Still Chopper
Still Chopper makes small and medium trees fall as physical fallen-log pieces when a player breaks them, rather than removing the whole tree at once.
What it does
When a player breaks the base of a small or medium tree, the trunk and branches come down as physical fallen-log reconstructions. Supported leaf blocks move with the section that falls, and the mod scans up to 26 neighboring logs around each block to decide what belongs to the tree. Tree size is classified dynamically, so the result depends on the shape of the tree in front of the player.
The mod is built to keep tree harvesting close to vanilla. Fallen logs are marked so they cannot be felled a second time, and the falling pieces are unmapped, so they do not drop wood instantly the way a vein-mining tool would. Still Chopper runs on client and server and needs Fabric API alongside Fabric Loader. It is published for Fabric only, across 21 release versions 1.20.2 – 26.2, and the code is released under the MIT License without being open source.
Key features
Physical tree felling
Small and medium trees come down as fallen logs that keep their shape, instead of vanishing in one break.
Supported leaves move along
Leaf blocks attached to a falling section travel with it, so the fallen part stays readable.
26-neighbor log scanning
Each log is checked against its 26 neighboring positions to find which blocks belong to the same tree.
Protection from refelling
Logs that have already fallen are marked, so a broken piece cannot be chopped down again.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival wood gathering
Players who collect wood by hand get a slower, more physical way to clear a forest without switching to a vein-mining tool.
Readable builds around trees
Builders who want trees to fall in a predictable, visible way can keep the felled pieces in place as landscape.
Who it’s for: Players who want tree harvesting to feel more physical while keeping the game close to vanilla. Survival players and builders who clear land by hand are the main audience.
How it compares
TreeFeller is a different approach, a vein-mining tool that removes a whole tree's logs instantly, while Still Chopper keeps the fall physical. Chopt is also a Fabric mod under the MIT License and is open source, with files for 1.20.1 – 26.3 and environment client and server, so it can be run on the same servers. Easy Survival Mod targets only 1.20.1 and is also client and server, open source and MIT licensed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still Chopper | Fabric | 1.20.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-23 |
| Chopt | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-17 |
| Easy Survival Mod | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-31 |
Questions
Does Still Chopper need Fabric API?
Does the server need Still Chopper?
Which game versions does Still Chopper support?
In the catalog
Still Chopper 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
Still Chopper is a standalone physical tree-felling mod for Minecraft. It is not TreeFeller, VeinMiner, or an instant resource vacuum. Chopper makes small and medium trees fall into physical fallen-log reconstructions instead of simply deleting the tree and dropping every block at once.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/still-chopper
- Owner
- Iceboundjester8
- Published
- 2026-06-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15