MCreator Procedures • Minecraft Modding • Beginner
MCreator Tutorial for Beginners: Give Your Minecraft Block Superpowers
In Part 2, move beyond appearance and start programming behavior. Use MCreator procedures to make a custom block trigger lightning, explosions, and mobs.
Originally published August 9, 2026
Watch the tutorial
Watch the MCreator procedures tutorial on YouTube
If you have not completed Part 1: Create Your First Minecraft Mod, start there first so you have a custom block to modify.
What are MCreator procedures?
A procedure is a set of instructions that tells the mod what to do when an event occurs. Beginners can think of it as:
When something happens → perform one or more actions.
MCreator represents much of this logic with visual blocks, which makes it easier to experiment with programming ideas before writing the equivalent Java code directly.
Effect 1: strike lightning
Connect an event from your custom block to a lightning action. The important idea is not the special effect itself—it is the relationship between an event and the code that responds to it.
After building the mod, test the block and confirm the action happens where you expect.
Effect 2: create an explosion
An explosion demonstrates that procedures can change the game world. Try the effect in the development environment, then think about how the same action could become part of a larger mechanic such as a trap, tool, challenge, or machine.
Effect 3: spawn a mob
Spawning an entity introduces another useful pattern: an event can create something new in the game. From there, students can imagine a boss-summoning block, a creature generator, a challenge starter, or a more complex sequence of events.
Programming concepts hiding inside the fun
Even when students are working visually, they are practicing ideas that appear throughout programming:
- Events: when should the code run?
- Actions: what should happen?
- Conditions: should it happen only in certain situations?
- Inputs and coordinates: where should the effect occur?
- Testing and debugging: did the result match the plan?
Combine effects into a bigger idea
Once each effect works independently, challenge the student to design a new gameplay mechanic using two or more procedures. The goal is to move from following a tutorial toward making design decisions.
Keep learning
MCreator becomes much more powerful when students begin combining procedures, variables, conditions, custom items, and game design ideas.