Diagonal Fences

Vanilla fences. Diagonal connections.

How it works

Place a fence, then place another one block over and one block forward, at the same height, so they only share a corner. A diagonal connection shows up between them. Break one of the fences and the connection goes away.

No items, no settings, no commands. Just place fences.

Every wood, plus nether brick

It works with oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, cherry, pale oak, bamboo, crimson, warped, poplar and nether brick fences. The diagonal piece uses the same texture as the fence it belongs to.

Woods connect with other woods, so you can mix them, and the diagonal piece usually takes the wood of the fence you placed last. Nether brick only connects with nether brick, just like vanilla fences do.

You can't squeeze through

The two fences are swapped for a special block that closes the gap, so players and mobs can't slip between them. It happens on its own and you never see the swap. When you break one you get a normal fence back, and the other one turns back into a normal fence too.

L shapes

If you place a third fence in the same 2x2 square, vanilla fences already connect there, so the diagonal connection steps aside. Break that third fence and the diagonal comes back. A nether brick fence sitting between two wood fences doesn't count, because they don't connect with each other.

Good to know

• Only fences placed by players connect. Fences that already exist in the world (villages, structures, old builds) are ignored. Picking them up and placing them again should do the trick.
• Fences from other add-ons won't connect diagonally.
• Before removing this add-on from a world, replace every fence that is connected diagonally with a normal fence. The special blocks will most likely turn into unknown blocks otherwise.
• The diagonal pieces are small entities, so avoid killing all entities (like /kill @e) near connected fences.
• The special blocks have their own breaking time (about 2.5 seconds), so they may feel a bit different from normal fences when you break them.