SwingThroughGrass Minecraft Mod Guide

What SwingThroughGrass Does

Tall grass in Minecraft is weirdly powerful. A zombie can stand behind it, your sword can clearly reach the zombie, and yet the grass often takes the hit like it has signed up for combat training.

SwingThroughGrass is a small Forge mod that changes that behavior. When you attack with a weapon, the swing passes through tall grass and connects with the mob behind it instead of breaking or targeting the grass first. It is a simple quality-of-life tweak, but it can make fighting in plains, forests, and overgrown areas feel much less clumsy.

The mod was created by exidex and is intentionally narrow in scope. It does not add new weapons, blocks, mobs, or complicated configuration. It mostly fixes one very specific annoyance.

Install Forge on Your Client

SwingThroughGrass is a Forge mod, so the matching Forge version must be installed before the mod can load.

1. Download the Forge installer for the Minecraft version you want to use from the official Forge website.
2. Run the downloaded `.jar` file.
3. Choose Install Client in the installer window.
4. Open or restart the Minecraft Launcher.
5. Select the Forge profile for that Minecraft version.

Make sure the Forge version matches both your Minecraft version and the mod file you plan to download. Version mismatch errors are boring, but Minecraft is very committed to making them happen.

Download SwingThroughGrass

Once Forge is ready, download the mod file.

1. Open the official SwingThroughGrass CurseForge page.
2. Go to the Files tab.
3. Pick the newest file that matches your Minecraft version.
4. Check whether the file lists any dependencies.

SwingThroughGrass normally has no required dependencies, but it is still worth checking the file page before installation.

Add the Mod to Your Minecraft Client

After downloading the mod `.jar`, place it in your local Minecraft mods folder.

1. Press `Windows + R`, type `%appdata%`, and press Enter.
2. Open the `.minecraft` folder.
3. Open or create the `mods` folder.
4. Move the SwingThroughGrass `.jar` file into `mods`.
5. Restart the Minecraft Launcher and start the Forge profile.

If Minecraft crashes on launch, confirm that the mod file, Minecraft version, and Forge version all line up.

Install SwingThroughGrass on a Server

For multiplayer, the server needs to run Forge and have the mod installed too. Client-side installation alone is not enough for server play.

1. Open your server panel.
2. Stop the server before changing files.
3. Open FTP or your file manager and log in.
4. Go to the `mods` folder.
5. Upload the same SwingThroughGrass `.jar` file.
6. Wait for the upload to finish completely.
7. Return to the server page and start the server again.

If the server fails to start, check that Forge is installed on the server and that the mod file matches the server's Minecraft version.

How It Works In Game

With SwingThroughGrass installed, weapon attacks ignore tall grass when a valid target is behind it. In the example below, the cow takes damage while the grass stays in place.

You can still hover over tall grass and highlight it. The difference is that weapons will not break it while attacking through it. Switch to a non-weapon item or an empty hand, and you can break the grass normally again.

Final Notes

SwingThroughGrass is useful because it does one job and stays out of the way. It keeps combat from being interrupted by tall grass without changing the rest of Minecraft's survival loop. For players who spend a lot of time fighting in grassy terrain, that small change can remove a surprising amount of irritation.