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handpiston

by EuMarko

Hand Piston adds a handheld piston that players can use directly from the hand, pushing or pulling blocks in the same way as the placed block.

ForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.20.1

What it does

Hand Piston turns piston behavior into a tool held in the hand, so blocks can be moved without placing a piston first. The mod ships two versions: a Hand Piston Normal that pushes blocks forward, as a regular piston does, and a Hand Piston Slime that pulls blocks toward the player, imitating a slime piston. Both are meant for moving blocks with little effort.

The mod is built on the GeckoLib animation rendering engine, which is required and must be installed alongside it. It is published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1. Hand Piston runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is not open source; the mod is released under All rights reserved.

Key features

  1. Handheld piston

    The piston function works directly from the hand, with no piston block placed in the world.

  2. Normal push

    The normal variant pushes blocks forward, the same way a regular piston moves them.

  3. Slime pull

    The slime variant pulls blocks toward the player, simulating a slime piston.

  4. Animated tool models

    GeckoLib handles the rendering of the tool's animations.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.11.0.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

GeckolibA 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Craft Slime and A Slime Mod are both Forge mods for 1.20.1 that run on client and server and are released under All rights reserved, so they are closer in loader and version to Hand Piston. Factory Gauge Enhance is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 where the server is required and the client is optional, and it is open source under the MIT License, so a server can run it without every player installing it.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
handpistonForge1.20.1Client and server2025-02-05
Craft SlimeForge1.20.1Client and server2025-03-02
A Slime ModForge1.20.1Client and server2025-06-03
Factory Gauge EnhanceForge1.20.1Server required, client optional2026-07-21

Questions

Does Hand Piston need Geckolib?

Yes. Geckolib is a required dependency and must be installed next to Hand Piston on Forge for 1.20.1.

Does Hand Piston have to be installed on the server?

Yes. Servers that run it need every player to install it too.

Which Minecraft versions does Hand Piston support?

Hand Piston has one Forge file, 1.0.1, for 1.20.1, published on 2025-02-05.

In the catalog

handpiston is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.

Equipment mods17,631Forge modsMods for 1.20.134,764

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What the author says

What is it? The Hand Piston mod allows you to use piston functionality directly in your hand! No need for blocks or redstone; you can push or pull blocks with total ease. 🚀 How does it work? 1. Hand Piston (Normal): Pushes blocks forward, just like a regular piston. 🟦➡️ 2. Hand Piston (Slime): Pulls blocks towards…
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Official listing

Owner
EuMarko
Published
2025-02-05
Updated on Modrinth
2025-02-05
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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