Catenary

A catenary is placed by choosing two thick endpoints. Once one is set, a player right-clicks an endpoint with a new catenary item to connect another catenary to the same point, so several can share an anchor. Left-clicking either endpoint breaks the catenary and returns the item used to place it. Waxing with honeycomb guards against accidental breakage, and right-clicking with an axe removes the wax.

Each catenary has two other slots for decoration materials, and the first slot can be left empty. Materials hang below the rope and give off block light. A left-hand button sets the spacing between decorations, and two slots can alternate different decorations. A special type called spelling is crafted by placing a sign in the first slot; the second slot then takes other materials, and the spelling spells out any text named on an Anvil, using player heads whose font changes their textures. Two craftable items extend the ziplines: a Zipline Mount Pad, a placeable block shaped like a pressure plate, lets an entity start riding a nearby zipline without a bow.

Catenary requires a resource pack, and it is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with a Data pack available for servers. It is required on the server and optional for players. Files cover 1.20 – 26.2 across 15 release versions, and the latest file is 0.7.0+mod for 26.2. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.