🧱 Mini Blocks Guide
Mini Blocks allow you to build and decorate with pieces much smaller than a normal Minecraft block. Using the chisel and mini blocks found in the Sculpting creative tab, you can create detailed sculptures, decorations, and custom builds with much more precision than normal blocks allow.
A single Minecraft block is divided into a 16 × 16 × 16 grid, giving you plenty of control over the size and shape of your sculptures.
The Chisel
The Chisel serves as a tool used to interact with Mini Blocks. It has several different functions designed for placing, removing, shaping, and copying bits.
With a Chisel in your hand, use:
Right Click or Shift + Right Click (only while in copy mode) to cycle/select the function you would like to use.
The available functions are:
- Single Bit — place and remove individual bits.
- Set — quickly fill or remove a selected area.
- Raise — add another layer to an existing sculpture.
- Cube — create cubes of a specific size.
- Copy — copy and paste existing sculptures.
Single Bit
Single Bit is the most basic sculpting function and gives you precise control over individual bits.
First, select Single Bit with your Chisel. Then, grab the block bit you would like to build with from the Sculpting tab.
Placing & Removing Bits
While holding your selected bit:
| Control | Action |
|---|---|
| Right Click | Places one bit |
| Left Click | Removes the bit you are looking at |
| Shift + Left Click | Fully deletes the sculpture block-by-block |
Chiseling Normal Blocks
While your Chisel is set to Single Bit, Left Click a normal full block with the Chisel and it will remove a singular bit from it.
This allows you to begin sculpting directly from an existing full block.
Set
The Set function allows you to quickly fill an entire selected area with one type of bit. It works similarly to the WorldEdit //set, but is designed specifically for Mini Blocks.
Filling an Area
First, select Set with your Chisel and grab the bit you would like to use from the Sculpting tab.
- Right Click to select your first position.
- Your first position should be highlighted purple.
- Move toward the opposite corner of the area you want to fill.
- A purple selection preview will show the area being selected.
- Right Click again to select your second position.
- The selected area will automatically fill with the bit you currently have selected.
Deleting an Area
Set can also quickly remove sections of a sculpture, similar to using //set 0 in WorldEdit.
Instead of Right Clicking your positions:
Left Click your first position → Left Click your second position.
The entire selected area will be replaced with air.
Set Limit
Set has a maximum selection size of 16 full blocks.
This limit helps prevent accidentally creating extremely large sculptures or modifying a much larger area than intended.
Bits placed using Set also cannot intersect existing full blocks. If a normal Minecraft block occupies part of the selected area, Mini Blocks should not be placed through it.
Raise
The Raise function quickly adds another layer to the top of an existing sculpture.
To use it:
- Select Raise with your Chisel.
- Grab the bit you would like to use from the Sculpting tab.
- Click the existing sculpture you would like to raise.
- A new layer will be added using the block bit you currently have selected.
This is especially useful when building shapes that need several identical or similar layers without placing every individual bit manually.
Cube
The Cube function allows you to quickly create a perfectly sized cube of bits.
After selecting Cube, you will be prompted to enter a number between:
1–16
The number determines the cube's dimensions.
For example:
4 → creates a 4 × 4 × 4 cube.
8 → creates an 8 × 8 × 8 cube.
16 → creates a 16 × 16 × 16 cube, equivalent to the dimensions of one full Minecraft block.
Once you've selected your size, place the cube where you would like it to appear.
Copy
The Copy function allows you to copy an existing sculpture and precisely paste another copy somewhere else.
Important: You must have the Chisel in your hand while using Copy.
Copying a Sculpture
- Select Copy with your Chisel.
- Left Click the first corner/position of the sculpture you want to copy.
- Right Click the opposite corner/position.
- The selected sculpture will automatically be copied to your clipboard.
While selecting an area, a full-block grid appears over the sculpture to make selecting the correct positions easier.
Placing Your Copy
After copying the sculpture, a cyan wireframe will appear, this wireframe previews exactly where your copied sculpture will be placed. Move around until the wireframe is positioned where you want the sculpture, then:
Right Click → Paste the sculpture.
Rotating a Copy
You can rotate a copied sculpture before placing it: press ALT while previewing the copied sculpture to rotate it.
This allows you to change its orientation before confirming the placement.
Copy Limit
Copy has a maximum limit of 10,000 bits per selection.
This prevents extremely large selections from being accidentally copied or pasted.
Picking Up Sculptures
Completed sculptures don't have to remain permanently attached to the location where they were created, you can pick up a sculpture and store it directly in your inventory.
Middle Mouse Click a sculpture to pick it up.
The sculpture will be preserved as an item and can then be placed somewhere else.
Placing a Stored Sculpture
There are two different placement methods:
| Control | Placement |
|---|---|
| Right Click | Normal placement |
| Shift + Right Click | Precise placement |
When using Shift + Right Click, a cyan wireframe appears before placement. This allows you to preview exactly where the sculpture will go before confirming it.
Stored sculptures can also be placed against different surfaces, including floors and walls, and can be rotated in 90° increments to achieve the orientation you need.
💡 Quick Controls
| Control | Function |
|---|---|
| Right Click with Chisel | Select/use Chisel functions |
| Right Click with Bit | Place individual bit |
| Left Click with Bit | Remove targeted bit |
| Shift + Left Click | Delete sculpture block-by-block |
| Left Click full block with Chisel | Chisel into a normal block |
| Middle Mouse Click sculpture | Pick up sculpture |
| Right Click stored sculpture | Normal placement |
| Shift + Right Click stored sculpture | Precise placement |
| ALT while copying | Rotate copied sculpture |