!Vanilla Utilities
This data pack does not add any new blocks or items, but it adds new gameplay mechanics like:
- New entity interaction
- New blocks Interaction
1.20.6 - 1.21+
Entity interaction:
Armor stand Interaction
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Armor swap
!Armor Swap
To swap the armor, simply shift right-click the glowing armor-stand
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Armor arms
!Armor Arms
To add arms to an armor stand, simply right-click on an armor stand without arms with at least 2 sticks To remove arms, right-click on an armor stand with arms with less than 62 stick
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Armor plate
!Armor Plate
To remove the plate from an armor stand, simply right-click it with less than 63 smooth stone slabs To add the plate, simply right-click it with at least 1 smooth stone slab.
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Armor invisibility
!Armor Invisibility
To make the armor stand invisible, simply right-click it with a potion of invisibility (3 minutes) To make the armor stand visible, simply right-click it with a glass bottle
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Armor small
!Armor small
To make the armor stand small, simply right-click it with a potion of weakness (1:30 minutes) To make the armor stand tall, simply right-click it with a water bottle
Item frame Interaction
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Invisible & visible
!Invisible & Visible
To make the item frame invisible, simply right-click on it with shears To make it visible, simply right-click on it with glow ink sack
Mobs Interaction
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Pig saddle
!Pig Saddle
To take the saddle from a pig, simply shift right-click on it
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Strider saddle
To take the saddle from a strider, simply shift right-click on it
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Chicken feathers
!Chicken feathers
Shift right-clicking a chicken will cause it to drop feathers, but it will take 0.25 hearts of damage per click
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Cow leather
!Cow Leather
Shift right-clicking a cow with shears will cause it to drop leather, but it will take 2.5 hearts of damage per click
Block interaction:
Cauldron Interaction
!Cauldron Interaction
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Leaves to moss
Right-clicking a water cauldron with any type of leaves will give you a moss block and will cause the water in the cauldron to drop a layer
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Moss to slime
Right-clicking a water cauldron with a moss block will give you a slimeball and will cause the water in the cauldron to drop a layer
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Powder to concrete
Right-clicking a water cauldron with any type of concrete powder will give you the corresponding type of concrete and will cause the water in the cauldron to drop a layer
Moss Blocks Interaction
!Moss Blocks Interaction
- Moss to stone
Shift right-clicking a mossy stone brick/mossy cobblestone of any type with shears will change it to its non-mossy state and give you vines.
- Stone to moss
Shift right-clicking a stone brick/cobblestone of any type with vines will change it to its mossy state
Anvil Interaction
!Anvil Interaction
- Iron repair
Right-clicking a damaged/chipped anvil with an iron block will restore the anvil to its previous state
Sponge Interaction
!Sponge Interaction
- Sponge
Right-clicking a wet sponge with a bucket will change it to sponge and give you a water bucket
Ladder Interaction
!Ladder Interaction
- Ladder
Right-clicking a ladder with a ladder will place a ladder underneath it
Beds interaction
!Beds Interaction
- Banners on beds
Shift right-clicking a bed with a banner will place the banner on the blanket To remove the banner you need to break the bed (I can't remove the banner pole from the bed)
Flowers Interaction
!Flowers Interaction
- Small flowers duplication
Right-clicking a small flower with a bone meal will duplicate the flower (sometimes works, just keep right-clicking)
Powders
!Powders
- Gunpowder
Dropping an anvil on a coal block and 8 flints will turn them into gunpowder (from 2 to 8)
- Glowstone dust
Dropping an anvil on 8 glow berries will turn them into glowstone dust (from 16 to 32)
!WARNING! Dropping an anvil from more than a few blocks can kill items
Pistons
!Piston
- Sticky Piston
Right-clicking on a piston with a slimeball makes it sticky
Right-clicking on a sticky piston with shears will turn it into a normal piston
New Drops
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Cake
!Cake
You can now break a whole or bitten cake
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Spawner (1.21 only)
!Spawner
You can now break a spawner with a silk touch pickaxe.
Configuration
You can access config with /trigger vanilla_utilities.settings
For Admins, you can disable the trigger with /function vu:disable_trigger_settings,
you can re-enable it with /function vu:enable_trigger_settings. To access settings do /function vu:settings
Recipes
This datapack also adds 45 new recipes, I recommend using the JEI mod to view them. You can also click on the spoiler below
Recipes
!Bell
!Brown Mushroom Block
!Chain Helmet
!Chain Chestplate
!Chain Leggings
!Chain Boots
!Chests
▼ (Stonecutter)
!Stone to Cobblestone
!Cobweb
!Crying Obsidian
▼ (Works with all saplings)
!Sapling to Dead Bush
▼ (Works with andesite, granite, diorite, basalt and tuff)
!Furnace with other stone types
▼ (Shapeless)
!Glow Ink Sac
▼ (Shapeless)
!Glow Lichen
▼ (You can use dirt, coarse dirt and rooted dirt) (Shapeless)
!Grass with Moss Carpet
▼ (You can use dirt, coarse dirt and rooted dirt) (Shapeless)
!Grass with Short Grass
!Iron Horse Armor
!Gold Horse Armor
!Diamond Horse Armor
!Moss Block
!Mushroom Stem
!Name Tag
!Nether Wart
!Red Mushroom Block
!Reinforced Deepslate
▼ (Campfire)
!Leather
!Saddle
▼ (Shapeless)
!Shroomlight
▼ (Compatible with all wool colors)(Shapeless)
!Strings
!Trident
1.20.1 - 1.20.4
Entity interaction:
Armor stand Interaction
-
Armor swap
!Armor Swap
To swap the armor, simply shift right-click the glowing armor-stand
-
Armor arms
!Armor Arms
To add arms to an armor stand, simply right-click on an armor stand without arms with at least 2 sticks To remove arms, right-click on an armor stand with arms with less than 62 stick
-
Armor plate
!Armor Plate
To remove the plate from an armor stand, simply right-click it with less than 63 smooth stone slabs To add the plate, simply right-click it with at least 1 smooth stone slab.
-
Armor invisibility
!Armor Invisibility
To make the armor stand invisible, simply right-click it with a potion of invisibility (3 minutes) To make the armor stand visible, simply right-click it with a glass bottle
Item frame Interaction
-
Invisible & visible
!Invisible & Visible
To make the item frame invisible, simply right-click on it with shears To make it visible, simply right-click on it with glow ink sack
Mobs Interaction
-
Pig saddle
!Pig Saddle
To take the saddle from a pig, simply shift right-click on it
-
Strider saddle
To take the saddle from a strider, simply shift right-click on it
-
Chicken feathers
!Chicken feathers
Shift right-clicking a chicken will cause it to drop feathers, but it will take 0.25 hearts of damage per click
-
Cow leather
!Cow Leather
Shift right-clicking a cow with shears will cause it to drop leather, but it will take 2.5 hearts of damage per click
Block interaction:
Cauldron Interaction
!Cauldron Interaction
-
Leaves to moss
Right-clicking a water cauldron with any type of leaves will give you a moss block and will cause the water in the cauldron to drop a layer
-
Moss to slime
Right-clicking a water cauldron with a moss block will give you a slimeball and will cause the water in the cauldron to drop a layer
-
Powder to concrete
Right-clicking a water cauldron with any type of concrete powder will give you the corresponding type of concrete and will cause the water in the cauldron to drop a layer
Moss Blocks Interaction
!Moss Blocks Interaction
-
Moss to stone Shift right-clicking a mossy stone brick/mossy cobblestone of any type with shears will change it to its non-mossy state and give you vines.
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Stone to moss Shift right-clicking a stone brick/cobblestone of any type with vines will change it to its mossy state
Anvil Interaction
!Anvil Interaction
- Iron repair Right-clicking a damaged/chipped anvil with an iron block will restore the anvil to its previous state
Crying Obsidian Interaction
!Crying Obsidian Interaction
- Ender pearl Right-clicking a crying obsidian block with a slime block will turn it into some ender pearls (from 1 to 4)
Sponge Interaction
!Sponge Interaction
- Sponge Right-clicking a wet sponge with a bucket will change it to sponge and give you a water bucket
Ladder Interaction
!Ladder Interaction
- Ladder Right-clicking a ladder with a ladder will place a ladder underneath it
Beds interaction
!Beds Interaction
- Banners on beds Shift right-clicking a bed with a banner will place the banner on the blanket To remove the banner you need to break the bed (I can't remove the banner pole from the bed)
Flowers Interaction
!Flowers Interaction
- Small flowers duplication Right-clicking a small flower with a bone meal will duplicate the flower (sometimes works, just keep right-clicking)
Powders
!Powders
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Gunpowder Dropping an anvil on a coal block and 8 flints will turn them into gunpowder (from 2 to 8)
-
Glowstone dust Dropping an anvil on 8 glow berries will turn them into glowstone dust (from 16 to 32)
!WARNING! Dropping an anvil from more than a few blocks can kill items
Chain
- Falling blocks Placing gravity affected blocks under chains keep them from falling (Bugged)
Blaze Rod
!Blaze Rod
- Blaze rod Dropping sticks into lava will turn them into blaze rod after N * 1 minutes (so 5 sticks turn into blaze rod after 5 minutes)
New Drops
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Cake
!Cake
You can now break a whole or bitten cake
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Spawner
!Spawner
You can now break a spawner with a silk touch pickaxe.
Items Highlight
Dropped items will'be highlighted green after 1 minute, yellow after 2.5 minutes and red after 4.5 minutes by default *
Configuration
Slime ball, ender pearls, blaze rods, spawners and low loot can be disabled/enabled for a player with /trigger
For example, if a player called XZTL does /trigger slime_ball_crafting, he won't be able to right-click a cauldron with a moss_block
Falling blocks and inverted blankets are globally disabled/enabled
Items Highlight can be configured also with /trigger items.glowing.
For example to set Items Highlight after 1 tick do /trigger items.glowing.green set 1 To disable it do /trigger items.glowing.green set 6001
Recipes
This datapack also adds 45 new recipes, I recommend using the JEI mod to view them. You can also click on the spoiler below
Recipes
!Bell
!Brown Mushroom Block
!Chain Helmet
!Chain Chestplate
!Chain Leggings
!Chain Boots
!Chests
▼ (Stonecutter)
!Stone to Cobblestone
!Cobweb
!Crying Obsidian
▼ (Works with all saplings)
!Sapling to Dead Bush
▼ (Works with andesite, granite, diorite, basalt and tuff)
!Furnace with other stone types
▼ (Shapeless)
!Glow Ink Sac
▼ (Shapeless)
!Glow Lichen
▼ (You can use dirt, coarse dirt and rooted dirt) (Shapeless)
!Grass with Moss Carpet
▼ (You can use dirt, coarse dirt and rooted dirt) (Shapeless)
!Grass with Short Grass
!Iron Horse Armor
!Gold Horse Armor
!Diamond Horse Armor
!Moss Block
!Mushroom Stem
!Name Tag
!Nether Wart
!Red Mushroom Block
!Reinforced Deepslate
▼ (Campfire)
!Leather
!Saddle
▼ (Shapeless)
!Shroomlight
▼ (Compatible with all wool colors)(Shapeless)
!Strings
!Trident

