Build Assist Wands

Build Assist Wands is a small Minecraft mod that adds three types of building-assist wands.

When you place a block while holding a wand in your offhand, the wand automatically searches for a placement position based on its type.

A placement preview outline shows where the next block will be placed, making it easier to build accurately.

This makes it easy to build pillars, walls, floors, bridges, and stairs, making building and exploration more convenient.

 

✨Wands

Each wand has material tiers similar to vanilla Minecraft tools.

Material Tier	Durability	Search Range
Wooden	89	3 blocks
Stone	196	5 blocks
Iron	375	8 blocks
Golden	89	32 blocks
Diamond	2341	16 blocks
Netherite	3046	24 blocks

Each material tier has different durability and maximum search range.

Golden Wands have low durability, but they can search a very large area.

Netherite Wands cannot be crafted directly in a Crafting Table.

To obtain a Netherite Wand, upgrade the corresponding Diamond Wand using a Smithing Table.

 

Wall Wand

Useful for building walls, pillars, and vertical structures.

Normal Mode

Searches upward and places a block at the first available space.

Alternate Mode

Searches downward and places a block at the first available space.

 

Bridge Wand

Useful for extending bridges, floors, platforms, and straight or diagonal paths.

Normal Mode

Searches horizontally and places a block at the first available space.

Alternate Mode

Searches diagonally and places a block at the first available space.

 

Stair Wand

Useful for building stair-like paths and diagonal upward or downward structures.

Normal Mode

Searches diagonally upward and places a block at the first available space.

Alternate Mode

Searches diagonally downward and places a block at the first available space.

 

🔁Mode Switching

Wands have two placement modes, Normal Mode and Alternate Mode.

To switch modes, hold the wand in your main hand and left-click.

Left-click again to switch back to the original mode.

A sound will play when the mode is changed.

The selected mode is saved on each wand individually.

 

📖Enchantment

Extension

A wand-specific enchantment that increases the maximum search range.

• Extension I: +3 blocks
• Extension II: +6 blocks
• Extension III: +9 blocks
• Extension IV: +12 blocks
• Extension V: +15 block

💡How to Use

1. Hold a wand in your offhand.
2. Hold the block you want to place in your main hand.
3. Right-click to place a block.
4. The wand searches in its current direction and places the block at the first available empty space.

 

When using a wand, an outline preview shows where the next block will be placed.

Sneaking disables the wand effect and allows normal block placement.

To change a wand’s mode, hold it in your main hand and left-click.

 

⚙️Configuration

You can configure the maximum search range for each material tier and the bonus range of the Extension enchantment.

Generated config file:

config/buildassistwands-common.toml

 

Notes

Some special blocks may not behave exactly the same as normal manual placement.
If you encounter an issue, please report the block type and the situation where it happened.