Hello!

I'm new at minecraft modding and i'm testing how to create a basic block, and I was able to create it and its BlockItem, but when I break the block it doesn't drop back the item. I also checked the Forge documentation but i can't see anything related to this.

Things I did:

• Checked that method Block#asItem() returns the ItemBlock
• Checked if there were a special tag i needed to add and didn't found anything (mineable/pickaxe for example, but only when requiresCorrectToolForDrops is used)
• Added and removed the block property requiresCorrectToolForDrops
• Added loot_table in data, copy pasted from cobblestone loot_table. I tested it in my mod folder and adding a minecraft folder. (data/minecraft/loot_table/test_block.json)
• Checked onDestroyedByPlayer

Creating and registering test_block:

public static RegistryObject<Block> TEST_BLOCK = BLOCKS.register("test_block", new Supplier<Block>() {
  @Override
    public Block get() {
    return new Block(BlockBehaviour.Properties.of(Material.DIRT).strength(0.5f,0.5f).noOcclusion());
  }
});

Creating and registering test_item:

private static RegistryObject<BlockItem> TEST_ITEM = ITEMS.register(
  "test_item", 
  () -> {
    return new BlockItem(TEST_BLOCK.get(), new Item.Properties().tab(CreativeModeTab.TAB_MISC).stacksTo(64));
  }
);

BLOCKS and ITEMS are the DeferredRegister of their respective ForgeRegistries.

I'm using Forge 1.18.1-39.0.9.

And just in case someone asks, i'm testing in survival.

What am I missing?

As an additional question: where do i tell which tier a pìckaxe needs to be for my block to be harvestable?

Edited December 28, 20213 yr by Wendfrey
i suck ass writing in english

The drop is controlled by loot tables but you have the wrong location, it should be in data/yourmod/loot_tables/blocks/test_block.json

For the tiers of pickaxe, you use the tag for mineable/pickaxe which you already have and you also add it to the /tags/blocks/needs_diamond_tool.json or whatever level you want.

 

Thank you, I can confirm that I am a doofus and forgot to add the folder 'blocks' inside the loot_tables folder.

Also thanks for the 'needs_xxxx_tool' tag!