Better Conduit Placement
by Serilum
Players who build conduits by hand can place the whole beacon from the front of the frame with Better Conduit Placement, which is a server-side mod that needs Collective.
What it does
Holding the crouch button places a full conduit beacon almost instantly at any spot the player chooses. Clicking a conduit places prismarine blocks in the correct pattern around it, so the frame does not have to be assembled one block at a time. Once a conduit is surrounded by its full set of blocks, water replaces the non-conduit blocks that sit around it.
Two options control how blocks behave: breakConduitBlocks, which is on by default, drops every conduit block when the conduit is broken, and dropReplacedBlockTopConduit, also on by default, drops a normal block on top of the conduit when prismarine replaces it. The mod is a minimalistic, configurable tweak to conduit placement, and it runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 26.3.
Files cover 29 release versions, 1.16.5 – 26.3, and the latest file is 26.3.0-3.6-fabric+forge+neo for 26.3, published 2026-10-02. The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing it. Collective must be installed as a required dependency. The code is not open source, and the mod is released as All rights reserved.
Key features
Conduit placement in front
A conduit can be placed in front of the player, so the beacon is built from the spot where the player stands.
Prismarine placement by click
Clicking a conduit places the surrounding prismarine blocks, which removes the need to place each one by hand.
Crouch-triggered beacon build
Holding crouch builds a full conduit beacon almost instantly in any chosen location.
Configurable drops
Two options set whether conduit blocks drop when broken and whether a replaced block drops on top of the conduit.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Quick conduit builds
Players who set up conduits in survival worlds can finish the frame without placing each prismarine block separately.
Server setups
Server owners can add the tweak without asking players to install anything, because the mod only runs on the server.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who build conduit beacons and want faster placement, with Collective installed as a required dependency.
How it compares
Mob Conduit is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and published for 26.2 on Fabric and NeoForge. Furnace Damage supports Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 26.2 – 26.3, is not open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Just Enough Beacons Reforged is client-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Conduit Placement | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Mob Conduit | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-04 |
| Furnace Damage | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.2 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-11 |
| Just Enough Beacons Reforged | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-01-29 |
Questions
Does Better Conduit Placement need Collective?
Does a player need the mod to join a server that runs it?
Can the drop behavior be changed?
In the catalog
Better Conduit Placement is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Better Conduit Placement is a minimalistic configurable mod which allows the placement conduits in front of players, placing prismarine blocks by clicking the conduit and other tweaks. You may also be interested in Better Beacon Placement.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-conduit-placement
- Owner
- Serilum
- Published
- 2022-09-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15