Don's Building Stuff
by silentudono
Don's Building Stuff, by silentudono, adds four trowel types and a roller that place, replace and recolor blocks for players who build walls and patterns by hand.
What it does
Players select blocks from the inventory and fill the hotbar with up to 17 different blocks, then set the ratio of the blocks and the order they are placed in. Randomizing the hotbar starting slot follows the selected trowel, and smart replacement handles ordered patterns such as checkerboards.
With a pickaxe held in the offhand, the Iron Trowel switches to Replacement Mode, so a block is exchanged in place rather than mined before the new one goes down. The Diamond Trowel gives Quick Place: holding Alt selects an area, and the wall is built from the chosen materials in about three seconds.
The mod is published for NeoForge on 1.21.1 only, under the Apache License 2.0, and it is not open source. Both the server and every player need it, so it is installed on both sides. The tooltips describe the mechanics, so the in-game text covers most of what a builder needs to know.
Key features
Four trowel types and a roller
Four trowel variants each handle placement differently, and a roller covers a surface with the chosen blocks.
Hotbar block selection
Up to 17 different blocks can fill the hotbar, and the ratio and placement order are set by the player.
Replacement and saving
Replacement Mode swaps blocks in place, and the Netherite Trowel returns the blocks it recovers to the inventory.
Dye recoloring
The Roller uses dyes to recolor wool, glass, concrete and other dyeable blocks without replacing each one by hand.
Quick Place wall building
Holding Alt selects an area so a full wall is placed from the chosen materials in a few seconds.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Builders who place large areas of mixed blocks, and players who want pattern and recolor tools for survival or creative building on a NeoForge 1.21.1 server.
How it compares
Copper Overthrow is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, is open source and runs on the client and server, so it is needed on both the server and the client. Builder's Trowels covers 1.20 – 1.21.10 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, is not open source and is under All rights reserved, and Flowers and Trowels is open source under the MIT License for 1.21 – 1.21.1 on NeoForge only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don's Building Stuff | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-11 |
| Copper Overthrow | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-09 |
| Builder's Trowels | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2026-02-20 |
| Flowers and Trowels | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-24 |
Questions
Does Don's Building Stuff need to be on the server?
Which loader and game version does the mod support?
Can the trowels be used to recolor blocks?
In the catalog
Don's Building Stuff is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,250 Optimization mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Hey! I'm Donnie, an enthusiast developer. I love building machines, making weird contraptions, automating random stuff, you name it.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dons-building-stuff
- Owner
- silentudono
- Published
- 2026-05-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15