Effortless Building
by Requios
Players who place large structures by hand can use Effortless Building, which adds placement tools for many blocks at once.
What it does
A build mode is picked from a radial menu opened by holding ALT. The player holds a block, right-clicks to set the starting position, aims elsewhere and right-clicks again to build the chosen shape. Build modes include single lines, walls, floors, cubes, circles, cylinders, spheres and slopes, with diagonal variants, and they can place, break or interact with blocks in the shape. Holding a tool and right-clicking acts on every block in the shape, such as stripping logs with an axe or tilling with a hoe.
The radial menu also holds undo and redo, replace options, modifier settings and config screens. A Randomizer Bag places random blocks from the player's inventory, and shift-right-click configures it. Effortless Building needs Fabric, Forge or NeoForge, and it must be installed on both the server and the client, because the server places blocks in bulk. Files for 26.3 are published for Fabric and NeoForge, and files for 1.20.1 for Forge, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, which makes the mod open source.
Key features
Build modes
Shapes such as walls, floors, cubes, spheres and cylinders are placed from a single start and end point.
Mirrors and arrays
Blocks can be mirrored in real time and repeated in arrays, with the maximum size set in the config.
Block randomizer
The Randomizer Bag places random blocks, so patterned surfaces need no manual placement.
Undo and redo
Recent placements and breaks can be reverted or reapplied from the radial menu.
Configurable limits
Reach, the number of blocks placed at once and rules for breaking and replacing blocks can be adjusted.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Builders who place many blocks in creative or survival worlds, and server owners who want bulk placement without sending each block separately.
How it compares
Diagonal Leaves is server-side only, under the MIT License, and covers 1.21.1 – 26.2 on Fabric and NeoForge, so players do not need to install it. Diagonal Walls is client and server, under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and covers 1.20.1 – 26.3 across Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, where Effortless Building offers a wider set of build modes.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effortless Building | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-10 |
| Diagonal Leaves | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-31 |
| Diagonal Walls | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
Questions
Does Effortless Building need to be installed on the server?
Which loader should Effortless Building use for 26.3?
Is there a Bedrock Edition version of Effortless Building?
In the catalog
Effortless Building is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Many mods make it easier to break blocks, but not many focus on placing them. Even the most experienced players still often place blocks one by one. This mod makes building easier by providing tools like mirrors, arrays, build modes and a block randomizer. Hold ALT to open the radial menu and select a build mode…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/effortless-building
- Owner
- Requios
- Published
- 2023-07-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15