Marker Tower Builder
by mofaha
Marker Tower Builder is an enchanted shovel that places a 100-block-high illuminated marker tower when it is dropped, for players who mark a route or a base.
What it does
A player crafts the enchanted shovel from a stone shovel, a torch and a cobblestone block, with the ingredients placed anywhere in the crafting grid. Once made, the tool turns a marker tower, which would otherwise take many placements, into a single drop. Each use builds the tower on the spot, with animations and sound effects that play during construction.
Players can chain several towers behind them as they travel to leave a marked trail, or throw a few down to mark a base. The item can also be given with a command: the command takes a stick with a custom name of Marker Tower Builder, and the amount is set in the command. The item does not stack, so each builder takes its own inventory slot.
The mod runs on the server only, so players join without installing it and only the server needs the Fabric or Quilt files. It is published for 26.2 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Its files cover 1.21.6 – 26.2, with the latest Fabric and Quilt builds at 2.0.0 for 26.2, dated 2026-08-23.
Key features
Enchanted shovel tower builder
The shovel builds a simple illuminated marker tower when dropped, with no manual placement needed.
Animated construction
Towers rise with animations and sound effects, which make each build visible to players nearby.
Simple crafting recipe
The builder is crafted from a stone shovel, a torch and a cobblestone block, in any arrangement in the grid.
Command-based giving
Server owners can hand out builders through a chat command and choose how many to give.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want to give marker towers to players, and players who mark routes or bases. Single-player worlds can use it too, since the mod runs on the server side.
How it compares
Interdimensional Map Markers is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, works on Fabric and Quilt, and is server-side only, with files for 1.16.5 – 26.3. PrettyMarker is client-side only, under All rights reserved, and is published for Fabric alone across 1.21.11 – 26.3, so players need it installed. Marker Tower Builder is server-side only and not open source, the same environment as Interdimensional Map Markers but under a different license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marker Tower Builder | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-23 |
| Interdimensional Map Markers | Fabric and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-03-28 |
| PrettyMarker | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-13 |
Questions
Does Marker Tower Builder need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Marker Tower Builder support?
Why does a server owner need to increase the give amount?
In the catalog
Marker Tower Builder is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
This mod lets you craft a Marker Tower Builder, an enchanted shovel which magically builds a simple marker tower when dropped. It takes the hassle out of building marker towers and replaces it with fun! This is really a lot though. This is too many.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/marker-tower-builder
- Owner
- mofaha
- Published
- 2026-05-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15