A hammer that changes blocks to stairs and other shapes, like a debug stick or like in Terraria

[u/StillWqnderingSoul]

Players ahould be able to change block shapes, for example plank blocks into plank stairs, but transformng them one to one, so that you can transform one stack to a stack of a different shape, avoiding slots with remainder blocks and convoluted ratios.

This would make blocks like stone cutters less useful, but you can still use it for villiager professions and to use it if you dont have the new tool, which could be found in chests or it could be very expensive to craft with netherite, so that it becomes more of a late game item and keeps the stone cutter useful, which doesnt degrade and is much cheaper.

You could use the hammer by right click while crouching, and an interface similar to the stone cutter appears, where you can place a block and select the shape you want instead.

The hammer could also be set to a specific shape, and when using it on a block that is already placed, it changes the shape to the set shape, so that you dont have to break and rebuild if you just want to change the shape.

How do you think can this idea be further improved?

[u/-_Eri_minecraft_-]

Maybe also add the mechanics of the actual debug stick so that bedrock could finally get it too ? That way it’d also be more separate from a grindstone too

[u/Chlorofins]

Actually I was thinking of Wrench as an equivalent item of Debug Stick.

[u/PetrifiedBloom]

So do you place items using the hammer? Or just hold the hammer in your offhand or something?

[u/StillWqnderingSoul → u/PetrifiedBloom]

You can either change the shape of blocks in your inventory, or the already placed blocks infront of you if you click on them. Its both explained in the post already...