Random Placer
by Learwin
Random Placer lets a player right-click with one item to place a random block taken from the hotbar or the whole inventory, for Forge on 1.7.10.
What it does
Holding a single item and right-clicking places a block picked at random from the hotbar. A mode toggle, bound to Shift with right-click, switches the pool between the hotbar alone and the full inventory, so the same item can draw from either set of slots.
The weighting follows the stacks in the inventory. Each block type is chosen in proportion to how many slots it fills, so a block that occupies four slots appears four times as often as one in a single slot. The author's examples give roughly one dirt, two cobblestone and four wood placements in a seven-slot layout, and a 1/8 to 7/8 split for the hotbar mode against 1/35 to 34/45 for the inventory mode.
The mod is server-side only, so only the server needs it and players join without installing anything. It is released under the MIT License and is open source, with the source code and issue tracker public. Files exist for 1.7.10 only, and the latest Forge file is 1.0.1 for 1.7.10, first published on 2023-03-03 and last updated on 2023-03-04.
Key features
Random block placement
Right-clicking with the item places a randomly selected block from the chosen slot pool.
Hotbar or inventory pool
Shift with right-click toggles whether placement draws from the hotbar alone or from the whole inventory.
Stack-weighted odds
Blocks with more filled slots are picked more often, so the stack layout controls the ratio of placed blocks.
Single item trigger
One held item activates the placer, so no extra block or command is needed to start random building.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Torch Key [Forge] is client-side only, open source under the MIT License and covers 1.7.10 – 1.19.3, so it works on a single client without any server change. Unscrollify Hotbar is also client-side only and open source, but under The Unlicense and for 1.8.9 alone. Random Placer differs from both by being server-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Random Placer | Forge | 1.7.10 | Server-side only | 2023-03-04 |
| Torch Key [Forge] | Forge | 1.7.10 – 1.19.3 | Client-side only | 2023-04-06 |
| Unscrollify Hotbar | Forge | 1.8.9 | Client-side only | 2023-07-20 |
Questions
Does Random Placer need to be installed on the client?
How does the stack layout change placement odds?
Which versions does Random Placer support?
In the catalog
Random Placer is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 1,013 mods support Minecraft 1.7.10.
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What the author says
I was planning my next build and noticed that 1.7.10 lacked a way to randomly place items. That's when I decided I could probably code that up and now I'm here with Random Placer. This mod adds a singular item which allows you to place blocks randomly selected from your hotbar or your inventory. To use this item…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/random-placer
- Owner
- Learwin
- Published
- 2023-03-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-03-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15