Dynamic Outlines
by armaninyow
Players who want to see which blocks and mobs respond to their held item can use Dynamic Outlines, which draws colored outlines that change with the held item.
What it does
Dynamic Outlines highlights blocks and entities with colored outlines, and the color depends on what the player is holding. A block that can be used with the current item gets a yellow outline, and a block that cannot gets a black one. Mobs are outlined in black when passive or neutral and in red when hostile. Interactions are context-aware, so doors, trapdoors, crafting tables and similar blocks are marked for the held item, and entity interactions such as feeding, shearing or leashing are covered too.
The outline system can be tuned with a separate setting for block and entity outlines, including line width, transparency and whether a missing tool produces a stroke. The mod is built on Fabric and is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, which makes it open source. Installation needs Fabric Loader and Fabric API. Cloth Config API or YetAnotherConfigLib can be added for in-game configuration, with Mod Menu recommended. Dynamic Outlines runs on the client alone, so vanilla servers work without it.
Key features
Held-item outlines
Block and entity outlines change with the held item, showing which interactions the item can perform.
Separate colors for blocks and mobs
Block outlines and entity outlines can be recolored independently, including interactive and hostile tones.
Adjustable outline width and transparency
Line thickness and outline transparency can be changed for both blocks and entities.
Missing-tool stroke
A non-interactive outline can be shown when breaking a block would yield nothing with the current tool.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric who want clearer feedback about how held items interact with blocks and mobs. Only the client needs the mod, so it suits single-player and multiplayer play alike.
Questions
Does Dynamic Outlines need Fabric API?
Does the server need Dynamic Outlines?
Which configuration library works with Dynamic Outlines?
In the catalog
Dynamic Outlines is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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Block Outlines Every block you look at is highlighted as either Interactive (Yellow) or Non-Interactive (Black) Entity Outlines Every mob you look at is highlighted as either Passive/Neutral (Black) or Hostile (Red) Context-Aware Interactions Base Interactions Doors, trapdoors, fence gates, buttons, levers, crafting…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dynamic-outlines
- Owner
- armaninyow
- Published
- 2026-07-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
