Creating a block

Instantiating a block

Similar to creating an item, we can use BlockRegistryEvent and Template* classes to register our modded blocks.

public class MyBlocks {
    @Entrypoint.ModID
    final ModID modId = Null.get();

    public static BlockBase myBlock;

    @EventListener
    void registerBlocks(BlockRegistryEvent event) {
        myBlock = new TemplateBlockBase(modId.id("my_block"), Material.STONE);
    }
}

Block properties

And, again, similar to items, we can set custom block properties, like so:

myBlock = new TemplateBlockBase(modId.id("my_block"), Material.STONE).setHardness(1.5F).setTranslationKey(modId, "myBlock");

Localization

Translation keys for blocks are defined like this: en_US.lang

tile.myBlock.name=My Block

Block items

Minecraft doesn't automatically handle all registered blocks as items that you can keep in your inventory, drop on ground, etc.

But it does automatically register a block item for blocks registered at a very specific point in code, and BlockRegistryEvent is dispatched right in time for this, so you don't need to do anything.

However, if you wish to disable this behavior, you can call .disableAutomaticBlockItemRegistration() on your block, similar to other properties above.