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Timber!

by Vanilla Tweaks

Chop down entire trees by breaking the bottom log. All connected logs break at once while sneaking with an axe.

Overview

Timber! lets you fell a whole tree by breaking its lowest log while sneaking with an axe, instead of chipping trunks block by block. Vanilla Tweaks detects the qualifying break with predicates, then runs a function that clears the connected logs at once and speeds up the resulting leaf decay. Requiring both an axe and the sneak key keeps the felling deliberate, so you never trigger it by accident while mining. It is a quality-of-life tweak that makes gathering wood far quicker while staying close to vanilla feel.

It fits survival and skyblock players who chop a lot of wood and want faster harvesting without a full mod. It comes from Vanilla Tweaks, sits in the Quality of Life category, and is rated a simple, drop-in pack to run. Everything happens through vanilla data pack functions, so no mod loader such as Fabric or Forge is required to use it on Minecraft 1.20 through 1.21.4.

Category
Quality of Life
Complexity
Simple
Install Method
World & Server
Popularity
Very Popular

Features

How It Works

Under the hood, Timber! relies on plain data pack mechanics rather than any client mod. Here is what happens in-game once it is loaded:

  1. 1Predicates check that the player is sneaking and holding an axe when a log breaks.
  2. 2A function then detects and removes the logs connected above the broken block.
  3. 3Leaf decay is accelerated so the canopy clears shortly after the trunk falls.
  4. 4Without the axe or sneak condition met, logs break one at a time as in vanilla.

Supported Versions

1.201.20.11.20.41.211.21.4

Compatibility

Compatible with most packs. Custom trees may not work.

  • Compatible with most data packs since it only reacts to log-breaking with an axe while sneaking.
  • Custom or modded tree types outside vanilla log tags may not be felled by it.
  • Runs cleanly beside utility and worldgen packs because it adds no generation or HUD changes.

Timber! is a pure data pack and does not ship a resource pack, so it changes server-side behaviour without altering textures, models or sounds on the client.

Tags

treesloggingquality of lifetimber

How to Install

Timber! installs as a standard Java Edition data pack and runs on both singleplayer worlds and multiplayer servers. Recent 1.21 releases bumped the data pack format, so keep the pack's pack.mcmeta in step with your server version.

  1. 1.Download the Timber! pack as a .zip and keep it zipped.
  2. 2.Open the target world folder — a singleplayer save under .minecraft/saves, or the world folder on your server.
  3. 3.Drop the .zip into that world's datapacks folder, creating the folder if it does not exist.
  4. 4.Load the world (or run /reload if it is already open) and run /datapack list to confirm it is enabled.

The pack is built for Minecraft 1.20 through 1.21.4, so it loads on vanilla Java without Fabric, Forge or any other mod loader. It is a safe drop-in data pack with no worldgen effect, working immediately in new or existing worlds once loaded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which Minecraft versions does Timber! support?

It runs on Java Edition 1.20 through 1.21.4, including the 1.20.1 and 1.20.4 versions.

Is Timber! a mod?

No. It is a vanilla data pack using predicates and functions, so it needs no Fabric or Forge.

How do I chop a whole tree at once?

Sneak while holding an axe and break the bottom log; the connected logs above will break together.

Why is nothing happening when I break a log?

The felling only triggers while you are both sneaking and using an axe; otherwise logs break normally one by one.

Does it work on every kind of tree?

It works with all vanilla tree types, but custom or modded trees outside the vanilla log tags may not be supported.

Does Timber! make leaves disappear too?

Yes. It speeds up the decay of the connected leaves so the canopy clears soon after the trunk is felled.

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