Exchangers

About the Mod

Tired of manually breaking and placing blocks? The Exchangers mod offers an elegant solution for fast block swapping in Minecraft! This is a technology mod inspired by block exchangers from EnderTech, but completely rewritten from scratch with many new features added.

Supported Versions

The mod is available for Minecraft versions 1.10-1.12, 1.16, 1.18-1.20 and works exclusively on Forge.

Exchanger Types

Vanilla Exchangers (use durability)

11 variants: Wooden, Stone, Golden, Iron, Diamond, Emerald, Obsidian, End, Copper, Amethyst, and Netherite.

Special Exchangers

Tuberous, Bee, and Creative exchangers with unique properties.

Technology Exchangers (use energy)

Ender IO: 7 variants including Conductive, Pulsating, Energetic and others
Ender IO Endergy: 6 variants for version 1.12
Thermal Expansion: 5 variants from Leadstone to Resonant
Mekanism: 4 tiers from Basic to Ultimate
Immersive Engineering: 3 voltage levels (LV, MV, HV)

Key Features

• Progressive system: exchangers have tiers and require upgrading
• Configurable working area up to 15×15 blocks (25×25 for creative)
• Three exchange modes: plane, horizontal column, and vertical column
• Area indicator near crosshair
• Enchantment support (Silk Touch, Fortune, Unbreaking)
• Modes: force drop items, directional placement, void items
• Item container support
• Built-in GUI for parameter configuration

Technical Features

All energy-based exchangers use Forge Energy. Recipes are configurable with three difficulty levels. The mod is fully open for modification by modpack creators.

Mod Spotlight

Video review by Mischief of Mice: