Sable Tree Chopper

NeoForge 1.21.1 · Requires Sable

Trees that fall, drag, and shatter

Chop a tree and the trunk doesn't just pop — it becomes a real physics object. Watch it tip over, tumble down a hillside, settle on the ground, and then break apart log by log when you go pick it up.

Dependencies

• Sable - required. Provides the physics simulation.
• HT TreeChop - required. Directional chop counter and felling integration.
• Immersive Weathering - optional (as of 1.0.3). Leaf piles that drop when trees fall.

Features

• Fell whole trees as physics objects - Chopping a tree turns the entire trunk + canopy into a single rigid body that obeys gravity, momentum, and collision.
• Drag fallen trees around - Shift-right-click any log on a fallen tree to grab it. Hold a tether to drag the trunk where you want it. Click again to let go. Trees feel weighted — heavier trees resist more, and pulling from the trunk end is easier than yanking sideways.
• Pick up the whole tree in one swing - Break any log on a settled physics tree. The whole tree breaks apart block by block, with break sounds and particles, and every log lands as a stack at your feet. No chasing items.
• Smart big-tree splitting - Very large trees are cut into chunks per chop, so massive custom trees from modpacks don't lag the server with one giant body.
• Stays assembled until you walk away - A fallen tree won't despawn while you're nearby. Walk away for five minutes (or log out) and only then will it dissolve on its own.
• Leaf piles compatible with Immersive Weathering - When trees fall, the leaves settle into proper leaf piles instead of vanishing.
• Built on HT's TreeChop - Chop progress consolidates onto the lowest log of the trunk, creatign a realistic tree felling experience.
• Fire-aware - Wildfires that burn through a tree's support trigger the same fall behavior.
• Server-friendly - Per-tick budgets across every stage (assembly, dissolve, drops) keep MSPT spikes down on big trees.

Configuration

Server/common config: config/draggeds_treechopper-common.toml

Every knob is exposed: how big a tree has to be before it splits, how strong the drag tether feels, how fast fallen trees break apart when you pick them up, how long they wait before despawning, and a lot more.

Datapacks

Extend draggeds_treechopper:tree_physics_material so modded logs/leaves count as tree material.

Credits

Sable - physics engine that allows this mod to even exist.

HT TreeChop - chop counter + felling integration.

Immersive Weathering - leaf pile compat.