A simple, lightweight mod that adds a craftable climbable rope block. Hang it from any solid surface above you and traverse vertically with ease.

What it does

Right-click below a solid block to place a single rope segment.
Sneak + Right-click to instantly drop a full column of rope straight down, limited only by the rope in your inventory and free space below.
Rope can hang from another rope — extend any column segment by segment.
Uses familiar scaffold-like placement and break sounds.

How it works

Just press space to climb up

Hold Jump to climb up and crouch to slide down! Unlike ladders, ropes don't need a wall to lean on, and you can walk right through them without getting stuck.

Please report any bugs, errors, or feature suggestions on Discord: https://discord.gg/4XUPywnEyE

Right-click below a solid block to place

To start a rope column, simply Right-Click the bottom face of any solid ceiling or overhang.

or place by click on another rope

You can manually extend the column by Right-Clicking an existing rope segment to place another one directly below it.

Shift + RMB TO auto-place rope downward

Sneak + Right-Click to instantly drop a full column of rope straight to the ground.

Crafting

Rope craft

Stick | String | Stick
Stick | String | Stick
Stick | String | Stick

Yields 3 rope per craft

(if you are modpacker - read below)

Misc

Fully translated into 10 languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, and Italian.

For Modpack Creators

The mod is intentionally minimal — one item, one block, no worldgen, no entities, no GUIs. Everything is easy to override from the outside without touching the jar.

Changing the Recipe

The recipe is data-driven and can be replaced by any datapack using the same recipe id: rope:rope Use the same id to replace the default recipe — Minecraft will use your version instead.

Where to put the datapack:

Environment	Path
Singleplayer	.minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacks/
Dedicated server	<server folder>/world/datapacks/

After adding or changing the datapack — restart the world or run /reload.

Which folder structure to use depends on your Minecraft version.

Legacy layout (Forge 1.20.1, Fabric 1.20.1)

your_datapack/
  pack.mcmeta
  data/
    rope/
      recipes/
        rope.json
      advancements/
        recipes/misc/rope.json

Modern layout (NeoForge 1.21.1+, Fabric 1.21.11+)

your_datapack/
  pack.mcmeta
  data/
    rope/
      recipe/
        rope.json
      advancement/
        recipes/misc/rope.json

Ready-to-use Recipe JSON

Legacy data/rope/recipes/rope.json

{
  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
  "category": "misc",
  "pattern": ["ABA","ABA","ABA"],
  "key": {
    "A": { "item": "minecraft:stick" },
    "B": { "item": "minecraft:string" }
  },
  "result": { "item": "rope:rope", "count": 3 }
}

Modern data/rope/recipe/rope.json

{
  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
  "category": "misc",
  "pattern": ["ABA","ABA","ABA"],
  "key": {
    "A": { "item": "minecraft:stick" },
    "B": { "item": "minecraft:string" }
  },
  "result": { "count": 3, "id": "rope:rope" }
}

To change ingredients or output, only modify key.A.item, key.B.item, and result.count. For a clean recipe book unlock, also override the advancement file at the matching path (advancements/recipes/misc/rope.json or advancement/recipes/misc/rope.json) and update the ingredient criteria to match your new items.

Changing Translations

Override via a resource pack — no source code needed.

Resource pack path: .minecraft/resourcepacks/ (singleplayer) or include in your modpack override folder.

Translation file path: assets/rope/lang/<locale>.json

Key translation keys:

block.rope.rope — block name in the world
item.rope.rope — item name in inventory

To simply rename the item, this is all you need:

{
  "block.rope.rope": "Climbing Rope",
  "item.rope.rope": "Climbing Rope"
}

The mod already ships with built-in translations for: en_us, ru_ru, de_de, es_es, fr_fr, it_it, ja_jp, ko_kr, pt_br, zh_cn.

Rope [Rope]