Scaffold Recall

Build the scaffold. Keep the build.

Stack a dirt tower to reach a roof, bridge a gap with cobblestone or put up a plank platform while you work. When the job is done, right-click your scaffold with a vanilla stick to take it down from the top. The blocks you placed as part of the build stay where you put them.

How to use it

1. Mark future placements. Hold a stick, aim into empty air and sneak-right-click to turn temporary placement on.
2. Build with ordinary blocks. Place dirt, cobblestone or supported plain wooden planks to mark them as yours. Use the same stick gesture to turn temporary placement off whenever you want to resume permanent building. Existing marks are saved.
3. Recall your scaffold. Stand somewhere solid and right-click one of your temporary blocks with the stick. The mod finds up to 64 of your marked blocks by following connected blocks outward from the one you clicked. It removes them from the top down. Pick up the material drops in Survival and use them for the next job.

Try it on a roof

Turn on temporary placement and stack a dirt column beside your house. Once you reach roof height, turn the mode off and place your roof blocks. Come back down and click the bottom dirt block with the stick. The column comes down while the roof and walls stay in place.

FAQ

Which blocks can I use? Dirt, cobblestone and plain oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove and cherry planks.

Can I clear scaffolding I built in an earlier session? Yes. Leaving the world turns temporary placement off. The world saves the marks and who placed each temporary block, so you can recall your scaffold when you return.

What happens to a neighbor’s scaffold on a shared build? Each player can recall only their own marked blocks. Ordinary blocks and other players’ scaffolds stay in place where they touch yours.

Do diagonal blocks count? Blocks need to share a face to be in the same group. Separate groups can be recalled by clicking a marked block in each one.

What if I use more than 64 blocks? Click a remaining marked block to continue. The cap applies per click.

Do I get my blocks back? In Survival, recalled blocks drop as items in the world. In Creative, recall removes the blocks without drops.

Installation

Install Fabric Loader, Fabric API and the Scaffold Recall JAR for your exact Minecraft Java Edition version. Choose the separate release file for 1.21.1, 26.2 or 26.3. For multiplayer, install the mod and Fabric API on both the Fabric server and the clients that use it.

MIT license. The mod code and listing text were produced with AI assistance.