Blockbench Explained: The Free Modeling Tool Behind Minecraft Bedrock

Ever wondered how creators ship custom items, mobs and blocks for Minecraft Bedrock so quickly? Most of them lean on a single tool, and the surprising part is that it costs nothing to use.

Meet Blockbench

Blockbench is a free, open-source program built for low-poly 3D modeling, texturing and animation. It is widely used across the modding scene, and even Mojang relies on it internally to design content for Minecraft itself. The team has gone a step further by releasing official plugins that anyone, from hobbyists to commercial studios, can install.

Anything you produce inside the program belongs to you outright. That includes commercial use, so if your model finds its way into a paid project, no licensing headaches await.

The Block Wizard and Entity Wizard Plugins

If your goal is to publish custom content for Minecraft Bedrock Edition, the workflow usually starts with two Mojang-made add-ons: the Block Wizard and the Entity Wizard. Both are plugins for Blockbench, and both shave the setup process down to roughly thirty seconds per asset. They also generate the matching resource and behavior packs automatically, which means less time copying files and more time actually designing.

Installing the Wizards Step by Step

1. Download and install Blockbench.
2. Install Minecraft Bedrock Edition or Minecraft Preview.
3. Launch Blockbench.
4. Open File, choose Plugins, search for Block Wizard and click Install.
5. Repeat the search, this time for Entity Wizard, and install it as well.

Once both are active, every custom block or entity you build can be exported straight into the game as ready-to-use resource and behavior packs.

Selling Your Models on the Minecraft Marketplace

The Marketplace is a different story. Only registered businesses with an active partnership with Mojang are allowed to sell content there, so a solo creator cannot publish directly. The good news is that your projects can still build a portfolio for that eventual application. While you wait, your work can live on private servers, be shared with friends, or be distributed through third-party communities and websites.