Block

Now we can create the ModBlocks class in the block package. For this to work, in your main class, in this case ExampleMod there should be a field like this:

public static final String MOD_ID = "yourmodid";

ModBlocks class

public class ModBlocks {

    public static final Block EXAMPLE_BLOCK = registerBlock("example_block",
        new ExampleBlock(FabricBlockSettings.copyOf(Blocks.IRON_BLOCK).nonOpaque())); // (1)!

    private static Block registerBlock(String name, Block block) {
        registerBlockItem(name, block);
        return Registry.register(Registries.BLOCK, new Identifier(Main.MOD_ID, name), block);
    }

    private static Item registerBlockItem(String name, Block block) {
        return Registry.register(Registries.ITEM, new Identifier(Main.MOD_ID, name),
            new BlockItem(block, new FabricItemSettings()));
    }

    public static void registerModBlocks() {
        ExampleMod.LOGGER.info("Registering ModBlocks for " + ExampleMod.MOD_ID); // (2)!
    }
}

1. ❌ Here should be an error present, as we haven't made that class yet
2. This method can be empty and is recommended for large projects

As the names might suggest, registerBlock() and registerBlockItem() add the block the registerBlock() method is used on to the registry, by taking a name, a block and adding it as a block under your mod's modid.

ExampleBlock block class

You can call the classes and packages whatever you want, I will call them block, block/entities and block/custom. Start by creating a class I will call ExampleBlock in the block/custom package. That class should look something like this:

public class ExampleBlock extends BlockWithEntity implements BlockEntityProvider {
    private static final VoxelShape SHAPE = Block.createCuboidShape(0, 0, 0, 16, 12, 16);

    public static final MapCodec<ExampleBlock> CODEC = ExampleBlock.createCodec(ExampleBlock::new);

    public ExampleBlock(Settings settings) {
        super(settings);
    }

    @Override
    protected MapCodec<? extends BlockWithEntity> getCodec() {
        return CODEC;
    }

    @Override
    public VoxelShape getOutlineShape(BlockState state, BlockView world, BlockPos pos, ShapeContext context) {
        return SHAPE;
    }

    @Override
    public BlockRenderType getRenderType(BlockState state) {
        return BlockRenderType.MODEL;
    }

    @Nullable
    @Override
    public BlockEntity createBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
        return new ExampleBlockEntity(pos, state); // (1)!
    }

    @Override
    public void onStateReplaced(BlockState state, World world, BlockPos pos, BlockState newState, boolean moved) {
        if (state.getBlock() != newState.getBlock()) {
            BlockEntity blockEntity = world.getBlockEntity(pos);
            if (blockEntity instanceof ExampleBlockEntity) { // (2)! 
                ItemScatterer.spawn(world, pos, (ExampleBlockEntity)blockEntity); // (3)!
                world.updateComparators(pos,this);
            }
            super.onStateReplaced(state, world, pos, newState, moved);
        }
    }



    @Override
    public ActionResult onUse(BlockState state, World world, BlockPos pos, PlayerEntity player, Hand hand, BlockHitResult hit) {
        if (!world.isClient) {
            NamedScreenHandlerFactory screenHandlerFactory = ((ExampleBlockEntity) world.getBlockEntity(pos)); // (4)!

            if (screenHandlerFactory != null) {
                player.openHandledScreen(screenHandlerFactory);
            }
        }

        return ActionResult.SUCCESS;
    }

    @Nullable
    @Override
    public <T extends BlockEntity> BlockEntityTicker<T> getTicker(World world, BlockState state, BlockEntityType<T> type) {
        return validateTicker(type, ModBlockEntities.EXAMPLE_BLOCK_ENTITY, // (5)!
                (world1, pos, state1, blockEntity) -> blockEntity.tick(world1, pos, state1));
    }
}

1. ❌ Here should be an error present, as we haven't made that class yet
2. ❌ Here should be an error present, as we haven't made that class yet
3. ❌ Here should be an error present, as we haven't made that class yet
4. ❌ Here should be an error present, as we haven't made that class yet
5. ❌ Here should be an error present, as we haven't made that class yet