TimberTweak

TimberTweak is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.20.4 that adds a new way to chop trees and a set of log block shapes. Each chop removes one layer of a log in the direction the player is facing, so a log can be cut down to a thinner slab or a quarter-block piece. The mod handles six directions: up, down, east, west, south and north. A log block has four thicknesses, from full block to one quarter block. Tools lose durability only once, at the final thickness of the cut, rather than on every pass.

The main goal is to make survival play a bit more realistic, since a tree is worked piece by piece instead of being broken at once. Logs still break in one step when a silk touch enchanted axe is used, as in vanilla. Shaped logs are meant for decoration, and sneaking with an empty hand restores the normal wood texture on a block. The mod adds the new shapes to the creative inventory and extends some props, such as flower pots and torches, so they can use the same shapes. Walls, roofs, small alleys and stairs can be built from sculpted logs, and a tree can be enhanced with some sculpted blocks to form roots.

TimberTweak runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The files target Fabric only, and Fabric API for 1.20.4 is required. The mod is published under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is not open source. Only one release exists so far, 1.0.0 for 1.20.4, published on 2024-02-20. The author notes that early builds may still have texture and shape errors, and asks for bug reports.