Gouge
by Simplezes
Gouge lets a player with a pickaxe slow a fall by striking a wall mid-air, so a descent along a cliff can be controlled instead of dropping straight down.
What it does
Gouge adds a wall-scraping move to the pickaxe. A player falling toward a wall right-clicks with a pickaxe to bite into the surface, and friction bleeds off downward speed while the tool scrapes along the edge. The slow-down depends on the block: harder blocks provide more resistance and slow the fall significantly faster than softer ones.
Pickaxes gain the ability through the Enchanting Table and the Anvil, so it is an adventure option rather than a default part of the game. Fabric API is required on every loader that runs the mod, and the mod is open source under the MIT License, with a source code repository and an issue tracker linked from its listing. Gouge runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with the latest builds on 1.6 for 1.21.11 (Fabric) and 1.6 for 26.2 (Forge and NeoForge).
Key features
Pickaxe wall grip
Right-clicking a wall while falling with a pickaxe lets the tool bite into the surface and slow the descent.
Block-dependent friction
Harder blocks provide more resistance, so the fall slows down significantly faster against them than against softer blocks.
Enchanted pickaxes
The wall-scraping ability is applied to pickaxes through the Enchanting Table and the Anvil.
Mod compatibility
Tested alongside Mekanism Tools and Silent Gear, and the mod credits ParCool, Rezipped and Wall-Jump TXF for the ideas it builds on.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Simple Parkour is a server-side only mod for NeoForge, released under the MIT License and not open source, with a build for 1.20.6. [Official] Epic x ParCool is a client and server mod for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, so it has a different license and loader set. Swords Dash is a client and server mod for Fabric covering 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License and not open source, and it changes movement rather than pickaxe behavior. Gouge is the only option here that adds the pickaxe wall grip.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouge | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-03 |
| Simple Parkour | NeoForge | 1.20.6 | Server-side only | 2024-07-21 |
| [Official] Epic x ParCool | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-19 |
| Swords Dash | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-07 |
Questions
Does Gouge need Fabric API?
Does Gouge have to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does Gouge support?
How do players get the wall-grip ability?
In the catalog
Gouge is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Falling toward a wall? Right-click it with a pickaxe. It bites into the surface and friction bleeds off your downward speed as you scrape along the edge. Harder blocks provide more resistance, slowing you down significantly faster.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gouge
- Owner
- Simplezes
- Published
- 2026-07-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15