How do I install Block Particles?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Block Particles work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Block Particles

Java data pack listed for Minecraft 1.21–26.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

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Block Particles

That one YouTube Shorts placing particles but its a datapack. This aims to recreate the effect from this video (and probably hundreds more)

Why?

Why not. also i was kinda bored

How it works

It casts a ray to find out which block that the user is facing once a block is placed, then spews the blocks' particles in the block's space.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7
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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.

File checked by MCModsHub

Downloads as placeparticles.zip
Download size: 5 KB
Download link checked 22 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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