About Deputy placement switch
From ModrinthAdded a button to enable/disable the function of placing blocks with the assistant
Have you ever carried a torch in your offhand into a mine, wanted it for dynamic lighting, and ended up planting it in the floor over and over? This mod fixes exactly that. It intercepts offhand block placement and offhand item usage, so the offhand stays a utility slot instead of a second hotbar.
Two rules, three switches
- Offhand placement — stop blocks held in the offhand from being placed.
- Offhand usage — stop items held in the offhand from being used (torches, food, potions, firework rockets, ...).
- Master switch — turn everything off at once without touching any other setting.
Four-state toggle The button in your inventory cycles through four states, shown by colour:
- 🟩 green — allow everything
- 🟦 blue — block placement only
- 🟨 yellow — block usage only
- 🟥 red — block both
Controls
- A button right next to the offhand slot in your inventory.
- A keybind (right Alt by default) so you can switch without opening the inventory.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 22 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.2.
Loaders
Runs on Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Deputy placement switch on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Optional on the server
- Server type needed
- Forge, NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.8.0-forge-1.16.5, released 2026-10-06
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| NeoForge | 1.21 to 26.2 (14 versions) | 26.2 |
| Forge | 1.16.5 to 1.20.6 (7 versions) | 1.20.6 |
From 10 recorded builds of Deputy placement switch.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8.0-forge-1.16.5 | 2026-10-06 | 1.16.5 | Forge |
| 1.8.0-neoforge-26.2 | 2026-10-06 | 26.2 | NeoForge |
| 1.8.0-neoforge-26.1.2 | 2026-10-06 | 26.1.2 | NeoForge |
| 1.8.0-neoforge-1.21.1 | 2026-10-06 | 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (11 versions) | NeoForge |
| 1.8.0-forge-1.20.1 | 2026-10-06 | 1.20.1 to 1.20.6 (6 versions) | Forge |
| 1.7.0 | 2025-09-22 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
Run Deputy placement switch on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Works on a server
From source side supportModrinth lists server-side support for Deputy placement switch as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- ForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serveroptional on the server
- Game versions
- 26.2 and 21 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-06Open ↗
- ✓Authorkingokksa, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
