SwingThrough
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Allows targeting (and interacting with and attacking) living entities through transparent blocks like grass, crops, and flowers.
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Allows targeting living entities through transparent blocks.Requires Connector on neoforge.
This mod discards the block crosshair target to allow an entity to be targeted instead, when:
- The block has empty collision
- The entity is living and attackable
- You're not directly riding the entity
- The entity is within reach (exact interaction range in 1.21)
Thanks to this implementation, the block outline will also disappear while you're targeting the entity.
Technical Notes
This mod is comprised of a single mixin with about 4 lines of meaningful code:
- 2 lines to use the full entity targeting range if the block meets the conditions
- 2 lines to discard the block target if the full range was used and the entity meets the conditions
It performs no additional raycasts or radius searches.
Afterword
All mods are built on the work of many others.
We made this mod for Tinkerer's Quilt - our modpack about ease of play and vanilla content.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16, 1.16.1, 1.16.2
- 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 swingthrough-1.0.6+1.20.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 22 KB
- Download link checked 7 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.