks will move.
Craft a clamp with polished blackstone, iron bars, redstone, and iron ingots (see gallery tab).
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.8
- 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.
- Ships as theclamp-1.0.0-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 31 KB
- Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.